At the risk of echoing an unpopular opinion, I honestly couldn't give two wet farts for the Olympics. Not because of principles such as the spiralling cost to host the thing at the expense of more essential areas, or the prices being charged for tickets and concomitant services such as hotels, catering etc, or what the privilege of hosting the games will do for the country's morale. Put simply, there are two things that bore me shitless. One is an enforced jingoistic national event, particularly but not exclusively with the word "royal" in it. The second is sports. Either of those on their own will guarantee my total disinterest; so you can just imagine what combining them does.
Also I fully understand the purpose of the games, it's all about the prestige and the taking part. Well, good luck to them. It's a noble endeavour, I'm sure. I just don't want to see it, thank you. I have the internet and a lot of DVDs, I can fill up a fortnight without the blanket TV coverage of a glorified school sports day.
If this makes me closed minded, then I'm closed minded. I'm not bitter, I'm not angry, I'm not even mildly dyspeptic; I just have a different opinion. Best get used to it I'm afraid - I'm told there's a lot of it going around.
Also I fully understand the purpose of the games, it's all about the prestige and the taking part. Well, good luck to them. It's a noble endeavour, I'm sure. I just don't want to see it, thank you. I have the internet and a lot of DVDs, I can fill up a fortnight without the blanket TV coverage of a glorified school sports day.
If this makes me closed minded, then I'm closed minded. I'm not bitter, I'm not angry, I'm not even mildly dyspeptic; I just have a different opinion. Best get used to it I'm afraid - I'm told there's a lot of it going around.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
