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David 
to wish impossible things
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| 4pies wrote: | http://www.theage.com.au/olympics/off-the-field/government-blamed-for-australias-medal-drought-20120806-23pm3.html
gosper is blaming everyone but the obvious! |
Oh yay! More funding for sport on the way. Can't wait to find out what's making way for it in the budget. 
Mandy, re dromedary digits: no thanks! I prefer my women comfortable. 
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rocketronnie
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Straya isn't winning too many gode at de lympics.
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Piethagoras' Theorem 
the hypotenuse, is always a cakewalk
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| mandy wrote: | | Really? Do men really dig on camel toes? |
dig on, dig in, it all works for me 
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Piethagoras' Theorem
the hypotenuse, is always a cakewalk
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| luvdids wrote: | ^^^^ that last pic isn't from the Olympics.. I've never seen women wearing high heels to collect their medals  Plus they have advertising on their *whatever those suits are called*.
I guess you really just wanted to put that pic up, if I was a male I'd understand why |
haha, good pick up. I may have been a little distracted 
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Usain begs to differ (and maybe Swoops flame Ms Rice).
When is there another situation where you can get 3 swedish handballers to well... um... |
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Morrigu 
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Dunno but don't reckon young Mr Bolt would struggle anytime 
What a magnificent athlete he is ( not too shabby on the eye either just quietly)
Well done young Steve Soloman - great effort!
And Sally and Anna - just brilliant !!! And not just for the gold medals what wonderful attitudes and approaches to life you both have and display!
Phew thank goodness for tough Aussie girls or where would we be eh ( Not of course forgetting the great effort by Tom the sailor )
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rocketronnie
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Straya win moar gret goad.
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John Wren 
"Look after the game. It means so much to so many."
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like all foxtel subscribers i have eight channels to choose from. like a fta viewer i still have shite to watch. it makes me think that don't really gaf about most of what goes on.
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think positive
Side By Side
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who needs words!!
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David
to wish impossible things
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Nothing like a good dig at the AOC!
http://m.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/hard-to-win-medals-when-turncoates-takes-breath-away-20120808-23ue8.html
| Quote: | This was the John Coates who was dragged before that inquiry, despite the quasi-diplomatic immunity claimed by International Olympic Committee grandees during their luxurious jaunts across the planet.
The same man whose organisation either cannot, or will not, justify the benefits its generous funding provides the broader community, beyond spurious notions such as the Olympic ''feelgood factor'', ''international prestige'' and the chest-beating contests with other nations similarly obsessed with the medals table.
The man whose organisation eventually delivered a 229-page submission to that inquiry that was little more than a longwinded and costly wish list on behalf of elite performers. The AOC's untested, perhaps even self-deluded, claims about its impact on grassroots sports were echoed in London by the Australian team's deputy chef de mission Kitty Chiller. In defending Australia's performance, Chiller said: ''There's thousands of kids running around the backyard because of Cathy Freeman. Thousands on a bike because of Cadel Evans.''
Evans's Tour de France victory, almost certainly, has accelerated already strong growth in cycling. Yet, what little research has been done - none of it by the AOC - suggests the Olympics have no significant impact on participation rates, beyond short-lived spikes in attendance at programs such as Little Athletics. Indeed, one study by the Australian centre for Olympic studies at the University of Technology, Sydney, showed that participation by people aged 15-plus in 14 out of 21 Olympic sports decreased after the Sydney Olympics. |
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who needs words!!
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and it's cold in London. |
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Piethagoras' Theorem
the hypotenuse, is always a cakewalk
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who needs words!! |
pole vaulter?
or pommel horse?
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tried the pole-vault at little athletics but was told "i didn't have the nessesary physical attributes".
Now i know what they meant..  |
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stui magpie 
Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.
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| frankiboy wrote: | | think positive wrote: |
who needs words!! |
pole vaulter?
or pommel horse? |
And the lesson for our friend in the photo is..............don't wear the Lycra uniform when you go to watch the womens beach volley ball.
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| When I think of "hung like a portuguese" I think of Nandos... |
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