Sergeant Wilson Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 7 minutes ago, Cosmic Joe said: Not knowing the difference between a dessert spoon and a table spoon. This has been getting on my tits for some time. Look it up, don't torture yourself. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Miguel Sanchez said: I generally think people who complain about the Olympics are dreadfully boring or ignorant - admittedly that's mainly due to people on here who seem to take it personally that sports besides football are shown on the TV for a few weeks once every few years - but something about the coverage this year is annoying me. There's an enthusiasm about it from the BBC which just seems insincere and wildly over the top I don't know if they're over-compensating out of some sense of shared national joy in response to the pandemic, or if it's just me resenting everyone the BBC employs to be on the telly, or if it's there being no fans which makes them all try too hard to say how great it all is, but I'm not into is this year in a way I have been before. It's not helped by all retired athletes being loathsome Tories. The highlight show on the BBC is unwatchable, 20 second highlights of some Brit losing at Archery say with an awful sound track, brief mention of the finalists and winner, back to the studio, yak yak, then brief recorded bit of a 45 year old pretending to be a teenager in downtown Tokyo with a backwards baseball cap, segueing into 20 seconds of 3 a side basketball. Recorded the athletics today from lunchtime, bit better but not sure about the mixed 4x400. Maybe it's an early move to solve the trans dilemma though. Edited July 30, 2021 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 The more relays the better, IMO. I'd like mixed teams of 20 x 10 metre relays, that would be chaos. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 12 minutes ago, welshbairn said: The highlight show on the BBC is unwatchable, 20 second highlights of some Brit losing at Archery say with an awful sound track, brief mention of the finalists and winner, back to the studio, yak yak, then brief recorded bit of a 45 year old pretending to be a teenager in downtown Tokyo with a backwards baseball cap, segueing into 20 seconds of 3 a side basketball. Recorded the athletics today from lunchtime, bit better but not sure about the mixed 4x400. Maybe it's an early move to solve the trans dilemma though. Eurosport is the place to go if you can get it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Cosmic Joe said: Not knowing the difference between a dessert spoon and a table spoon. This has been getting on my tits for some time. Alright Wadsworth, I never even asked you to set the table in the first place. I'll just slurp my alphabetti spaghetti from the bowl from now on. Jeez. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 15 hours ago, superbigal said: Why do people pronounce lieutenant as Loo Tenant ? It's fecking Left Tenant. It even means to walk to the left of a senior officer ffs. 15 hours ago, coprolite said: American isn't it? It is also spelled loo-tenant so that probably doesn't help. As it is derived from French, lootenant is actually more correct, is it not? For the same reason the way they say "Erbs" is historically more correct, but also fucking ridiculous. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 11 minutes ago, Todd_is_God said: As it is derived from French, lootenant is actually more correct, is it not? If by more you mean 'entirely', yes. God knows what those bumbling clowns say when they come across the phrase 'in lieu of...'. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 7 hours ago, virginton said: If by more you mean 'entirely', yes. God knows what those bumbling clowns say when they come across the phrase 'in lieu of...'. In pure spelling terms, yes, entirely correct. The British pronunciation is not 100% derived from the spelling alone, though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Having to use a pound coin to get a trolley at the supermarket. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Wing Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Having to use a pound coin to get a trolley at the supermarket.You need one of these. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 "Ehm just on my wiy hame now, mate. Ehl text you in ten minutes." Half an hour ago. Valuable drinking time being lost. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 People who use a skateboard as an actual method of transportation. You're a fucking idiot. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 1 hour ago, Stellaboz said: People who use a skateboard as an actual method of transportation. You're a fucking idiot. Not applicable if they're twelve years old or less. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 19 hours ago, Bully Wee Villa said: The more relays the better, IMO. I'd like mixed teams of 20 x 10 metre relays, that would be chaos. Olympic Jumble relay with 3 teams needing a guy to go twice because they have one person less 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Stick an egg and spoon race on the last leg and I think we are onto a winner. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 10 minutes ago, Bully Wee Villa said: Stick an egg and spoon race on the last leg and I think we are onto a winner. Parents Race at the Closing Ceremony 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 (edited) This thread inspired me to look up if there is a World Record for egg and spoon race, and was surprised to see there is. Sally Pearson, who won the actual 100 metres gold medal, ran the 100 metres in 16.59 seconds. I like her now. https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2013/09/23/sally-pearson-world-record-egg-and-spoon-run-track-and-field/ Edited July 31, 2021 by Bully Wee Villa 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 5 minutes ago, Bully Wee Villa said: This thread inspired me to look up if there is a World Record for egg and spoon race, and was surprised to see there is. Sally Pearson, who won the actual 100 metres gold medal, ran the 100 metres in 16.59 seconds. I like her now. https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2013/09/23/sally-pearson-world-record-egg-and-spoon-run-track-and-field/ She was a hurdler rather than the 100m flat, which probably helped her balance. I reckon out and out 100m runners would struggle 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Even more impressive if she kept the egg on the spoon while doing hurdles. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgun Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 38 minutes ago, Bully Wee Villa said: Even more impressive if she kept the egg on the spoon while doing hurdles. Euph? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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