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Olympics.

  • 17-06-2016 09:06AM
    #1
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,609 ✭✭✭✭


    Will you watch the Olympic Games or has it become a parody of itself in terms of the amount of drug taking.Russia looks as if it could well be excluded for failing to comply with drug testing,we're far from innocent ourselves.
    The human drama is compelling,but they're all pretty much guaranteed to be taking some sort of "go juice" I'd imagine.


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  • #2
    Fleawuss
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    The opening ceremony, final of the 100 m and the end of the marathon.


  • #3
    beans
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,886 ✭✭✭beans


    Don't forget the babies with the tiny heads


  • #4
    qo2cj1dsne8y4k
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    I'm fed up with all this sports bull**** on the tv now for the entire summer


  • #5
    everlast75
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,036 ✭✭✭✭everlast75


    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    I'm fed up with all this sports bull**** on the tv now for the entire summer

    The Olympics is only on every 4 years - as are the Euros, as is the World Cup.

    Us males have to contend with soaps, 2 hours a night, EVERY night :)

    Elect a clown... Expect a circus



  • #6
    cowboyBuilder
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    beans wrote: »
    Don't forget the babies with the tiny heads

    Not even remotely funny .


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  • #7
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,038 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    I would let them juice themselves up the eyeballs and give them bionic limbs

    Maybe a sniper in the stands to liven up the 10000 metres


  • #8
    qo2cj1dsne8y4k
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    everlast75 wrote: »
    The Olympics is only on every 4 years - as are the Euros, as is the World Cup.

    Us males have to contend with soaps, 2 hours a night, EVERY night :)
    It's too much!!


  • #9
    Badly Drunk Boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,425 ✭✭✭Badly Drunk Boy


    Fleawuss wrote: »
    The opening ceremony, final of the 100 m and the end of the marathon.

    I don't see that appeal of opening ceremonies of any event. Okay, have them to open the event, but don't expect me to watch!

    I might watch the second half of the 100m finals, though...


  • #10
    timthumbni
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    I don't know anything about the sprinters at the Olympics. All I know is I always bet on the black man. (Copyright frank Drebin re boxing)


  • #11
    4zn76tysfajdxp
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    cowboyBuilder wrote: »
    Not even remotely funny .

    Agreed, whoever posted that is pretty small minded. :mad:


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  • #12
    Duggy747
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    I want my drugged up Olympics, dammit. I want to see roided-up athletes jump 30 feet into the air or do the shot put and throw that metal ball 3 miles down the field.


  • #13
    everlast75
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,036 ✭✭✭✭everlast75


    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    It's too much!!

    I agree - let's ban soaps :D

    Elect a clown... Expect a circus



  • #14
    ShadyAcres
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 212 ✭✭ShadyAcres


    I'll be watching it. I've always loved the Olympics and will try and catch as much as i can. Roll on the opening ceremony.


  • #15
    What are those?
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 69 ✭✭What are those?


    Don't enjoy the Olympics as much as I did because of all the drug use you know is going on behind the scenes (which in fairness has been happening for years) Ill watch most of the athletics finals ie 100m 200m etc aswell as all the irish Olympians no matter which sort they compete in. Some of the sports in it are not worth their salt being there, such as soccer and golf (which id watch regularly but have no right in being in the Olympics in my opinion) I wont be watching those aswell as many others which get coverage outside the Olympics and shouldn't be there


  • #16
    gramar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,045 ✭✭✭✭gramar


    kneemos wrote: »
    Will you watch the Olympic Games or has it become a parody of itself in terms of the amount of drug taking.Russia looks as if it could well be excluded for failing to comply with drug testing,we're far from innocent ourselves.
    The human drama is compelling,but they're all pretty much guaranteed to be taking some sort of "go juice" I'd imagine.

    Drugged to his eyeballs he may have been but Ben Johnsons' gold in Seoul in 1988 is for me the greatest olympic moment I've ever seen.


  • #17
    Speedwell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,809 ✭✭✭Speedwell


    I was an Atlanta resident when the city hosted the Olympics in 1996. Never, never, never, never again.


  • #18
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,418 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    I will watch every possible minute that I can, apart from the opening and closing ceremonies. There's no medals handed out for them and they're generally tedious as hell. Oh and the gymnastics and synchronised swimming because they're sh*te.


  • #19
    Mr. CooL ICE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,064 ✭✭✭✭Mr. CooL ICE


    I love the Olympics. I turn on the TV, watch a bit of some sport I barely recognise and try to figure out what's going on. It's great!


  • #20
    arybvtcw0eolkf
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    I can hardly wait.

    Judo, wrestling, boxing, fencing and weight lifting are some of my fav events.

    Then the big names in T&F.

    Even typing this I get butterflies thinking of the Olympics.


  • #21
    murpho999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,956 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    Female Beach Volleyball


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  • #22
    cowboyBuilder
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    Zaph wrote: »
    I will watch every possible minute that I can, apart from the opening and closing ceremonies. There's no medals handed out for them and they're generally tedious as hell. Oh and the gymnastics and synchronised swimming because they're sh*te.

    The opening ceremonies are amazing, London 2012 was just out of this world



  • #23
    iDave
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    murpho999 wrote: »
    Female Beach Volleyball

    My biggest disappointment of London 2012 was seeing beach volleyball listed on UPC, turned over in a hurry and saw men!


  • #24
    valoren
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,707 ✭✭✭valoren


    I always make sure to watch or record these events at every games.

    The medley relay finals in the swimming. They're always brilliant.
    The track finals and particularly the 4 * 100m relay in the Athletics.
    The individual time trials in the cycling.
    The sprint finals and the team pursuit finals in the Track cycling.
    The marathon.


  • #25
    gramar
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    Do people fancy Ireland's chances for gold in hurling this year?


  • #26
    kneemos
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    Speedwell wrote: »
    I was an Atlanta resident when the city hosted the Olympics in 1996. Never, never, never, never again.


    There must be some reason cities fight tooth and nail to host the event.As often as not they seem to be left with empty stadiums and a massive bill.


  • #27
    [Deleted User]
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    kneemos wrote: »
    There must be some reason cities fight tooth and nail to host the event.As often as not they seem to be left with empty stadiums and a massive bill.
    Certain people make money out if it, they're generally the ones who head up the campaigns. Seb Coe's companies made loads and have continued to do so with "legacy" stuff, all coming from the taxpayer.
    Similar with American football and baseball in the US, cities or states will part-fund new stadiums, give tax breaks and add a sales tax all so a multi-billionaire can have a shiney $1 billion dollar toy without it costing him anything.


  • #28
    gramar
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    kneemos wrote: »
    There must be some reason cities fight tooth and nail to host the event.As often as not they seem to be left with empty stadiums and a massive bill.

    Most reports on host cities of major events say they are net loss making events especially when a significant amount of infrastructure is required.


  • #29
    The Sidewards Man
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    everlast75 wrote: »

    Us males have to contend with soaps, 2 hours a night, EVERY night :)

    you secretly enjoy it though.


  • #30
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    I have always watched, and will always watch, every heat and final of every athletics event shown. The cycling, boxing, shooting, swimming and gymnastics will also be etched as much as possible. I love the Olympics.


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  • #31
    gutenberg
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    Looking forward to watching the swimming - it's not a sport that's on TV much at all. Want to see how Michael Phelps does at his fifth Olympics (he qualified for Sydney at age 15), and whether Katie Ledecky will win her projected 5/6 gold medals. Woo! The drugs aspect does bother me a little, but I think swimming hasn't *as* big a problem with it as some other sports (doubtless I'll be proved wrong in the future, but still...).


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