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Title: 2012 Olympics
Post by: MisterAJ on January 07, 2010, 01:04:34 PM
(http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n355/MisterAJ79/FuNnY/london_2012_simpsons.jpg?t=1262894386)

LISA, NO!!! HE'S YOUR BROTHER!!!

(Epic Logo fail, or what..?)
Title: Re: 2012 Olympics
Post by: smokester on January 07, 2010, 01:11:04 PM
You know that virtually all of London and the country as a whole hated that logo and made that fact known.  It made no difference as the company that dreamt it up still got a fortune for it we got stuck with both a logo that we didn't want and the Olympics which was even more unpopular.
Title: Re: 2012 Olympics
Post by: laama on January 07, 2010, 02:42:53 PM
Quote from: MisterAJ on January 07, 2010, 01:04:34 PM
(http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n355/MisterAJ79/FuNnY/london_2012_simpsons.jpg?t=1262894386)

LISA, NO!!! HE'S YOUR BROTHER!!!

(Epic Logo fail, or what..?)
It looks like block test.
Title: Re: 2012 Olympics
Post by: MisterAJ on January 07, 2010, 05:07:31 PM
Quote from: smokester on January 07, 2010, 01:11:04 PM
You know that virtually all of London and the country as a whole hated that logo and made that fact known.  It made no difference as the company that dreamt it up still got a fortune for it we got stuck with both a logo that we didn't want and the Olympics which was even more unpopular.

Yeah, nothing like a trillion ? Olympic arrangement to drag a country out of a financial crisis...
Title: Re: 2012 Olympics
Post by: ohcheap1 on January 07, 2010, 05:09:23 PM
Aaaaaaaawwwwwww SNAP! AJ's trying to add alittle friction.
Spoiler (hover to show)
Title: Re: 2012 Olympics
Post by: smokester on January 07, 2010, 05:28:17 PM
Quote from: MisterAJ on January 07, 2010, 05:07:31 PM
Yeah, nothing like a trillion ? Olympic arrangement to drag a country out of a financial crisis...

Doesn't help either when you go half a billion over budget and then remember that you'll also need ?10bn for the security measures.
Title: Re: 2012 Olympics
Post by: Robin-Graves on January 07, 2010, 08:14:36 PM
The olympics are just an elitist corporate gimmick to make money.
Title: Re: 2012 Olympics
Post by: laama on January 08, 2010, 01:01:03 PM
Quote from: Robin-Graves on January 07, 2010, 08:14:36 PM
The olympics are just an elitist corporate gimmick to make money.
Quite true.

Olympics are almost spoiled nowadays,original idea is somewhere backround when multinational companies showing their products and athletics looks like trademarks.
Title: Re: 2012 Olympics
Post by: MisterAJ on January 08, 2010, 02:15:26 PM
I wish they had a contest that mattered.

Like:

A car with 3 crash test dummies are dropped from a crane, firefighters from around the world
have to cut them out ASAP, in a safe and professional matter.

Each FF team would of course do it on a separate car, can't have 700 FF work on one car... BUT:

THAT would take skills and teamwork, not drugs or high-performance shoes...
Title: Re: 2012 Olympics
Post by: Robin-Graves on January 08, 2010, 04:04:45 PM
Damn,,nailed it in one!!!!
Title: Re: 2012 Olympics
Post by: laama on January 08, 2010, 04:17:15 PM
Quote from: MisterAJ on January 08, 2010, 02:15:26 PM
I wish they had a contest that mattered.

Like:

A car with 3 crash test dummies are dropped from a crane, firefighters from around the world
have to cut them out ASAP, in a safe and professional matter.

Each FF team would of course do it on a separate car, can't have 700 FF work on one car... BUT:

THAT would take skills and teamwork, not drugs or high-performance shoes...
One shot at glory.
Title: Re: 2012 Olympics
Post by: Robin-Graves on January 08, 2010, 04:22:36 PM
How about olympics that mean something?
Maybe they can have an event where several world leaders come to gether and see who can figure out global peace the fastest?
 Maybe an event where they see who can stop starvation?
 You know,, its just an idea.
Perhaps an event, where teachers teach kids the read!
Title: Re: 2012 Olympics
Post by: MisterAJ on January 09, 2010, 03:27:08 AM
EXACTLY!!!

Having bunch of juiced up men in tights run in circles just don't make the world a better place to live in...
Title: Re: 2012 Olympics
Post by: goldshirt*9 on January 09, 2010, 05:19:32 AM
Quote from: Robin-Graves on January 07, 2010, 08:14:36 PM
The olympics are just an elitist corporate gimmick to make money.
very few games make money.most make a vast loss or use to.
the 2012 wont make money because their in the uk London.
as said what a waste of time .
how we are going to compete with the Beijing Olympics i will never know.
the best the UK could hope for is a downsized understated opening ceremony
and emphasize the sports .( i know even the sports are sponsored to hell but we could hope)
Title: Re: 2012 Olympics
Post by: chekovsulu on January 09, 2010, 08:51:25 AM
They could employ them Hackney goons to mug all the tourists.  I don't like Hackney, they look at you funny.
Title: Re: 2012 Olympics
Post by: smokester on January 09, 2010, 09:00:17 AM
Quote from: chekovsulu on January 09, 2010, 08:51:25 AM
They could employ them Hackney goons to mug all the tourists.  I don't like Hackney, they look at you funny.

East London is a hard place to live at the best of times.

One of the promises for winning the Olympic bid was regeneration of the area.  What that actually means is that they will be able to sell off all th property at ridiculous prices like they already do in north, south and west London.  It won't work of course as the only reason East London's property remains a comparitive bargain is that it is too scary to stay in for any length of time, and I can just imagine what the homeboys there would do with a new breed of "Hooray Henries" on their doorstep.
Title: Re: 2012 Olympics
Post by: goldshirt*9 on January 10, 2010, 01:20:58 AM
seem to recall that the local council kicked out local allotment holders to make way for a path.
Title: Re: 2012 Olympics
Post by: Robin-Graves on January 10, 2010, 07:23:16 AM
They can do that?

Seems to me this whole Olympics thing is more trouble for the comon person than what its worth.
I remember the last winter Olympics that was telivised here in the States. The ratings were crap.