Olympics

[Evenmydoghatesunited]

Have to say I don't think football should be an Olympic sport. Or tennis or basketball for that matter. Where's the rugby or cricket? Supporting the improbably named team GB (a bit like saying a butty bacon as I see it) is tricky when it is captained by that boss-eyed philanderer and all round red twunt Sir Ryan Giggs.

I know a duty manager at one of Manchester's better known hotels who told me that Giggs would regularly book in for the night in the best suite available with a couple of tarts. Apparently changing the sheets the following morning was an interesting business as there was so much hair left from his exertions the night before.

[Feed The Goat]

Rugby 7s is in the next Olympics

[Evenmydoghatesunited]

Rugby 7s is in the next Olympics

And darts?

[sheblue]

there are a lot of sports that should not be in the olympics.........anyone know when the olypmic marbles start, i am dying to see it?

[Alex Sapphire]

there are a lot of sports that should not be in the olympics.........anyone know when the olypmic marbles start, i am dying to see it?

until 1952 the Olympics included Arts with medals awarded for painting, sculpture, literature as well as architecture and town planning.
At the last London games, GB's John Copley won a silver, aged 73 for an Etching of Polo Players (as mentioned in that William Ivory rowing play the other night). Marbles is probably more interesting to watch and winter Olympic sport Curling is just marbles with brushes in the cold

[mr_nool]

there are a lot of sports that should not be in the olympics.........anyone know when the olypmic marbles start, i am dying to see it?

until 1952 the Olympics included Arts with medals awarded for painting, sculpture, literature as well as architecture and town planning.
At the last London games, GB's John Copley won a silver, aged 73 for an Etching of Polo Players (as mentioned in that William Ivory rowing play the other night). Marbles is probably more interesting to watch and winter Olympic sport Curling is just marbles with brushes in the cold

Curling is a fantastic sport. I'm not joking. One of my favourite tv-sports.

[Evenmydoghatesunited]

A cricket tournament, played as part of the 1900 Summer Olympics had only match which was played between teams representing Great Britain and France, and was won by 158 runs by GB.

Originally, teams representing Belgium, France, Great Britain, and the Netherlands were scheduled to compete but Belgium and the Netherlands pulled out of the competition, leaving Great Britain to play France. Neither team was nationally selected. The British side was a touring club, the Devon and Somerset Wanderers, while the French team, the French Athletic Club Union, consisted mainly of British expatriates living in Paris.

[Nigels Tackle]

Rugby 7s is in the next Olympics

and golf... also windsurfing is being replaced by kite surfing.

[london blue 2]

apparently they're allowing womens football to be part of the Olympics...WOMEN ffs, what next.

[Ted Hughes]

Ostrich racing.

[Beefymcfc]

I play with my marbles all the time, great sport.

Reminds me, need to sew up those holes in my pockets.

[Alioune DVToure]

Have to say I don't think football should be an Olympic sport. Or tennis or basketball for that matter. Where's the rugby or cricket? Supporting the improbably named team GB (a bit like saying a butty bacon as I see it) is tricky when it is captained by that boss-eyed philanderer and all round red twunt Sir Ryan Giggs.

I know a duty manager at one of Manchester's better known hotels who told me that Giggs would regularly book in for the night in the best suite available with a couple of tarts. Apparently changing the sheets the following morning was an interesting business as there was so much hair left from his exertions the night before.

You could've just called the thread 'I don't like Ryan Giggs'.

[john68]

I play with my marbles all the time, great sport.

Reminds me, need to sew up those holes in my pockets.

...Let's give it up for the British triple gold medallist in SEWING, DARNING AND EMBROIDERY....BEEFERS!!!!
Silver medal in knitting? Has a certain ring to it.

[carl_feedthegoat]

Cant believe Gurning isnt an Olympic sport.

[john68]

Cant believe Gurning isnt an Olympic sport.

Gillie odds on favourite...since he had to drop out of the marbles cos he'd lost his.

[Dameerto]

there are a lot of sports that should not be in the olympics.........anyone know when the olypmic marbles start, i am dying to see it?

until 1952 the Olympics included Arts with medals awarded for painting, sculpture, literature as well as architecture and town planning.
At the last London games, GB's John Copley won a silver, aged 73 for an Etching of Polo Players (as mentioned in that William Ivory rowing play the other night). Marbles is probably more interesting to watch and winter Olympic sport Curling is just marbles with brushes in the cold

Curling is a fantastic sport. I'm not joking. One of my favourite tv-sports.

Me too, I always look out for it at the winter games, archery at the summer games as well. I want to see bowling (crown green or indoor NOT ten pin) in the olympics in the future.

[Slim]

Me too, the mad sweepers are hilarious.

[Dameerto]

Any game where you brush the ice like a loon is a winner.

[CitizenYank]

Golf is in the next Olympics but not baseball. Hunh. Interesting how they draw the line.
Apparently badminton is a sport but they cant stop the teams from throwing matches.

[Dameerto]

Golf is in the next Olympics but not baseball. Hunh. Interesting how they draw the line.
Apparently badminton is a sport but they cant stop the teams from throwing matches.

Yes they can - by disqualification (which has been done, resulting in tantrums from the guilty Chinese lady/ladies)