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It just HAD to happen- Olympics thread

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It just HAD to happen- Olympics thread
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Re: It just HAD to happen- Olympics thread
August 6, 2012 at 7:36 pm
This Aussie team are a fucking joke. What happened???
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RE: It just HAD to happen- Olympics thread
August 6, 2012 at 8:25 pm
(August 6, 2012 at 7:27 pm)padraic Wrote:
Quote:I can blame that on Australians having a grossly inflated sense of importance in the world. We think we are as important as the United Kingdom, while in fact we are about as important as the Netherlands or Poland.


A bit of a non sequitor when speaking of the games. Sports mad Australia has an excellent record of success in the Olympic Games,which far outweighs our size.

I won't get into a fatuous argument about relative importance; it's irrelevant to me. Australia is my home and the centre of my world.

Actually I was thinking about other areas where this view of our importance is not accurate. However I am a bit concerned when people are despairing of our seen to be "lack of performance" so far in the Olympic Games.

Given how important Australia is in the affairs of the world, we should be celebrating every medal Australian Olympians get in the games. Also I believe that precious taxpayers money should not be spent on trying to win more medals at both the Commonwealth and Olympic Games.
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RE: It just HAD to happen- Olympics thread
August 6, 2012 at 8:50 pm (This post was last modified: August 6, 2012 at 9:01 pm by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
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RE: It just HAD to happen- Olympics thread
August 7, 2012 at 4:20 am
(August 6, 2012 at 7:36 pm)NoraBrimstone Wrote: This Aussie team are a fucking joke. What happened???

Who knows Dunno
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RE: It just HAD to happen- Olympics thread
August 7, 2012 at 6:03 am (This post was last modified: August 7, 2012 at 6:03 am by Darth.)
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RE: It just HAD to happen- Olympics thread
August 7, 2012 at 6:12 am
(August 7, 2012 at 4:20 am)KichigaiNeko Wrote:
(August 6, 2012 at 7:36 pm)NoraBrimstone Wrote: This Aussie team are a fucking joke. What happened???

Who knows Dunno


Or more to the point,why should I give a flying horned furrnurgle? ( I don't)
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RE: It just HAD to happen- Olympics thread
August 7, 2012 at 6:30 am
(August 7, 2012 at 6:12 am)padraic Wrote: Or more to the point,why should I give a flying horned furrnurgle? ( I don't)

Because of the shinning example Australia represents to the rest of the world. As a working class brit Australia represents how britain would be if we put 90% of the aristocracy to the sword. Therefore when toffee nosed Etonian rowers, beat the Ockers my heart sinks a little.

Have a heart for us down trodden people in the rain and fog you left behind.
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RE: It just HAD to happen- Olympics thread
August 7, 2012 at 7:18 am
(August 6, 2012 at 7:36 pm)NoraBrimstone Wrote: This Aussie team are a fucking joke. What happened???

Surprisingly it's not easy to win a gold medal.

Who'd have thought it?
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Re: RE: It just HAD to happen- Olympics thread
August 8, 2012 at 6:25 pm (This post was last modified: August 8, 2012 at 6:26 pm by NoraBrimstone.)
(August 7, 2012 at 7:18 am)Napoleon Wrote:
(August 6, 2012 at 7:36 pm)NoraBrimstone Wrote: This Aussie team are a fucking joke. What happened???

Surprisingly it's not easy to win a gold medal.

Who'd have thought it?
It's usually easy enough for the Aussies to make it to the medals table. I can't even remember an Olympics when they didn't make it...
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RE: It just HAD to happen- Olympics thread
August 8, 2012 at 6:56 pm
(August 8, 2012 at 6:25 pm)NoraBrimstone Wrote:
(August 7, 2012 at 7:18 am)Napoleon Wrote: Surprisingly it's not easy to win a gold medal.

Who'd have thought it?
It's usually easy enough for the Aussies to make it to the medals table. I can't even remember an Olympics when they didn't make it...

Granted, it seems AUS performed better in 2008, but they have won 26 medals so far, and there is plenty of competition left. I am surprised at how few gold medals they have won, but they've done well winning silver.

Britain has certainly done well, already surpassing their 2008 count.
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