London Olympics

[Seul]

To summarise: "Putain". 

[Seul]

@Megatron1505:

There's a porn thread  ???

I'm the porn thread.

[Giles]

@Megatron1505:

There's a porn thread  ???

No, but Paula has been feverishly using the forum search function for the last 10 minutes…..

[J-IV]

@Giles:

@Megatron1505:

There's a porn thread  ???

No, but Paula has been feverishly using the forum search function for the last 10 minutes…..

[rocket]

 

[J-IV]

[RocknRoll]

Check out this guy in the diving….

….note his name!

[rocket]

saw that and found it rather weird that after the jump they judged him with zero points, thats harder as it looks, feck 

[RocknRoll]

Feck indeed!

Tough judges, eh.

[Giles]

How do you get this job?

[Seul]

By being an absolute arse.

[Chris]

Hmmm, how badly do you want the job, Giles?  I expect they have to do that for the men's team, too.

[Giles]

@Seul:

By being an absolute arse.

I'm qualified, what next?

[Seul]

Oh wait: those are girls?.. I was a bit worried about G inquiring but urm… Yeah: I'm in!..

• cheeky: check
• an arse: check
• a handful: check

I qualify as well!..

[Madame Buttonfly]

@Seul:

By being an absolute arse.

Perfect qualification for my husband.

Funny that this thread seems to be more about women’s backsides than the action!  You boys…  ::)

Anyway, the action is fantastic and seeing Sir Chris get his 6th gold was sublime 

[Chris]

Years ago, a roommate and I got into a beer fueled discussion of what is and isn't a "sport".  After a few pitchers, we hashed out the basic definition: 1) no judging of subjective aspects.  Sports aren't about who did it prettiest.  2) Human powered only.  I don't care if your horse or your car is better, only if you're better.

We decided that everything that fails those two criteria is an "athletic contest".  Participants can still be astonishing athletes, but what they do isn't a "sport".  I feel that only sports should be in the Olympics.  After all, the motto is, "Faster, Higher, Stronger", not "Prettier, More Expressive, More Error Free".

All this is to say that I don't have any interest whatsoever in watching diving, even when they flub and do backbusters, as we called the reverse belly flop when I was a kid.

[bagley920]

I would tend to agree Chris but my wife was a cheerleader in high school so I try to stay away from that fight

[Giles]

I had exactly the same discusion with Paula today - fuelled by radio piece on Synchronised Swimming.  My stance was only Faster, Higher, Longer was legit, anything that incorporates subjectivity into the result was not valid…..

[Chris]

Hey, I have the utmost respect for cheerleaders, that can be brutal.  Little known fact- more high schoolers are injured cheering than in any other activity.

They're absolutely athletes, competitions are intense, but it's not a sport.  Subjectivity destroys the integrity in my mind.

And Synchronized Swimming is just ridiculous.

[Seul]

If Cheerleaders were to compete in the Olympics, I'd watch that. Making it the first and only event I'd watch.