Comments on: Olympic Avoidance Log 2008: Day 8 - Of Tables http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/08/olympic-avoidance-log-2008-of-tables/ Lollards in the high church of low culture Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:04:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Pete http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/08/olympic-avoidance-log-2008-of-tables/#comment-482576 Pete Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:04:19 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=12152#comment-482576 I was disappointed not to see a goatse one. I was disappointed not to see a goatse one.

]]> By: Tom http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/08/olympic-avoidance-log-2008-of-tables/#comment-482575 Tom Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:02:01 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=12152#comment-482575 To be fair Pete - though of course as an Olympic Avoider you would not have known this - they were asking for entries in this 'competition' several days ago live on air. I assume the usual channels - i.e. Blue Peter - wanted none of it. To be fair Pete - though of course as an Olympic Avoider you would not have known this - they were asking for entries in this ‘competition’ several days ago live on air. I assume the usual channels - i.e. Blue Peter - wanted none of it.

]]> By: Pete Baran http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/08/olympic-avoidance-log-2008-of-tables/#comment-482528 Pete Baran Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:51:49 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=12152#comment-482528 Oh why does the BBC nick our ideas and then have nitwits actually respond. <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/7567384.stm" rel="nofollow">Here are fourteen BBC Online viewers designs for a flag for this Michael Phelps country...</a> Some are staggeringly poor, some have a little flair and one appears to be the Ukrainian flag with michael Phelps on it. Oh why does the BBC nick our ideas and then have nitwits actually respond. Here are fourteen BBC Online viewers designs for a flag for this Michael Phelps country… Some are staggeringly poor, some have a little flair and one appears to be the Ukrainian flag with michael Phelps on it.

]]> By: Pete http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/08/olympic-avoidance-log-2008-of-tables/#comment-482214 Pete Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:52:19 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=12152#comment-482214 India, named after Indi(r)a Ghandhi. India, named after Indi(r)a Ghandhi.

]]> By: lex http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/08/olympic-avoidance-log-2008-of-tables/#comment-482174 lex Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:24:55 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=12152#comment-482174 <i>what is the only country named after its ruler?</i> Turkmenistan! what is the only country named after its ruler?

Turkmenistan!

]]> By: CarsmileSteve http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/08/olympic-avoidance-log-2008-of-tables/#comment-482172 CarsmileSteve Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:17:41 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=12152#comment-482172 yes, most of the stuff i googled seemed to suggest it was an IOC thing, in that we are GBR and not UKI (UNK?), which i guess goes back 112 years and it's too late to change it nao... yes, most of the stuff i googled seemed to suggest it was an IOC thing, in that we are GBR and not UKI (UNK?), which i guess goes back 112 years and it’s too late to change it nao…

]]> By: Erithian http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/08/olympic-avoidance-log-2008-of-tables/#comment-482162 Erithian Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:59:40 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=12152#comment-482162 Wendy Houvenaghel, silver behind Rebecca Romero in the women's pursuit cycling, is apparently the first Northern Irish Olympian to win a medal since Mary Peters in 1972. GB is generally considered shorthand for "Great Britain and Northern Ireland" which would be tricky to put on the tracksuits (but not that tricky). Wendy Houvenaghel, silver behind Rebecca Romero in the women’s pursuit cycling, is apparently the first Northern Irish Olympian to win a medal since Mary Peters in 1972. GB is generally considered shorthand for “Great Britain and Northern Ireland” which would be tricky to put on the tracksuits (but not that tricky).

]]> By: Tom http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/08/olympic-avoidance-log-2008-of-tables/#comment-482103 Tom Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:45:17 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=12152#comment-482103 Pete in a fifteen minute browse of the BBC this lunchtime I spotted two more variants on the if it were a country: - If Britain's cyclists were a country... and the, erm, highly abstract - If Team GB's weekend were a country... Pete in a fifteen minute browse of the BBC this lunchtime I spotted two more variants on the if it were a country:

- If Britain’s cyclists were a country…

and the, erm, highly abstract

- If Team GB’s weekend were a country…

]]> By: CarsmileSteve http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/08/olympic-avoidance-log-2008-of-tables/#comment-482099 CarsmileSteve Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:40:36 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=12152#comment-482099 i understand the Americans use that version of the medal table so that they are top of it... i understand the Americans use that version of the medal table so that they are top of it…

]]> By: CarsmileSteve http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/08/olympic-avoidance-log-2008-of-tables/#comment-482092 CarsmileSteve Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:35:52 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=12152#comment-482092 certainly one of the republic of ireland's boxers was described as "a belfast boy" the other day, but according to the Team GB <a href="http://www.olympics.org.uk/beijing2008/TeamGB.aspx" rel="nofollow">website</a> there are only three athletes from Northern Ireland in the team... certainly one of the republic of ireland’s boxers was described as “a belfast boy” the other day, but according to the Team GB website there are only three athletes from Northern Ireland in the team…

]]> By: vinylscot http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/08/olympic-avoidance-log-2008-of-tables/#comment-482068 vinylscot Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:05:09 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=12152#comment-482068 re this Team GB nonsense. If you were of a mind to care about these things, and if you were from Northern Ireland, would you not be a bit pissed off that you had been excluded from the United Kingdom team? I don't know if there are any Northern Irish in the team, or reading this, but I'd be interested to hear their views, while remaining as ignorant as possible regarding the actual events in Beijing. re this Team GB nonsense. If you were of a mind to care about these things, and if you were from Northern Ireland, would you not be a bit pissed off that you had been excluded from the United Kingdom team?

I don’t know if there are any Northern Irish in the team, or reading this, but I’d be interested to hear their views, while remaining as ignorant as possible regarding the actual events in Beijing.

]]> By: Tom http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/08/olympic-avoidance-log-2008-of-tables/#comment-482063 Tom Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:49:57 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=12152#comment-482063 & for some reason the Americans use a different version of the medal table: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2008/medals/tracker/ & for some reason the Americans use a different version of the medal table: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2008/medals/tracker/

]]> By: Tom http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/08/olympic-avoidance-log-2008-of-tables/#comment-482055 Tom Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:38:09 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=12152#comment-482055 If Michael Phelps was a country it would spoil* one of my favourite pub quiz questions: what is the only country named after its ruler? *unless he called himself Swimistan or something. If Michael Phelps was a country it would spoil* one of my favourite pub quiz questions: what is the only country named after its ruler?

*unless he called himself Swimistan or something.

]]> By: byebyepride http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/08/olympic-avoidance-log-2008-of-tables/#comment-481958 byebyepride Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:18:39 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=12152#comment-481958 Who is Michael Phelps? Clearly my avoidance is going better than yours! Who is Michael Phelps? Clearly my avoidance is going better than yours!

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