hodgy0_2

tbh the french should stick to what they are good at - cheese, wine and being rude

zip106

And surrendering?

joz8968

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Aus. making a late 'surge' up the table:-

http://www.london2012.com/medals/medal-count/


But the last laugh will still be on us:-

Australian sports minister set to lose Olympic bet

Maz

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Last laugh on them don't you mean?

hodgy0_2

and the gold medal for pedantry goes to........................





good spot btw

joz8968

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Amusingly, Kazakhstan is still ahead of them. *mischievous sniggering*

JTaylor

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/mobile/ol...ories/19180030

joz8968

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Great little montage of Team GB's 22 gold medal events, thus far:-

London 2012 Olympics: Every Great Britain gold medal so far

hodgy0_2

she was expecting rain i think


but well done her

TelBoy

Do i only get the silver??

hodgy0_2

aha -- i did think of you when I posted that

we would have to create a separate medal event for you

zip106

Not only that, but the BIGGEST podium to fit him and his ego on.

CrisPDuk

Chris Hoy made me laugh on the BBC last night, asked to comment on the French complaint about the wheels the GB cycling team are using, he said; "all our wheels are made in France, by a French company"

hodgy0_2

and the british tecnical director said the secret was that they are actually slightly rounder than the French wheels

joz8968

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...And one of the big French papers went with that as a serious headline! Allegedly.

Le épaisse *****.

Silly little froggies lol

hodgy0_2

They have form on this,

When the mini cooper S won the monte Carlo rally in 1965 the French motoring press could not believe it and challenged a works mini to a stage race with a cooper s straight out of a showroom in Paris

The showroom cooper s won, proving that it was just an exceptional car and the works cars were in fact slower than standard

The French got revenge in the 1966 Monte Carlo rally, when the mini's came 1st, 2nd and 3rd by getting them all disqualified for a dubious technical lightIng infringement, giving the win to a Citroen -- Pauli Toivonen, the Citroen driver refused to take to the winners podium and refused to ever drive for citroen again

joz8968

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Fair play to Ari though for rising above the risible. A great driver; a great human being.

hodgy0_2

Edit joz it was Toivonen, in the citreon my mistake

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauli_Toivonen

joz8968

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I wonder what the IOC will change for Rio this time, so as to TRY to keep the Team GB cyclists from winning again. The word, try, is pertinent.

Go on IOC, try your best...

joz8968

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He too was much loved amongst the rallying fraternitiy. Blisteringly quick but tragic fate denied him his destiny. RIP.

CrisPDuk

I think you'll find that was his son Henri

hodgy0_2

Whatever, the point is the French are cvnts

joz8968

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Oops fail. I thought Hodgy meant Henri. I failed to pay attention to the link - so apologies for being crap.

But yeah, it was a side point anyway.

An0n0m0us

Not sure what to make of Women's boxing. No idea why but just doesn't seem right for some reason

joz8968

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Cricket fans will get this:-

joz8968

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Name the Aussie Olympian (clue: it's a phonetic Spoonerism).

joz8968

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Two more golds (dessage and wimmin's boxing). Plus a bronze in the dressage too.

Shame for K-A Payne getting 4th in the 10k swimming.

24G 13S 14B = 51

dpb

Whoops the aussies out to ze fatherland this time

Do they actually wet the hockey 'pitch' ?

albob

yep - cuts down on 'grass' burns (if it was grass!!), and makes ball travel smoother along the surface

joz8968

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I was wondering that since the tournament began - was driving me nuts! lol.

So thanks for that albob.