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Oh well, at least Eurosport know their stuff when it comes to Winter Sports
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How did I miss this news?
Oh well, at least Eurosport know their stuff when it comes to Winter Sports
Thank fûck for that. No more being bombarded by cünts pretending to know or care about sailing for four weeks. :cloud9:Quote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
Ooh ooh, I win... I guessed you would be the first to reply and it would be a negative... you are more of a chip pisser than meQuote:
Originally Posted by Burney
If the boy who pointed out that the emperor had no clothes on and that everyone really ought to get some perspective was a chip pïsser, then I am happy to accept that title.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pokster
The Olympics are ace (imo), you are just a grumpy old(ish) sodQuote:
Originally Posted by Burney
the Winter Olympics will most likely lose the pro's in the ice hockey.Quote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
it's going to be rubbish.
They are not good now Team GB are quite good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pokster
Winter Olympics is great, we're still quite crap at that......although a few decent medal chances this time roundQuote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
I quite like watching curling. it's relaxing.Quote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
I will watch them just as soon as they get rid of all the non sports and legalise all the drugs, so everyone's absolutely roided to fück and likely to burst at any moment.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
To be fair, our lack of snow is a major impediment to us being any good, isn't it?Quote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
Indoor proper snow slopes are helping, especially with all the modern "trick" events they've now added. We're still pretty crap at things like Downhill & Giant Slalom where you need a bit more than a 200m slopeQuote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Long track speed skating has always had me wondering why the Dutch are so good at it, where are these mammoth skating rinks that are required hidden away in the Netherlands?
They've been saying that for years, they always find a way round itQuote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
Is it not a traditional thing with dutchers? Didn't they always used to skate along frozen dykes? I mean, I've never seen Sir C doing it, but he's half-Irish.Quote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
I'd love to see the Elfstedentocht. At one point in December it looked like it might happen, but sadly didn't.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elfstedentocht
Everyone skates in Holland, p. It's fúcking freezing in winter and they have canals everywhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
Yes. I still find it amazing that The Thames used to freeze sufficiently for ice fairs. The Thames! It's fücking massive and tidal. It must have been proper brass monkey weather to do that back in the mini Ice Age.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
I had a go at Eisstockshiesen - a kind of German curling - a few weeks back. i was surprisingly good at it considering I was quite hammered. By good - I mean I didn't fall on my arse at allQuote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
I'm getting a bit worried that you're going native, la. Have you started wondering thinking how much better it would be if Germany just took over everywhere else and taught them how to do it more efficiently, yet? :-(Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda
Christ no - the efficiency is a myth (see building projects in Hamburg/Berlin for example - or even how they took three ****ing months just to put a new revolving door on our ****ing building).Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Angela should be queen of everything of course though
Yes, but surely it's the best revolving door available. Coming to such decisions takes time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda
:hehe: I know the efficiency thing is a myth these days, but that German attitude of 'why doesn't everyone do things like us?' still lingers in places.Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda
My favourite recent example of the myth of German efficiency being exposed when it was pointed out after that terrorist chap was shot in Italy that we now had the bizarre spectacle of the German police being bungling incompetents while the Italian police act with ruthless efficiency. :hehe:
Everyone bowls or plays darts in my experience and can never remember it being particularly cold, even in January. I guess I only went frequently over a couple of years though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Actually they replaced the revolving door with these automatic ones which shushes like the Star Trek door and it is cylindrical like a transporter. It is really quite cool a bit like thisQuote:
Originally Posted by Ash
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Yes that went down well as you can imagine. Well it did quite with the Bavarians as it was clearly the Northerners how ****ed upQuote:
Originally Posted by Burney
That would be ace, wouldn't it? :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Can you imagine watching someone run the 100m in about 4 secs? Or maybe Mo Farah could run the 5K against a clean athlete running the 800m and we could see who wins.
Opportunities for class entertainment all over the shop here, Burney. :-)