The Olympics have finished. Let the bickering commence
So the Olympics have finished. Thank goodness for that. Frankly, even when sober I couldn’t be anymore ambivalent to the whole spectacle, especially given that in the finest traditions of a modern outward looking China, half of the opening ceremony would appear to have been errrrr ‘enhanced’. Still, I suppose it is fair to say that quiet a few people might well approve of Pamela Andersons ‘enhanced’ chest. But forget Pammie’s silicone mountains if you can for just a moment, whether its copy handbags in Shenzhen, voiceovers or judicious use of CGI at an opening ceremony, you just can’t beat the boys from Beijing when it comes to knocking out fakes.
Still, no sooner have the games finished than the bickering can begin. The Septics are claiming that they won more medals, while on the other hand, the Chinese a banging on about how many gold medals they have. Frankly who cares? I am sure that leaping around on some mats twirling a streamer behind you is a very worthy pursuit, but I can’t see that it merits getting all hot around the collar about. Oh yes, & please feel free to argue about who is the greatest Olympian of all time & when you reach a consensus, come & tell me – I’ll be in the bar.
Then there are the Frogs are upset about something (again) & some doubt seems to be being cast on the age of some of the Chinese gymnasts. Now the gymnastics is another event that I didn’t bother watching but by all accounts, some of those little Chinese girls would have had Gary Glitter breaking into an uncontrollable sweat. Again, dancing around on a mat that’s all great but the only vault that I am interested in is full of dosh … preferably exhorted from third world coffee bean farmers or better still, their widows & orphans.
Most recently, our Olympic hosts are all in a tizzy because Boris didn’t have his suit’s coat buttoned up & he wasn’t deferential respectful enough when handed the Olympic flag. Clearly he should he have been deferential respectful in the same way that the Chinese para-military police were deferential respectful to local laws when they marched around the globe with the Olympic flame ….. & while we are on the subject to Olympic flames, did it actually get to the top of Everest or was that a photoshop creation as well?
To return of the theme at the top of this page, I am bored bored bored of the whole bruhaha Aside from rugby & cricket, there are only 3 sports: hunting, shooting & fishing. The rest are merely pastimes. Treat the whole politico-Olympic thing with contempt that it deserves as there is a really important sporting date coming up next week (the opening of the partridge shooting season) & leave competitive push biking to those that care about such things.
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twitching with anticipation, birds delivered yesterday so I need something to tide me over and grouse are out of my pay range sadly!
Posted by: TimC | August 28, 2008 8:45 AM
I was delighted to find that on the odd occasion I watched tv here that the olympics didn't realy feature...apparently team GB(?) did well...fascinating I'm sure.
Posted by: thud | August 28, 2008 5:57 PM
Spot on Mr. FM. Personally managed to avoid watching any of the 'Games' at all, save for that bit of top quality athletic competition; the girls beach volleyball where Georgia beat Russia. Sweet. The latter were so pissed off they even went on to invade. Not terribly sporting.
Posted by: tricky | August 28, 2008 9:44 PM