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The wife and youngest HAD gone out this evening and the eldest was nerding in his pit. So, I managed to not watch ANY of it and instead watched Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes with NO interruptions! Was just then getting into Firefox for a bit of vintage Clint when they came back in and turned it over to watch the Olympics! She's been yapping on all evening and the ONE thing I listened to was that apparently "jaculating" is the art of throwing the javelin! Who knew? Looking forward to the woman's final now! 
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Imagine the leccy bill!
But, WTF has a song about BUKAKE got to.do with the Olympics?
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Why are the announcements in English and FRENCH? FFS!
Probably because the founder of the modern Olympics was a Frenchman :C
We have had that argument,
What I want to know is who won the ****ing war?
Now, back to the point, who invented the modern aeroplane?
What I want to know is who won the ****ing war?
Now, back to the point, who invented the modern aeroplane?
Yep ! I was somewhat startled by that salute TBH.
I thought the first hour was cleverly done and thankfully the sound system was a million times better than the Jubilee one at Buck house .
Also didn't know there were so many countries I've never heard of !!!!
I thought the first hour was cleverly done and thankfully the sound system was a million times better than the Jubilee one at Buck house .
Also didn't know there were so many countries I've never heard of !!!!
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The IOC (International Olympic Committee), the organisation behind the modern Olympics, was founded by Frenchman Baron Pierre de Coubertin in 1894. The first modern Games were held two years later in 1896, and the Olympic Charter, which set out that French would be the prominent language, was first drawn up in 1908.
As the man most responsible for the first modern Games, Coubertin surely had the right to make his own language the prominent one. The initial meeting of the IOC that set in motion plans for the first modern Games was also held in Paris, and the organisation is now based in a French-speaking part of Switzerland, making French the logical language to use.
History and tradition aside, there are very good linguistic reasons for having French as the first language of London 2012.
French is the official language of 29 countries, and it is commonly spoken in a further seven. It is spoken across six continents and it is estimated that as many as 275 million people around the world have French as their first or second language.
And this is set to grow. With 96.2 million Africans currently speaking French and rising birth rates, the OIF (l’Organisation internationale de la Francophonie) estimates that there could be 700 million French speakers in the world by 2050.
IMHO I thought it was a jolly good show but of optimism rather than depression all the time.
Here's a funny:
The Queen missed out on a great opportunity tonight...
Instead of opening the games, she should have stood and said: "I now hold hostage the heads of state of 200 countries. I now claim your countries as my own and from hereon they are part of the United Kingdom. This stadium is surrounded by 18,000 armed police and army troops who will kill anybody who objects to this."
As the man most responsible for the first modern Games, Coubertin surely had the right to make his own language the prominent one. The initial meeting of the IOC that set in motion plans for the first modern Games was also held in Paris, and the organisation is now based in a French-speaking part of Switzerland, making French the logical language to use.
History and tradition aside, there are very good linguistic reasons for having French as the first language of London 2012.
French is the official language of 29 countries, and it is commonly spoken in a further seven. It is spoken across six continents and it is estimated that as many as 275 million people around the world have French as their first or second language.
And this is set to grow. With 96.2 million Africans currently speaking French and rising birth rates, the OIF (l’Organisation internationale de la Francophonie) estimates that there could be 700 million French speakers in the world by 2050.
IMHO I thought it was a jolly good show
but of optimism rather than depression all the time.Here's a funny:
The Queen missed out on a great opportunity tonight...
Instead of opening the games, she should have stood and said: "I now hold hostage the heads of state of 200 countries. I now claim your countries as my own and from hereon they are part of the United Kingdom. This stadium is surrounded by 18,000 armed police and army troops who will kill anybody who objects to this."
Lovin the last paragraph :slap
"Instead of opening the games, she should have stood and said: "I now hold hostage the heads of state of 200 countries. I now claim your countries as my own and from hereon they are part of the United Kingdom. This stadium is surrounded by 18,000 armed police and army troops who will kill anybody who objects to this."
Ha ha!!!!! Had to laugh!!!!
Apart from this, so far as i know, in europe at least, more people speak German than anything else. Obviously the Germans do! [no...] Austrians, Swiss, is what ever they speak in luxembourg more or less german?? Well, even the queen speaks german, the queen IS german!!!
That settles it, it should all have been in german!!
john....
Ha ha!!!!! Had to laugh!!!!
Apart from this, so far as i know, in europe at least, more people speak German than anything else. Obviously the Germans do! [no...] Austrians, Swiss, is what ever they speak in luxembourg more or less german?? Well, even the queen speaks german, the queen IS german!!!
That settles it, it should all have been in german!!
john....
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If like me you struggle to understand some of the Olympic sports rules etc, I found this, which may help at least for volleyball.........
Beach Volleyball: What do those hand signals mean? Photos | Pictures - Yahoo! Eurosport UK
Beach Volleyball: What do those hand signals mean? Photos | Pictures - Yahoo! Eurosport UK
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To be honest.....I don't really care about he hands....well un less she was ......... ........ with them
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