Olympic Tickets?

Given the current furore concerning ticket allocation for the London 2012 Olympics, I was wondering whether anyone here had applied for tickets for the boxing tournament, and whether any applications had been successful?

Also, if you were given free tickets for the women's boxing, would you go?

My wife applied on my behalf, which shows real love, if you like! As to whether I was successful, the truth is that I don't know, not having looked at my credit card statement recently. I'm guessing not, but you never know.

As to your second question - no, I doubt it. I'm a devout believer in full equality, which includes women boxing at the Olympics or for pay if they so choose, but it's not something that I particularly want to see. I don't doubt the skill levels; it's just an aesthetic thing, and I can't help it.

Applied for both semis in the 2 lower price ranges, didn't get anything. Story of my Olympic application.

I really wanted to bid because with the elite squad fighting out of Sheffield have attended a couple of shows so have seen a few of them develop and win the ABA's but didn't in the end as the chances of getting them are slim and you just know hotels and restaurants in this country will absolutely have your pants down, also as it is me and the wifes tenth anniversary next year thought a weekend away abroad would be a more reasonable use of my scant resources (we're a romantic sort us Yorkshire men)

As for the womens personally it's not for me, appreciate all the equality arguments but for me whenever I have watched it it has always left me cold. Also living in Rotherham I have seen more than my share of women fighting.

I personally don't like or enjoy watching the amateur game.

Too much pitt patt for me personally. Bit like watching a JC fight and i never enjoyed many of those save for the Eubank fight and the first 6 of Kessler,

Basing my decision on that paying to watch him was money wasted

Good luck to our boys though.

And out of £2300 or so worth of ticket applications i get precisely zero! I only wanted to go to stuff like the BMX/Volleyball (womens) etc!

It's my understanding that in womens boxing, a blow to the milkers, or snatch for that matter, is illegal?

Michaels, Sean wrote:It's my understanding that in womens boxing, a blow to the milkers, or snatch for that matter, is illegal?

Correct

A weekend abroad? You're not thinking o' travelling outside Yorkshire are you?

OUTRAGEOUS!!!!!!!!

Talk sense Dave, you know as well as me as a Yorkshire man I class anywhere either across the pennines, south of Worksop or over the Humber Bridge as abroad. In fact a nice weekend in Hull should be just the ticket.

Yorkshire. The broadband capital of England nowadays I heard

rowley wrote:Talk sense Dave, you know as well as me as a Yorkshire man I class anywhere either across the pennines, south of Worksop or over the Humber Bridge as abroad. In fact a nice weekend in Hull should be just the ticket.

pah, even leaving rotherham is a travesty, with the rich cultural tapestry there is in that place.

Nice weekend in Hull ?

Franz Kafka is alive and well.

Zeb the owl wrote:

rowley wrote:Talk sense Dave, you know as well as me as a Yorkshire man I class anywhere either across the pennines, south of Worksop or over the Humber Bridge as abroad. In fact a nice weekend in Hull should be just the ticket.

pah, even leaving rotherham is a travesty, with the rich cultural tapestry there is in that place.

The place is going to the dogs mate, ever since Jamie Oliver got involved we've got ideas above our station. Rotherham are moving away from Millmoor to a fancy new ground with seats in and covers over the stands and there are even restaurants serving foreign food. I'm all about moving with the times but what is wrong with Chinese and Indian food, how much variety can anyone actually want.

Zeb the owl wrote:

rowley wrote:Talk sense Dave, you know as well as me as a Yorkshire man I class anywhere either across the pennines, south of Worksop or over the Humber Bridge as abroad. In fact a nice weekend in Hull should be just the ticket.

pah, even leaving rotherham is a travesty, with the rich cultural tapestry there is in that place.

I went there to watch Cardiff City play once. Nice people in Rotherham considering all they have to go through

Too right Steffan having to endure a visit of the ever charming Cardiff City fans is enough to test even the most sainted of folk.

rowley wrote:In fact a nice weekend in Hull should be just the ticket.

You'd still be in Yorkshire though Jeff?

rowley wrote:Too right Steffan having to endure a visit of the ever charming Cardiff City fans is enough to test even the most sainted of folk.

We were on best behaviour up there. A bunch of Leeds fans came down looking for trouble but the police dealt with them accordingly when they got off at the station

Damn right Union, is good to see someone else has not fallen for that Humberside or East Ridings propaganda.

rowley wrote:

Zeb the owl wrote:

rowley wrote:Talk sense Dave, you know as well as me as a Yorkshire man I class anywhere either across the pennines, south of Worksop or over the Humber Bridge as abroad. In fact a nice weekend in Hull should be just the ticket.

pah, even leaving rotherham is a travesty, with the rich cultural tapestry there is in that place.

The place is going to the dogs mate, ever since Jamie Oliver got involved we've got ideas above our station. Rotherham are moving away from Millmoor to a fancy new ground with seats in and covers over the stands and there are even restaurants serving foreign food. I'm all about moving with the times but what is wrong with Chinese and Indian food, how much variety can anyone actually want.

His southern meddling has a lot to answer for mate, doesnt have a clue. You cant mine or mek steel on just a salad, absolute madness what he did round 'ere.

Id try to help the situation but being from wath i have a enough problems to deal with

Wheer has tha' bin sin I saw thee? (I saw thee?)
On Ilkley Moor bah't 'at
Wheer has tha' bin sin I saw thee?
Wheer has tha' bin sin I saw thee?

Ah've been a-courtin' Mary Jane (Mary Jane)
On Ilkley Moor bah't 'at
Ah've been a-courtin' Mary Jane
Ah've been a-courtin' Mary Jane

On Ilkley Moor bah't 'at
On Ilkley Moor bah't 'at
On Ilkley Moor bah't 'at

Tha'll go an catch thee death o'cowld (death o' cowld)
On Ilkley Moor bah't 'at
Tha'll go an catch thee death o'cowld
Tha'll go an catch thee death o'cowld

On Ilkley Moor bah't 'at (etc.....)

Then we shall 'ave to bury thee (bury thee.....)

Then worms'll come and eat thee up ....

Then ducks'll come and eat up t'worms .....

Then we shall come and eat up t'ducks.....

Then we shall all have etten thee .......

Please don't Windy am having to fight the temptation to take my flat cap off and stand up for the national anthem, on top of the tears people at work will start to talk.

You go for it, mate. James Herriot would be proud of you.

Thanks for that windy, that was the reminder i needed to take my whippet for a walk

Enjoy it, Zeb. Nice pint of John Smith's on the way back, mind.

You'll need a few phrases if you're going to Hull Jeff, its a different kind of Yorkshire over there...

Learn to speak Hull

Surfer - Posh name for a settee
Merce curd - Obsolete radio communications
draa waa waane - The opposite of sweet white wine
Mama mia - Here I am Mother.
Myrrh-bile - My other telephone
Me lickle perny - A toy horse
A terld-a-merl - I informed everyone
Perch deg - A snack, usually on terst.
Spurts clairs - Garments worn by athletes.
Meolidiz - My annual vacation
Yerolidiz - Your annual vacation
Erk - A type of wood
Yer sir slur - You are not very quick
Rail smerl - Not very big
Burla cherries - "Life is just a................"
Rerm - Capital of Italy
Kirk-a-curler - A fizzy drink, usually served curled.
Burn idol - Extreme laziness
Bains out larkin' - The children are out playing
Gunna snerr - Winter weather expected
Rerd rage - Disgruntled drivers
Perm - A composition in verse
Yer mammal ner - Your Mother will have the information
The Nerth Pearl - The most northerly point on Earth
Erm Sweet Erm - One's place of residence
Oi! Gerreer! - Please come hither
Nerz kern - The pointed end of a rocket
Fern Curls - Telecommunications/ a phonecall
The Perp - Head of the Catholic Church
Yer jerkin' - I don't believe you
Lerds 'n lerds - Plenty
British Erm Stairs - Well known department store
Pearls - People from Poland
Err nerr! - An expression of dismay
Goin' on rerd - Going shopping
Gorra curled - I have the sniffles
Am mafted - I'm hot
Am nithered to the bern - I'm cold
E's ard on, bless 'im - This poor man is asleep
Dirt bisser mern-jee - Try and be a little more enthusiastic please
Worlds - Small hills

Don't go slipping those into the limericks, Union.

Applied and did not get any. Same for the athletics. Got tickets for the "BMX" (I used to be the "best bunny hopper" in my home town about 26 years ago

I used to be the "best bunny hopper" in my home town about 26 years ago
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I wondered where I'd heard the name before

With all due respect Union, that list of phrases when read aloud will actually come across in a Geordie accent. Not wishing to get into the whole "cultural steroetypes and regional dialects" argument again but I hope you're banned from this forum for out and out racism.

As for Windy's contribution, I've often thought that, come the revolution and the inevitable abolition of the Monarchy, the choice of National Anthem will be a toss up between, "on Ilkley Moor..." or "Motorhead's "Ace of Spades"

rowley wrote:Talk sense Dave, you know as well as me as a Yorkshire man I class anywhere either across the pennines, south of Worksop or over the Humber Bridge as abroad. In fact a nice weekend in Hull should be just the ticket.

Which side of t' 'umber is abroad then?

DAVE667 wrote:With all due respect Union, that list of phrases when read aloud will actually come across in a Geordie accent.

That's probably because you are reading them aloud in your silly Yorkshire accent.

If read aloud in a proper accent you will sound just lark a Nulleh' Gulleh'.

I agree with you that I should be banned though.

I don't think you should be banned Union as if you were who else would keep us up to date with all things linear, inverse and reverse.

Union Cane wrote:You'll need a few phrases if you're going to Hull Jeff, its a different kind of Yorkshire over there...

Learn to speak Hull

Surfer - Posh name for a settee
Merce curd - Obsolete radio communications
draa waa waane - The opposite of sweet white wine
Mama mia - Here I am Mother.
Myrrh-bile - My other telephone
Me lickle perny - A toy horse
A terld-a-merl - I informed everyone
Perch deg - A snack, usually on terst.
Spurts clairs - Garments worn by athletes.
Meolidiz - My annual vacation
Yerolidiz - Your annual vacation
Erk - A type of wood
Yer sir slur - You are not very quick
Rail smerl - Not very big
Burla cherries - "Life is just a................"
Rerm - Capital of Italy
Kirk-a-curler - A fizzy drink, usually served curled.
Burn idol - Extreme laziness
Bains out larkin' - The children are out playing
Gunna snerr - Winter weather expected
Rerd rage - Disgruntled drivers
Perm - A composition in verse
Yer mammal ner - Your Mother will have the information
The Nerth Pearl - The most northerly point on Earth
Erm Sweet Erm - One's place of residence
Oi! Gerreer! - Please come hither
Nerz kern - The pointed end of a rocket
Fern Curls - Telecommunications/ a phonecall
The Perp - Head of the Catholic Church
Yer jerkin' - I don't believe you
Lerds 'n lerds - Plenty
British Erm Stairs - Well known department store
Pearls - People from Poland
Err nerr! - An expression of dismay
Goin' on rerd - Going shopping
Gorra curled - I have the sniffles
Am mafted - I'm hot
Am nithered to the bern - I'm cold
E's ard on, bless 'im - This poor man is asleep
Dirt bisser mern-jee - Try and be a little more enthusiastic please
Worlds - Small hills

Brillliant!

"Excuse me good sir, but how much is this item?"

"farve narnty narn"...(£5.99)

rowley wrote:I don't think you should be banned Union as if you were who else would keep us up to date with all things linear, inverse and reverse.

Getting a rise out of the Mod's is ever so difficult these days. No one bites.

rowley wrote:I don't think you should be banned Union as if you were who else would keep us up to date with all things linear, inverse and reverse.

Whereas I feel Union should be banned for that self same reason...and racism! The soft southern s***ehawk

"farve narnty narn"...(£5.99)
Baltimora, that's a Lancashire accent fella (Is it raily? Is it not?), my wife's from that side of the Pennnines but I dragged her kicking and screaming into civilised society. Think she may have Stockholm Syndrome though (she's forever at ikea!)

I'm not soft or southern you great prannock.

Michaels, Sean wrote:

rowley wrote:I don't think you should be banned Union as if you were who else would keep us up to date with all things linear, inverse and reverse.

Getting a rise out of the Mod's is ever so difficult these days. No one bites.

You want a piece of me, Michaels ?

DAVE667 wrote:

rowley wrote:I don't think you should be banned Union as if you were who else would keep us up to date with all things linear, inverse and reverse.

Whereas I feel Union should be banned for that self same reason...and racism! The soft southern s***ehawk

"farve narnty narn"...(£5.99)
Baltimora, that's a Lancashire accent fella (Is it raily? Is it not?), my wife's from that side of the Pennnines but I dragged her kicking and screaming into civilised society. Think she may have Stockholm Syndrome though (she's forever at ikea!)

It may well be a Lancs accent Dave, but it's definitely the 'ully gully accent. I'm from...not far from there. not far enough by far.

Union Cane wrote:I'm not soft or southern you great prannock.

Yet another nice opener for a limerick.

After deciding that I've had quite enough of my Leanne's "durn't knur", "I spurse sur" and "what's with the fairce airche?" I'm converting her from a Yorkshire pudding to a Midlander when she relocates to my neck of the woods later this summer! So instead we'll be "goin aaart", having our "ups and daarns", growing "ode" together and fending off the winter "code."

Can't wairt....Oh, sorry. Wait!

Do you mean "great" as in "of a considerable size" or "fantastic"?

Course any real Northerner wanting to hurl insults would have said "Wassock"

Chris you should just count yourself lucky you have been able to secure yourself one of gods finest creations, the Yorkshire lass. Although she should be ashamed of herself for diluting the bloodline by consorting with a southern fairy like you.

DAVE667 wrote:"Wassock"

I always thought it was "Wazzerk", yours would rhyme with "Cassock", which isn't right.

rowley wrote:Chris you should just count yourself lucky you have been able to secure yourself one of gods finest creations, the Yorkshire lass. Although she should be ashamed of herself for diluting the bloodline by consorting with a southern fairy like you.

Come off it, Rowley! I can see your South Yorkshire dwellings from my Nottingham kitchen window! You're only a few miles up the M1 from us MIDLAND fairies! Less of the southern stuff, please!

Sorry Chris once you hit Worksop you're down south and as everyone knows all southerners are fairies.

Given the vaguaries of the English language, not everything written down is pronounced phonetically, Union.

DAVE667 wrote:Given the vaguaries of the English language, not everything written down is pronounced phonetically, Union.

Luckily for me, otherwise I would be known as Onion.

Union Cane wrote:

DAVE667 wrote:Given the vaguaries of the English language, not everything written down is pronounced phonetically, Union.

Luckily for me, otherwise I would be known as Onion.

Onion sane.

rowley wrote:Sorry Chris once you hit Worksop you're down south and as everyone knows all southerners are fairies.

Well thanks for smashing all my dreams and aspirations there, Jeff. I suppose the honourable thing to do would be to break things off with the missus, she'd never be able to set foot back in Huddersfield if I converted her.

88Chris05 wrote:

rowley wrote:Sorry Chris once you hit Worksop you're down south and as everyone knows all southerners are fairies.

Well thanks for smashing all my dreams and aspirations there, Jeff. I suppose the honourable thing to do would be to break things off with the missus, she'd never be able to set foot back in Huddersfield if I converted her.

If she takes you to Huddersfield you must visit ' Jeffrey Rowley's ' toffee factory, Chris.