It's the PC brigade that ruined the Olympics. It was always based on skills required for war - running, throwing, jumping etc. When it was resurrected, it followed a similar pattern. Some events were added to 'modernise' the relationship by introducing associated events such as swimming, shooting, rowing/sailing, & horse riding, as it was argued that these were modern war skills (at the time). Then the PC brigade wanted to get rid of the war association, so they introduced a wide range of non-war focussed events, like tiddlywinks, taking your dog for a walk, getting your make-up right etc. It's now exactly where they wanted it - a joke. And a money-making joke at that. I have far more respect for the Paralympics. There they have heroes competing, not egos with an eye on £££££.
And yet the founder of the modern olympics, Pierre de Coubertin, won the gold medal in the 1912 Literature event, for his poem "Ode to Sport". Was poetry our secret weapon at the start of World War One, lots of academic types strolling across No Mans Land, reciting Keats "Ode to a Nightingale" or "Daffodils" by Wordsworth. I guess Tennysons "Charge of the Light Brigade" would at least have been appropriate for combative poetry aha yes there was also that extreme military event in 1900 of "poodle clipping" won by 37 year old farmers wife, Avril Lafoule, although this was an actual April Fools joke and didn't happen (grrrr at Stephen Fry and QI for making me believe that this actually happened ) Although god knows how John Hughes won gold medal for GB in 1932 in the Town Planning event , for designing a leisure centre in Liverpool, but the strangest event has to be at the 1928 games in Amsterdam, when no gold or bronze medals were awarded in the "Dramatic Works" event but Lauro De Bosis managed to win silver . How can you come second to no one ???? Edit : I have now found an evener stranger outcome, Rosamund Fletcher won the bronze medal at the 1948 "Reliefs" event, and Gabriele Bianchi won bronze in the "vocal" event at the same Olympics, but no one was awarded Gold or Silver medals
Whale harpooning from a rowing boat sounds like a great sport. We could add tree felling with axes and seal cub clubbing just to upset the saint greta brigade.
I wouldn't mind seeing those pictures Steptoe took of the fat bastard bollocko, showing all her insides, the missus is thinking of getting a brown leather 3 piece suite with pink cushions and i'm wondering what that colour combo would look like
We could combine rowing and archery 20 points if you sink a Dinghy in French waters 40 in English waters
D'ya think if i delete it no one will notice and i'll get away with it and my exemplary reputation will be intact ?
“ I have far more respect for the Paralympics. There they have heroes competing, not egos with an eye on £££££.” FFS Neil why bring Shaks andnthe Cider buggy back into it
Ah ****'em Forza, when the Social credit system comes in, myself, a few on here, yourself included, Shako Este Rog etc will always be in the minus social credit for the things we say on here and other places
Harry Halfwit Markle wants to do away with the Yanks 1st Amendment, the thick ginger **** All this fake outrage at people trolling other people calling them names is the governments way to stop real free speech, if they don't like what you say or it goes against their agenda they will lump it all together, then its hate speech according to them and you are silenced Este