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    #4756
    Good news

    C4 Paralympics ‏@C4Paralympics
    BREAKING NEWS: Gold Medal Winning Paralympians WILL now get a Royal Mail stamp each! Read here: http://bit.ly/OiDxId

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      #4757
      Can't wait for Otis to steam roll through this
      *Except Michael, who died.

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        #4758
        Jade Jones on The One Show wearing skimpy shorts.

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          #4759
          Only just frequented this thread, dunno why cos Ive spent pretty much my entire life in an Olympics bubble the last few weeks & absolutely loved it.

          Agree with Shaggy completely about Vicky Pendleton & also living nearby am annoyed Ive not seen her live. Huge fan of Jennis too. Here's a picture Red Setter might be interested in in particular. It's of her dog Myla sporting her gold medal- was on her FB page.
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          3rd place. Worst champions ever.

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            #4760


            To rip off Didi, I think I just caught a glimpse of Jessica Ennis's curtains too.
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            Suppose you have a physicist and a sociologist standing at the side of a field, observing a set of events unfolding on the field. The physicist does [describes] it using the terminology of mass and velocity and frequency of radiation and the rest. And the sociologist does it by describing it as a rugby match.



            May the Lord bless this post.

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              #4761
              Have a look at this:


              http://www.flavorwire.com/318267/fascinating-photos-of-abandoned-olympic-sites?all=1
              Oh I don't know.

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                #4762
                Most of them still look better than Stratford did before the Olympic Park was built.

                But it will be interesting to see whether all the legacy rhetoric has substance to it.
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                Suppose you have a physicist and a sociologist standing at the side of a field, observing a set of events unfolding on the field. The physicist does [describes] it using the terminology of mass and velocity and frequency of radiation and the rest. And the sociologist does it by describing it as a rugby match.



                May the Lord bless this post.

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                  #4763
                  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19281176


                  Noel Gallagher turned down Olympic closing ceremony

                  Singer Noel Gallagher has revealed that he turned down an invitation to play at the Olympics closing ceremony after organisers asked him to mime.

                  The former Oasis star told Xfm's Danny Wallace that he was also put off by the secrecy surrounding the ceremony.

                  "They wanted me to do it acoustically and then they wanted me to mime," he told Wallace on Wednesday.

                  "I'm all for miming in TV shows, but if you're in a stadium with 80,000 people and you're pretending? I can play live!

                  "In the end, I was just like, 'you know what? I'd rather watch it on the telly.'"

                  Gallagher, who launched his solo career fronting The High Flying Birds in 2011, told Wallace he was asked to perform at Sunday's closing ceremony "ages ago".

                  "I was like... 'who else is playing?' and they were like, 'we can't tell you, you've got to sign a confidentiality agreement' - it's like it's the Iran nuclear programme or something.
                  Beady Eye Liam Gallagher sang the Oasis hit Wonderwall at the ceremony

                  "I mean what do they think is going to happen? ITV are going to get hold of it and put on a gig the night before with the same bill?!

                  Ultimately, Gallagher was replaced by his brother - and ex-bandmate - Liam, who performed the Oasis hit Wonderwall with his new band Beady Eye.

                  But the track, originally written by Noel, had to be re-recorded. Noel said he only gave final permission for the performance to go ahead two days before the ceremony.

                  "I did play a bit of cat and mouse with them for a few days," admitted the singer.

                  "I took it 'til Friday night at ten o'clock before I said yes.

                  "I was like 'meh... it's alright.... I'm not sure with this new string arrangement' and they were like, 'the gig's on Sunday!' so I was like, 'okay, alright, you can have it then.'"

                  Noel later took a swipe at Beady Eye's performance, dedicating his own performance of Wonderwall to "Stratford's finest Oasis tribute band" in a gig on Tuesday night.

                  Oasis split up three years ago after an argument backstage at a concert in Paris.

                  David Bowie, The Sex Pistols and The Rolling Stones all reportedly turned down the chance to appear in the Olympic Games Closing Ceremony, according to The Guardian.

                  Jessie J, Elbow, Take That and The Spice Girls were among those who took part in the Olympic finale, directed by artistic director Kim Gavin.
                  Oh I don't know.

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                    #4764
                    So, to sum up, it could have been worse.
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                    Suppose you have a physicist and a sociologist standing at the side of a field, observing a set of events unfolding on the field. The physicist does [describes] it using the terminology of mass and velocity and frequency of radiation and the rest. And the sociologist does it by describing it as a rugby match.



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                      #4765
                      Originally posted by dom9 View Post
                      http://www.flavorwire.com/318267/fas...ic-sites?all=1
                      Staggering that a Bobsleigh track was left to ruin in a city that experienced 3 years of civil war... Of all the cultural treasures they should have protected a bobsleigh track was clearly it
                      Football without Origi is nothing

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                        #4766
                        This has probably been posted.

                        http://www.thatvideosite.com/v/5852


                        Edit. FFS how the **** do I embed this???

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                          #4767
                          Originally posted by Lee View Post
                          This has probably been posted.

                          http://www.thatvideosite.com/v/5852


                          Edit. FFS how the **** do I embed this???
                          Thanks very much for being ‘This Mornings’ Farmer’

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                            #4768
                            Yeah that had me in stitches first time, still ****ing funny now
                            Like blood on iron

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                              #4769
                              Didn't get to go to the Olympics? buy some suff from the village http://www.remainsofthegames.co.uk/
                              Go **** yourself

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                                #4770
                                Anyone seen the Paralympics trailers on Channel 4?
                                Oh I don't know.

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