Olympics Thread

well i personally feel that must give everyone a chance to hold if that city or country able to... so y not... hehe then later part then compare who is better in hosting the event.. :)

well i oso go for london hehe... congrats :)

Has London ever hosted the Olympic games before?

ahochaude wrote:Has London ever hosted the Olympic games before?

Yes in 1948.

well after yesterdays celebrations now this!!

mankind has yet again stooped to the lowest of lows.

these kind of actions only serve to make us stronger and more determined to eradicate terrorists who threaten the civilised world!!

Enna wrote:

Yes in 1948.

Thanks

kenjilina wrote:well after yesterdays celebrations now this!!

mankind has yet again stooped to the lowest of lows.

these kind of actions only serve to make us stronger and more determined to eradicate terrorists who threaten the civilised world!!

Wha? Did I miss something? did something happen?

ahochaude wrote:
Wha? Did I miss something? did something happen?

it's all over the news. around seven explosions reported in london this morning. al quaida claiming responsibility.

Dude. That sucks. I just heard about it this morning. did my business and then bam. We gotta kill those bastards. This stuff is getting sick already.

ahochaude wrote:Dude. That sucks. I just heard about it this morning. did my business and then bam. We gotta kill those bastards. This stuff is getting sick already.

as before we'll stand shoulder to shoulder. THEY WILL LOSE!!!!

Oh yes, they WILL LOSE. We will not allow them to take our people hostage and behead them in the name of jihad no more. We will not lose and give up in the face of terror....

Yeah is sad what these freaks r doing all the time.. what a WASTE.

even though the blasts were more directed to the G8 meeting than the olympics, just bad timing i guess

and worst of all i was travelling on the same routes just 2 days back in london :shakehead:

holy shit .. is scary sometimes in life

i don't want to stray from this thread so i'll just say one more thing about today's news.

as a nation that has put up with decades of terrorism from the ira you never get used to the news when it happens. it still shocks.

this is why this kind of activity will never prevail over decent human beings going about their daily lives.

WE WILL WIN!

thank you.

kenjilina wrote:i don't want to stray from this thread so i'll just say one more thing about today's news.

as a nation that has put up with decades of terrorism from the ira you never get used to the news when it happens. it still shocks.

this is why this kind of activity will never prevail over decent human beings going about their daily lives.

WE WILL WIN!

thank you.

I second that! :thumbsup:

Enna wrote:

Yeah Paris had their last Olympic games in 1924. It would have been a perfect time for them? :shakehead:

I am just glad that NYC did not win their bid. Yes I live close by, but there was too much political in-fighting and no consideration towards the public as to where to build the stadium. Greed did not win out this time! :applaud:

Yeah all that fighting over the Stadium I think did them in.

SubaruWRX wrote:
Yeah all that fighting over the Stadium I think did them in.

I think they were longshots to begin with behind Paris and London. The Atlanta and Salt Lake Olympics are fairly recent, and the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver meant it was unlikely coming back to North America. The stadium fiasco was the final nail in the coffin.

well it sucks.. all I needed to do was take a train into NYC which only takes an hour or so.

well, from the scoring, london were always ahead of paris in each round so i don't know why paris were favourites

kenjilina wrote:well, from the scoring, london were always ahead of paris in each round so i don't know why paris were favourites

Right until the voting happens, no one knows which way the IOC members are going to vote. It was either London, or Paris, and people just picked Paris as the favorite.

both are super far from me, and IMHO costs too much..

dochira wrote:
Right until the voting happens, no one knows which way the IOC members are going to vote. It was either London, or Paris, and people just picked Paris as the favorite.

i also think that jacque chirac's comments about english food didn't help the paris vote either. oops! :crazy:

kenjilina wrote:
i also think that jacque chirac's comments about english food didn't help the paris vote either. oops! :crazy:

Yeah, that wasn't the wisest thing to say at that time. I think he also said something about Finnish food, which didn't sit too well with their delegation.