I hope this games acts as a watershed in realising that sponsorship has gone too far. Why go to these lengths? Most sporting events are sponsored, do they have to use such stupid measures to 'protect' their sponsors? Of course not, it's completely unnecessary. If a business wants to associate themselves with the games then that should be seen as a good thing!Quote:
Originally Posted by N4D13
Thats ok because the Zil lanes are in London, not near it ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
They are annoying but they are only on the main routes to/from Stratford and even then not along whole routes, for example much of the North Circular doesn't have them despite being on the way from Heathrow to the site.
Its swings and roundabouts because thanks to the Olympics we've had much needed repairs and extensions to the road network where I live, if having these lanes (which don't affect me in the slightest) is the price then I'll happily pay it.
How to make friends and influence people, Mitt Romney style... Have to say I like David Cameron's putdown.
Oh, Mitt: those Romney gaffes in full | World news | guardian.co.uk
Yes, Mitt, we may bitch and moan about the run-up to the Olympics but dammit man these are our Olympics and if you knew anything about Britain you'd know that this is what we do: we whine and criticise but once the event itself starts we're pretty much all right behind it.
Go away and read "How to Win Friends and Influence People", you tool. :laugh:
Mind you, our politicians aren't much better at avoiding gaffes. The man in this video is our culture minister (at least for a few more weeks):
Jeremy Hunt almost hits woman with Olympic bell end - video | Politics | guardian.co.uk
(Much respect to the Guardian for slipping the phrase "bell end" into their headline ;) )
The Olympics haven't really started yet and I'm already bored. To be fair, I was actually bored of them around 2007, just after they were announced. The media and the papers have been insufferable with their glorification of "The Games" and "Team GB" for the last 500 years (sorry, 5, but it feels like 500). London, London, London, London, London is all I hear about. How great it will be for LONDON. I don't particularly care about London, I don't live or work there. And £11 billion for 4 weeks of tedium does seem excessive, for all the corporate sponsors and executives to have a jolly.
I won't be watching it, I saw 3 minutes of the GREAT BRITAIN (not Team GB) football game and it was the most horrifically bad atmosphere I've ever seen at a football match.
I'll be watchng the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday and then hiding for two weeks. Wake me up when it is over!
"London, London, London, London"? You do know that the match you briefly watched was in Manchester, don't you? :p
BBC Radio 4 news and current affairs programs have been geoblocked for the Olympics.
Well done. :angryfire
I blame the IOC.
Do you pay a licence fee? Well stop whinging then :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Rollo
Biggest show on earth. Really?
The FIFA World Cup would have been a much bigger deal for the UK to host.
The Olympics have started now. So it's time to stop complaining.