US sore losers in Olympics

petethebrick · 27-08-2008 05:27PM #1

Had to laugh when I read about this

Despite getting soundly beaten in the medal stakes by China (47 gold to 31) the American media are reporting that USA are in fact ahead by counting total medals awarded! They are the only nation to measure it this way strangely....

Everyone knows its all about the gold, always has been!

Sore losers?

CNN http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2008/medals/tracker/

Guardian UK http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/olympics/2008/medals/full

China official site http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml

The Age (Oz) http://www.theage.com.au/olympics/beijing-2008/

javaboy · 27-08-2008 05:31PM

petethebrick wrote: »

Had to laugh when I read about this

Despite getting soundly beaten in the medal stakes by China (47 gold to 31) the American media are reporting that USA are in fact ahead by counting total medals awarded! They are the only nation to measure it this way strangely....

Everyone knows its all about the gold, always has been!

Sore losers?

Em... you know this is the country that got 0 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze right?

We got 3 medals in my book. Who cares about the colour?

petethebrick · 27-08-2008 05:33PM

I know, I know. Just pointing it out. And, yes- Im sure if it were the other way round the Chinese media would likely have done the same

Sherifu · 27-08-2008 05:35PM

I got a medal once.

Turd Ferguson · 27-08-2008 05:37PM

I'm confused...people actually care about the Olympics?

Kintarō Hattori · 27-08-2008 05:39PM

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

I'm confused...people actually care about the Olympics?

Yep who cares. If it makes them feel better who are they harming.

funk-you · 27-08-2008 05:41PM

javaboy wrote: »

Em... you know this is the country that got 0 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze right?

We got 3 medals in my book. Who cares about the colour?

The guy who came first :pac:

-Funk

Rowley Birkin QC · 27-08-2008 05:43PM

I came first once.

Turd Ferguson · 27-08-2008 05:45PM

bigkev49 wrote: »

I came first once.

Me and the gf usually come at the same time

Karoma · 27-08-2008 05:49PM

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

Me and the gf usually come at the same time

Stop referring to your palm as your "gf". It's disturbing.

Pighead · 27-08-2008 05:49PM

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

Me and the gf usually come at the same time

Good man! For most men with premature ejaculation they are faced with nights and nights of awkwardness and shame but by choosing carefully you have avoided such a fate.

javaboy · 27-08-2008 05:53PM

Pighead wrote: »

Good man! For most men with premature ejaculation they are faced with nights and nights of awkwardness and shame but by choosing carefully you have avoided such a fate.

What do you mean by premature?

LolaLuv · 27-08-2008 05:56PM

They have been doing that! I thought we were ahead in gold. Bastards!

Winters · 27-08-2008 05:59PM

In before Overheal reporting.

And yes, Olympics have always gone by total number of Gold medals, not overall medals so it was rightly amusing to see them all of a sudden change to overall total medals. Maybe taking place and not winning is the new thing over there?

LolaLuv · 27-08-2008 06:01PM

Wincest is best! wrote: »

In before Overheal reporting.

And yes, Olympics have always gone by total number of Gold medals, not overall medals so it was rightly amusing to see them all of a sudden change to overall total medals. Maybe taking place and not winning is the new thing over there?

I don't think so. Too bad there isn't a medal for most douchebag nation. That'd up our gold count.

Kintarō Hattori · 27-08-2008 06:03PM

PillyPen wrote: »

I don't think so. Too bad there isn't a medal for most douchebag nation. That'd up our gold count.

Awww c'mon don't be too hard on yourself.

shoelaceface · 27-08-2008 06:03PM

GOLD
Always believe in your soul
Youve got the power to know
Youre indestructable
Always believe in,because you are
Gold

yes yes i agree with it ALL

LolaLuv · 27-08-2008 06:03PM

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

Awww c'mon don't be too hard on yourself.

I'm very pissed at America, and this gold medal thing makes it worse. God forbid should Americans think for one second that some other country might be better at something. Jesus.

javaboy · 27-08-2008 06:06PM

Nation uses particular interpretation of statistics to portray itself in better light- SHOCKER :eek::eek:

I'm sure there's a few countries who could put themselves on top of the table if they used a certain interpretation.

e.g. most medals per capita, most gold medals per capita, most medals per $ invested, most medals/GDP

Who cares? This way the Americans are happy and the Chinese are happy. Let them at it.

btw In every sport in which we won medals at Beijing, 60% of our athletes won a medal. Sounds good to me.

javaboy · 27-08-2008 06:07PM

PillyPen wrote: »

I don't think so. Too bad there isn't a medal for most douchebag nation. That'd up our gold count.

Since you're the only nation that actually uses the insult douchebag, I'd say you'll have an even better chance of winning that medal than Eddie the Eel did of winning his heat.

Pighead · 27-08-2008 06:07PM

javaboy wrote: »

What do you mean by premature?

An adolescent ejaculation, a love spurt complete with pimples and a squeaky voice, a load which hits the floor with a moody look on it's spotty face and which refuses to do it's homework. An embarrassment to all concerned.

LolaLuv · 27-08-2008 06:09PM

javaboy wrote: »

Since you're the only nation that actually uses the insult douchebag, I'd say you'll have an even better chance of winning that medal than Eddie the Eel did of winning his heat.

Lol, good old Eddie.

shoelaceface · 27-08-2008 06:15PM

oink:rolleyes:

27-08-2008 06:21PM

There should be medals for the best attempt.

There's already Gold, Silver and Bronze. This could be tin, or something. We'd be sorted then.

pickarooney · 27-08-2008 06:25PM

Deleted User wrote: »

There should be medals for the best attempt.

Surely that would be the gold one?

javaboy · 27-08-2008 06:29PM

pickarooney wrote: »

Surely that would be the gold one?

I think he meant the best attempt without actually succeeding. Kind of like a Failympics.

27-08-2008 06:29PM

pickarooney wrote: »

Surely that would be the gold one?

Maybe

"Best Runner Up"

javaboy wrote: »

I think he meant the best attempt without actually succeeding. Kind of like a Failympics.

I like. We could have competitions like the 200m hurdle nose dive.

FatherTed · 27-08-2008 06:29PM

Deleted User wrote: »

There should be medals for the best attempt.

There's already Gold, Silver and Bronze. This could be tin, or something. We'd be sorted then.

There should be medals for being pure shyte. We'd top the medal charts then.

Overheal · 27-08-2008 06:32PM

Wincest is best! wrote: »

In before Overheal reporting.

Only you.

From a country that got its medal taken away on account of a drugged horse, this thread is laughable. But it is just the olympics.

Larianne · 27-08-2008 06:33PM

FatherTed wrote: »

There should be medals for being pure shyte. We'd top the medal charts then.

Or for the best excuses for being shyte 'Tis the injuries from last month..blah blah....'

No, you're just shyte but we have to send someone over..!

LolaLuv · 27-08-2008 06:34PM

Overheal wrote: »

Only you.

From a country that got its medal taken away on account of a drugged horse, this thread is laughable. But it is just the olympics.

Did you even realize they were doing the count like that? I was happy to see the delightful capitalists vanquishing their commie pinko foes, but it was all for naught!

US sore losers in Olympics

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