The Dew Drop Inn Virtual Games of the XXX Olympiad Pub, Stratford

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The Dew Drop Inn Virtual Games of the XXX Olympiad Pub, a place where you can come in for a sly beverage and discuss whatever's on your mind, or just eavesdrop on the regulars if you fancy a break from all the rugby chat.

This week the pub has set up in the heart of the Olympic Precinct at Stratford, where we can watch the world's greatest athletes do their thing and strut their stuff during the best Modern Olympics Games ever.

"Citius, Altius, Fortius" has been the motto for the modern Olympic Games since their beginning in 1896 - and let's hope it stays that way.

The only rule in this pub is one of mutual respect for everyone in it, oh and no tampering with the pictures of Jessica Ennis, Kieran Behan, Oscar Pistorius, Bradley Wiggins, Leryn Franco, Michelle Jenneke, Victoria Pendleton, Aaron Cruden, Katie Taylor, Misty May, Usain Bolt, Mo Farah, Krisztián Berki (on that horsey thingy) and the the Winner of the Gold Medal at Wimbledon - Andy Murray.




Last Pawb: https://www.606v2.com/t33138p1000-the-dew-drop-inn-virtual-games-of-the-xxx-olympiad-pub-london

BTW, given discussions on how much money it takes to win a medal - here's an answer from Auntie

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19144983

littleswannygirl wrote:Indeed Hound

Apologies if this has already been mentioned, I've only had a quick skim read back, but I am duty bound to mention this! Just in case people are unaware of the might of the kingdom of Yorkshire

Oh yeah!!!

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/comment/london-2012-yorkshire--the-county-thats-trouncing-australia-in-the-olympic-medal-table-8010174.html

I forgot to wish a Happy Yorkshire day for the 1st August.
Belated

Thank you Hound

I discovered today that Victoria Pendleton lives about 5 miles away from me! What's the odds a certain reg decides he has urgent business in this area

Yorkshire have done us proud! Caught the end of the Brownlee's in passing this morning

They're introducing whippet racing, flat cap wearing and penny pinching in the 2020 Olympics. Three in 't bag fer Yierkshare.

Glas a du wrote:They're introducing whippet racing, flat cap wearing and penny pinching in the 2020 Olympics. Three in 't bag fer Yierkshare.

I don't know, Cavan could do well at the penny pinching.

Who is this Penny lady? She sounds right up my street.

They're talking about Phelps being the greatest Olympian of all time because he has the most medals of any athlete. Does anyone else think this a little unfair given the fact in swimming, it much easier to compete across a range of disciplines than any other?

I think he's a contender but actually selecting one person as the greatest Olympian is a futile and meaningless task. Fun to discuss though

cheers Hound I still can't believe she came back from a broken neck.

Well done to Sally Pearson. So white women can run...

Swanny, great inspirational story about Isobelle. That's the spirit.

(unfortunately we have now overtaken North Korea and have Yorkshire firmly in our sights....)

Your better than North Yorkshire to be fair. South Korea and South Yorkshire are still well ahead though.

Linebreaker wrote:cheers Hound I still can't believe she came back from a broken neck.

Well done to Sally Pearson. So white women can run...

Swanny, great inspirational story about Isobelle. That's the spirit.

(unfortunately we have now overtaken North Korea and have Yorkshire firmly in our sights....)

Morning breaker and Glas, great run from Pearson last night, but Jenneke still has my

Tremendous achievement from Chris Hoy too

Yes, I really thought the German had his number on the back straight.

Medal number 3 for Ireland!





Well done Mick Conlon!

Glas a du wrote:Your better than North Yorkshire to be fair. South Korea and South Yorkshire are still well ahead though.

Morning Glas, As & Kado,

But it's South Wales we really have to worry about. Have you seen their hog-tossing team? How does one compete with that?

Raining medals for Ireland now... great to see.

Scanning for sarcasm.

Results inconclusive.

Meh!

Oh dear... what are they doing?

http://www.news.com.au/sport/london-olympics/naughty-korea-fires-a-missive-at-mx/story-fndpu6dv-1226445891807

"A straw may show which way the wind blows"

Well our medal hopes are gone like yesterday's pathetic little bit of snow that fell.

Flat out this morning....

Another great day in the Olympics yesterday..

Well done Michael Conlon, now over to paddy barnes. Lets hope some of those medals change colour .

Great day for TeamGB again with a load more medals. Sir Chris Hoy is a legend .

Well done to Sally Pearson too. Phenomenal athlete.

Taxi for Phillips Adowu.

That's pretty poor, Breaker.

Joe E Lewis: "You only live once - but if you work it right, once is enough"

Isn't it Lucky?

They've already had the flag incident and now this deliberate provocation.

P.m for penfro!!

8 days till first match of season
10 days till Glos vs Blues and the other half's first 'shed' experience
11 days till America

I'll have a

MBTGOG wrote:They're talking about Phelps being the greatest Olympian of all time because he has the most medals of any athlete. Does anyone else think this a little unfair given the fact in swimming, it much easier to compete across a range of disciplines than any other?

Yeah I think a medal is not equal to a medal. You can't really compare sports. Mo Farrahs one is more impressive than some other peoples 5 if you catch my drift. Some sports don't give you the opportunity to win more than multple medals whereas there seems to be a neverending list of swimming, rowing and cycling events. Team events vs individual events is also an unfair comparison.

That said 18 gold medals is simply staggering. Compare him to other swimmers and there's no one even close on the medal list which suggest Phelps is very far above the norm. In the context of medals he has about the same (or more) than Chris Hoy, Steve Redgrave and Bradley Wiggins put together.

What Phelps has achieved is pretty mindblowing. I'd say hes a good shout for the greatest.

And it's just so unnecessary, as well as being unfunny. And then the editors say no offence was intended. Er, how did they expect it to be received?

But then, I suppose the North Korean people won't get to read it anyway.

Rodders (and Munsty), there's a thread discussing who's the 'greatest' Olympian:

https://www.606v2.com/t33075-who-is-your-greatest-olympian

I agree with you both, I don't like this simple equating of medal tally to greatness. The number of medals indicates success, but success and greatness aren't the same thing.

I think for me, the Olympics has become to signify being more than just about success in events. Even though I never saw him, Jesse Owens will always be the greatest Olympian given the circumstances and what he did it against.

Lucky, I can just imagine a couple of ignorant idiots in the 'newspaper' office asking: "which one is North Korean again?" and some clever person saying "ummm KOR is the nice one and DPRK is the.... naughty one". (chuckle) That's as far as it should have gone.

It's also the fact they called the DPRK 'Naughty Korea'. That actually makes light of how tough life is the people of North Korea.

Ugh, this new song by Keane is so insipid. It's been on Radio 2's playlist for weeks!

I read the other day that they are appealing for food assistance from the west. If you've ever been there (or on the border) there is this overwhelming sense of depression when you look into the distance. Seoul is another world away it seems. The 'haves' and the 'have nots'.

So what's on this morning... kayaking, sailing and some boxing?

The decathlon starts this morning, and there are the heats of the men's 5,000 metres and the women's 800. Might be some others too.

Watching it now and having a read of the "elitist sports" thread.

https://www.606v2.com/t33365-sports-which-are-just-too-posh-rich-and-over-represented-at-the-olympics

Some interesting points there. Access for everyone and anyone to some of those once elitist sports is now getting a lot easier... for a few lucky ones.

A couple of alternative Olympic medal prediction sites that seemed quite interesting:

http://mba.tuck.dartmouth.edu/pages/faculty/andrew.bernard/olympicmedals.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18976333

Spoiler:

Linebreaker wrote:Watching it now and having a read of the "elitist sports" thread.

https://www.606v2.com/t33365-sports-which-are-just-too-posh-rich-and-over-represented-at-the-olympics

Some interesting points there. Access for everyone and anyone to some of those once elitist sports is now getting a lot easier... for a few lucky ones.

Many people who row, for example, won't do it until University. Such is the nature of the sport that this does not really affect their chances of making the Olympics, several medal winners this Games had only learned to row a few years ago. There are also several reach-out rowing programmes in London alone and being a member of a rowing club is no more expensive than most football clubs (It's expensive for the clubs though!) and the elitism of the sport is grossly misrepresented, hence Trenton Oldfield tragically narrowing avoiding death in a stupid, selfish, hypocritical publicity stunt masquerading as protest

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:A couple of alternative Olympic medal prediction sites that seemed quite interesting:

http://mba.tuck.dartmouth.edu/pages/faculty/andrew.bernard/olympicmedals.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18976333

Spoiler:

Technically punching above our weight either way

You what?!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19177783

Excitement is growing around the building, we've abandoned a meeting this afternoon to go watch KT.

Even though she's now British, according to the Telegraph...

Is KT on at 2 Mick? You wouldn't post the result up? this RTE app is pants.....

Something for Gib as he travels from Agen back up to de Dam:

Spoiler:

KT is on now, won first round 3-1; second round 4-2
Live here
http://www.london2012.com/boxing/event/women-light-60kg/match=bxw060201/index.html

Noise in the arena is amazing - measured at 113 decibels (louder than a jet taking off apparently which is only 110dB)
After round 3 score 13-6 to KT

At last they sing The Fields

And the winner was KT by 17-9

KT says i knock you oooooooooooout!

BOOM! We've upgraded a bronze to something else, we find out what tomorrow.

More stoppage time at work - it is scheduled for 16.45 tomorrow

KiaRose wrote:More stoppage time at work - it is scheduled for 16.45 tomorrow

I finish at 4.30 - handy!

When is Paddy Barnes fighting? Could have another medal there.

Paddy Barnes is due on at 20.45 tonight.

Beeb commentators being very incensed about the scoring between KT's forthcoming opponent. Seems very biased towards the Russian

Hi my lovelies. Another lush day in Calgary and a bonus of a day off tomorrow. Beers it is then. Maybe a bit early at 8am though

Miss you all millions

Cracking stuff from Katie. The guys in the RTE studio were a little more shrewd with the superlatives from today's match compared to how they were after the quarter. If she wins gold though, I can't see any holding back.

The scenes in Bray were fantastic.