|
Author
|
Topic: 2012 Olympics
|
caffeine
Member (Idle past 1046 days) Posts: 1800 From: Prague, Czech Republic Joined: 10-22-2008
|
|
Message 61 of 181 (669803)
08-03-2012 4:22 AM
|
Reply to: Message 57 by bluegenes
08-02-2012 4:09 PM
|
|
Sitting Down and Beach Volleyball
Finally, a gold in rifle shooting. Hurrah! It seemed that the point had been proven that the modern British athlete could manage to win a medal while remaining in an upright position for the duration of the event. Then doubt crept in. It occurred to me that they must take several shots in the final, and they quite likely spend far more their time sitting down between shots than actually shooting. So in some ways this seems the ideal sport for the relaxed modern British sitter. What's happened? We've known for a while that we're pretty much a nation of armchair sportsmen, but has the armchair mentality now invaded the field? Are the British, inventors of so many sports, now leading the world into a new exciting era in which pretty much everything will be achieved whilst sitting on our arses? At this rate, you might see me medal in a future Olympics (gold for speed reading novels whilst lounging on a chaise longue). Allow me to assuage your fears. I watched some of the shooting final, and they all stayed erect whilst waiting their turn to shoot. They actually all stand in a line, with the previous shooter walking to the back. It reminded me of school PE lessons for some reason. On a completely unrelated note - am I misunderstanding the beach volleyball tables, or do you actually get a point for losing? That reminds me of primary school even more - three points for a win, two for a draw, one for 'taking part'.
| This message is a reply to: | | | Message 57 by bluegenes, posted 08-02-2012 4:09 PM | | bluegenes has replied |
| Replies to this message: | | | Message 63 by bluegenes, posted 08-03-2012 4:44 AM | | caffeine has not replied |
|
frako
Member (Idle past 327 days) Posts: 2932 From: slovenija Joined: 09-04-2010
|
|
|
Message 62 of 181 (669804)
08-03-2012 4:38 AM
|
Reply to: Message 60 by Dogmafood
08-02-2012 6:06 PM
|
|
And now, napping for Canada, the indefatigable Dogmafood. Well the country of Montenegro whos citizens are the punchline for many jokes about being lazy like: A slovenian and a Montenegrin fall in to a pit. The slovenian asks what shall we do now? The Montenegrin replays you Slovenians always want to do something. They had a competition in laying still (for real no joke) and after 24 hours the 3 competitors decided to concede at the same time do to "health" reasons and split the money . In other words they where to lazy to lay still.
Christianity, One woman's lie about an affair that got seriously out of hand
Click if you dare!
| This message is a reply to: | | | Message 60 by Dogmafood, posted 08-02-2012 6:06 PM | | Dogmafood has seen this message but not replied |
|
bluegenes
Member (Idle past 2499 days) Posts: 3119 From: U.K. Joined: 01-24-2007
(1)
| |
| |
| |
|
|
Message 63 of 181 (669805)
08-03-2012 4:44 AM
|
Reply to: Message 61 by caffeine
08-03-2012 4:22 AM
|
|
Re: Sitting Down and Beach Volleyball
caffiene writes: Allow me to assuage your fears. I watched some of the shooting final, and they all stayed erect whilst waiting their turn to shoot. They actually all stand in a line, with the previous shooter walking to the back. It reminded me of school PE lessons for some reason. That's a relief. I was beginning to think that our track and field athletes might skip next week and turn up in wheelchairs at the Paralympics. As for the beach volleyball, I can't help you on the scoring, but free points or not, we seem to have been knocked out (no doubt due to the rather excessive standing requirements and absence of deckchairs in the playing area). Edited by bluegenes, : No reason given.
| This message is a reply to: | | | Message 61 by caffeine, posted 08-03-2012 4:22 AM | | caffeine has not replied |
|
caffeine
Member (Idle past 1046 days) Posts: 1800 From: Prague, Czech Republic Joined: 10-22-2008
|
(2)
| |
| |
| |
|
|
Message 64 of 181 (669806)
08-03-2012 6:25 AM
|
Reply to: Message 52 by bluegenes
08-02-2012 8:05 AM
|
|
Intrigued by bluegenes idea of a per capita medal table, and not having anything perticularly important to do in work, I thought I'd try and work out whose leading so far if you count by population. Frako will be pleased to hear that Slovenia are currently top of the per capita table, with one gold for every 2 million people (ie. the entire population) Here's the top ten, listing population per gold medal. Being English, I'm delighted to point out that Australia are only in 17th, Great Britain 11th, and the USA 14th. 1. Slovenia - 2.05 million 2. Lithuania - 3.19 million 3. New Zealand - 4.43 million 4. Georgia - 4.47 million 5. Hungary - 5 million 6. Kazakhstan - 5.53 million 7. North Korea - 6.01 million 8. South Korea - 7.14 million 9. Netherlands - 8.42 million 10. France - 10.89 million
| This message is a reply to: | | | Message 52 by bluegenes, posted 08-02-2012 8:05 AM | | bluegenes has not replied |
| Replies to this message: | | | Message 65 by frako, posted 08-03-2012 7:46 AM | | caffeine has replied |
|
frako
Member (Idle past 327 days) Posts: 2932 From: slovenija Joined: 09-04-2010
|
|
|
Message 65 of 181 (669810)
08-03-2012 7:46 AM
|
Reply to: Message 64 by caffeine
08-03-2012 6:25 AM
|
|
got a second Bronze medal in shooting today. these where his 8th Olympic games and his 3d medal.
Christianity, One woman's lie about an affair that got seriously out of hand
Click if you dare!
| This message is a reply to: | | | Message 64 by caffeine, posted 08-03-2012 6:25 AM | | caffeine has replied |
| Replies to this message: | | | Message 66 by caffeine, posted 08-03-2012 8:20 AM | | frako has not replied |
|
caffeine
Member (Idle past 1046 days) Posts: 1800 From: Prague, Czech Republic Joined: 10-22-2008
|
|
|
Message 66 of 181 (669812)
08-03-2012 8:20 AM
|
Reply to: Message 65 by frako
08-03-2012 7:46 AM
|
|
You didn't last at the top of the per capita table for long though. New Zealand just got two golds at rowing, which would put them above Slovenia. More importantly, though, the Czech rower took silver in the men's single sculls. That's two! Still nothing in the shooting, though, so I don't think this year will match Beijing.
| This message is a reply to: | | | Message 65 by frako, posted 08-03-2012 7:46 AM | | frako has not replied |
|
Tangle
Member Posts: 9504 From: UK Joined: 10-07-2011 Member Rating: 4.8
|
(1)
| |
| |
| |
|
|
Message 67 of 181 (669887)
08-05-2012 7:49 AM
|
|
|
Frank Boyce, the guy who wrote the script for the Olympic opening ceremony, origionally included a sequence on evolution because 'it was a British idea' but abandonned it because it looked too much like The Lion King. Which is a pity. But today our papers are full of photos and plaudits for Brits that are doing well at standing up sports. So that's all good.
Life, don't talk to me about life - Marvin the Paranoid Android
|
frako
Member (Idle past 327 days) Posts: 2932 From: slovenija Joined: 09-04-2010
|
(1)
| |
| |
| |
|
|
Message 68 of 181 (669903)
08-05-2012 5:33 PM
|
|
|
Got a silver medal today damm was hoping for gold. Hammer throwing or what you call it. So far we have 1 gold 1 silver 2 bronze
Christianity, One woman's lie about an affair that got seriously out of hand
Click if you dare!
|
caffeine
Member (Idle past 1046 days) Posts: 1800 From: Prague, Czech Republic Joined: 10-22-2008
|
(2)
| |
| |
| |
|
|
Message 69 of 181 (669920)
08-06-2012 4:03 AM
|
|
|
Gold!
The Czech Republic got it's first gold, in rowing, and medals in shooting and tennis as well. I've never even heard of the women's doubles team that got the silver, but there you go.
|
Huntard
Member (Idle past 2317 days) Posts: 2870 From: Limburg, The Netherlands Joined: 09-02-2008
|
(1)
| |
| |
| |
|
|
Message 70 of 181 (669921)
08-06-2012 6:26 AM
|
|
|
some more gold!
Miss Ranomi Kromowidjojo got a second gold medal in the 50M Freestyle swimming event, and her teammate Marleen Veldhuis got the bronze one. Also, Dorian Rijselberghe won the gold medal in the RS:X class in sailing (basically windsurfing), although he wont receive it untill tuesday. Yay dutchies! Almost forgot, probably our most well known achievement in the olympics: Beatiful ladies playing field hockey. Edited by Huntard, : added nice picture gallery
|
Tangle
Member Posts: 9504 From: UK Joined: 10-07-2011 Member Rating: 4.8
|
|
|
Message 71 of 181 (669922)
08-06-2012 6:35 AM
|
|
|
I'm awarding all the guys and gals in the Jet Propulsion Lab at NASA honoury Gold medals for this:
The first low def image from Curiosity. A fabulous, amazing achievement.
Life, don't talk to me about life - Marvin the Paranoid Android
|
Panda
Member (Idle past 3734 days) Posts: 2688 From: UK Joined: 10-04-2010
|
|
|
Message 72 of 181 (669924)
08-06-2012 7:03 AM
|
Reply to: Message 71 by Tangle
08-06-2012 6:35 AM
|
|
Tangle writes: A fabulous, amazing achievement.
WOOHOO!! "The US space agency has just landed a huge new robot rover on Mars gone f'king mental."
"There is no great invention, from fire to flying, which has not been hailed as an insult to some god." J. B. S. Haldane
| This message is a reply to: | | | Message 71 by Tangle, posted 08-06-2012 6:35 AM | | Tangle has not replied |
| Replies to this message: | | | Message 73 by cavediver, posted 08-06-2012 8:56 AM | | Panda has seen this message but not replied |
|
cavediver
Member (Idle past 3665 days) Posts: 4129 From: UK Joined: 06-16-2005
|
(2)
| |
| |
| |
|
|
Message 73 of 181 (669928)
08-06-2012 8:56 AM
|
Reply to: Message 72 by Panda
08-06-2012 7:03 AM
|
|
"The US space agency has just gone f'king mental." Yep, as was I - having set the alarm early, and then couldn't get NASA TV to work  Raced downstairs, clicked about twenty different remotes to get the AV system working, then flicked news channels until found one not showing the Olympics - thank you CNN and your live feed. Just as she hit the atmosphere. Best seven minutes of recent years 
| This message is a reply to: | | | Message 72 by Panda, posted 08-06-2012 7:03 AM | | Panda has seen this message but not replied |
| Replies to this message: | | | Message 74 by ramoss, posted 08-06-2012 1:53 PM | | cavediver has not replied |
|
ramoss
Member (Idle past 634 days) Posts: 3228 Joined: 08-11-2004
|
(2)
| |
| |
| |
|
|
Message 74 of 181 (669933)
08-06-2012 1:53 PM
|
Reply to: Message 73 by cavediver
08-06-2012 8:56 AM
|
|
If this rover is even HALF as successful as the other ones, i will be absolutely thrilled.
| This message is a reply to: | | | Message 73 by cavediver, posted 08-06-2012 8:56 AM | | cavediver has not replied |
|
caffeine
Member (Idle past 1046 days) Posts: 1800 From: Prague, Czech Republic Joined: 10-22-2008
|
|
|
Message 75 of 181 (670025)
08-08-2012 4:54 AM
|
|
|
Finsihing last in the final
So, when you're the Kazakh guy in the final of the men's canoe sprint, and you cross the line long after everyone else has finished, are you happy because you're one of the best eight canoeists in the world, or miserable because you're last?
| Replies to this message: | | | Message 76 by Panda, posted 08-08-2012 5:51 AM | | caffeine has not replied | | | Message 80 by Modulous, posted 08-08-2012 8:58 AM | | caffeine has replied |
|
™ Version 4.2