grungy-gonads 54 Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Posh Beckham would surely be the first choice, now that David has ruled himself out. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Oh dear ( # 43343 ): Border force staff to walk out ahead of Olympics Border guards are to strike on the eve of the Olympics, the busiest day in the history of Heathrow, despite their union securing the support of just one in 10 staff. Up to 5,500 immigration officials will strike next Thursday in a dispute about job cuts and pay, disrupting nearly 130,000 passengers as they arrive the day before the Olympic opening ceremony The striking workers, from the Public and Commercial Services union, will take further industrial action during the rest of the Games by refusing to work overtime. Last night, senior Conservative MPs accused the union of “holding the country to ransom” as ministers privately questioned the legitimacy of the industrial action. Just a fifth of the union’s 16,000 members voted, with 57 per cent of them in favour. Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Can you imagine that happening in Japan? Link to post Share on other sites
snowbender 3 Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Let the actual sport bit begin! Link to post Share on other sites
yoroshiku onegai shimasu 2 Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Just one more week. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 If anyone is “holding the country to ransom” its the politicians themselves who have let the games go way way overbudget. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Looks like they have been putting lots of statues of 'one-eyed monster' bell-ends all over London for the Lympics. Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Hmmm... One eyed semi phallic cartoon style creatures representing Brits for their Olympic statement.. The mind boggles. Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Olympics haven't even started yet, and I'm already sick of that Ikimono Gakari song. Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Tell me about it. They sure know how to go over the top with things don't they. Link to post Share on other sites
KlingKlang 1 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Don't know which is worse that or the Muse one. Have you heard the Pet Shop Boys cash-in as well, "Winner". Very disappointing judgement call from them. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Some pretty ace photos of the flame on the London Eye. These are cool Link to post Share on other sites
mina2 6 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Saw those cool pics. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 The close-up's really nice. Some big compression going on there. I guess that's looking more along the river than across the city, but it's not the most flattering view of the London skyline. Link to post Share on other sites
iiyamadude 6 Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Cool picture yes shame about the distortion or whatever. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 There are no leaves on the track, nor the wrong kind of snow. But rail passengers seeking the Olympic Park will find many trains not stopping at Stratford on Tuesday – because it is too hot. Greater Anglia, which runs trains from Liverpool Street to destinations east of London, announced that certain services would be suspended and others would not stop at Stratford, the key station for the the Olympic stadium, from midday because of the heat. Speed restrictions will be put in place as the thermometer passes 30C, a figure long forgotten in Britain. Link to post Share on other sites
hellyer 216 Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 "England" and "too hot" in the same sentence Your pulling my chain surely Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Hottest day of the year yesterday. And it was actually quite "hot", believe it or not! Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Bonkers Boris welcomes people to London Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Boris is certainly... entertaining. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 George Osbourne's proposed pasty tax would have been a devastating blow to one Olympic athlete. Anuradha Cooray, a marathon runner and full-time employee of Greggs The Bakers in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, has revealed the secret to his Olympic success story: a daily pasty fix. The Sri Lankan father of two, known to his friends as Cooray, trains for his marathon dash by running 17 miles to and from work every day, and eating a pasty when he gets there. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 If he wasn't the mayor of london, I think I'd be temped to find him really funny. But it's not funny that he's mayor of london! Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Over to the sports. Gambatte everyone. Link to post Share on other sites
snowbender 3 Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Oh dear, I am posting all in the wrong threads! Women's football. WHO CARES?! We need more womens volleyball coverage, that's what matters. Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Have the Japanese man-chicks won gold at football yet? Link to post Share on other sites
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