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London 2012 Megathread [Part 1]

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  • #6452
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    kfallon wrote: »
    Wash your mouth out :p

    Commentry was streets ahead, with no bias on Jonas. Infact commentators spoke more about Katie.


  • #6453
    Pherekydes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,251 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    Yay! Synchronized swimming is on the red button. :D


  • #6454
    leahyl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,433 ✭✭✭✭leahyl


    kfallon wrote: »
    leahyl wrote: »
    Bernard is hot!!!

    You're only watching these games for the perving :pac:

    Excuuuuuse me! I resent that comment :-P I support the Irish at every opportunity - ESP if they are cute boxing analysts :-P


  • #6455
    keith16
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,061 ✭✭✭keith16


    Guy:Incognito wrote: »
    Are you likely to get the abuse I got for saying that?

    I think people have a problem with the way you phrased it. Particularly so soon after she delivered so brilliantly for us.

    Anyway, it's a discussion for another time / thread - is there a politically incorrect hot girlies of the Olympics thread? If not, why not?!


  • #6456
    kfallon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    leahyl wrote: »
    Excuuuuuse me! I resent that comment :-P I support the Irish at every opportunity - ESP if they are cute boxing analysts :-P

    You were getting frisky over Bolt the other day ;)

    You are caught :P


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  • #6457
    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,227 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    Kerrydude1981 wrote: »
    Nice touch by Jonas holding the rope up for Katie to exit the ring,class act
    Think they all do that. Along the lines of making a tunnel in rugby etc. Definitely seen others do it


  • #6458
    Cardinal Richelieu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,407 ✭✭✭Cardinal Richelieu


    My name is URL wrote: »
    Just reading an article about Katie there. I never knew her brother was a mathematics lecturer at Trinity.

    http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/olympics-2012/irish-news/katies-a-natural-says-sparring-partner-brother-3189603.html

    That sort of throws a spanner in the works for the people that want to claim that Katie has bad parents for getting her into boxing :pac:

    The brother is hot too, apparently

    He was a former young scientist of the year in 2001, Investigating symmetrical shapes formed by polygons.


  • #6459
    leahyl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,433 ✭✭✭✭leahyl


    kfallon wrote: »
    leahyl wrote: »
    Excuuuuuse me! I resent that comment :-P I support the Irish at every opportunity - ESP if they are cute boxing analysts :-P

    You were getting frisky over Bolt the other day ;)

    You are caught :P

    And don't forget Lochte! Although after seeing a video of him being interviewed that someone put up he appears to be a "dumb jock" which is quite a turn off.


  • #6460
    Micky Dolenz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,079 ✭✭✭✭Micky Dolenz


    Guy:Incognito wrote: »
    Is every post shoving an opinion down people's throats, or just mine?

    I'll be oppressing you next
    keith16 wrote: »
    Whoa horsey, not oppression! Anyway, you reckon Jessica Ennis is hot. I think she is not. Therefore, you are wrong.
    Guy:Incognito wrote: »
    Are you likely to get the abuse I got for saying that?

    If both were British I doubt you'd get any support for your opinion.
    keith16 wrote: »
    I think people have a problem with the way you phrased it. Particularly so soon after she delivered so brilliantly for us.

    Anyway, it's a discussion for another time / thread - is there a politically incorrect hot girlies of the Olympics thread? If not, why not?!


    Mod

    Enough already. It would be a shame to be thread banned.


  • #6461
    Colmustard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,836 ✭✭✭Colmustard


    The BBC gave some great comments about our Katie to spite her having a British opponent.


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  • #6462
    Sea Filly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,213 ✭✭✭Sea Filly


    Larianne wrote: »
    I think they surprised everyone this year.

    Never thought Beth Tweddle would medal (rhymes! :) ) esp at this stage of her career.


  • #6463
    donfers
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,006 ✭✭✭donfers


    katie taylor is brilliant, really proud of her, lots of pressure on her and she showed her class, she's here for gold lads, no happy with a medal nonsense form her

    still a bit gutted about annalise though, i feel bad for her after watching the interview - lots of our athletes seem to have been in tears at this olympics during interviews, really going down the shoreside each time on the downwind cost her - she did brilliantly to put herself in a position to win a gold and then in the race she seemed in control of bronze at least as she was ahead of the belgian most of the time but the belgian took huge chunks out of her on the downwind - i just can't understand why she seemed to repeat the mistake three times, just really felt a medal was there for her and after leading for so long to go down to fourth is tough, i don't know if we should be saying "4th was brilliant, well done, super effort" or "you will learn from letting that slip, that was disappointing - a medal was there for you but you kind of blew it in the end"

    we still have medal possibilities with 4 boxers, 1 walker and 1 canoeist so 6 golds there and the regret over the annalise near miss might go away:)


  • #6464
    BraziliaNZ
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,671 ✭✭✭BraziliaNZ


    My other Olympic crush apart from Katie is in the final of the pole vault later, Yelena who has the world record! Wont get to see it live though as I'm watching Batman in the IMAX!


  • #6465
    keith16
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,061 ✭✭✭keith16


    BraziliaNZ wrote: »
    My other Olympic crush apart from Katie is in the final of the pole vault later, Yelena who has the world record! Wont get to see it live though as I'm watching Batman in the IMAX!

    Batman is a shoe in for gold surely?


  • #6466
    Sea Filly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,213 ✭✭✭Sea Filly


    BraziliaNZ wrote: »
    My other Olympic crush apart from Katie is in the final of the pole vault later, Yelena who has the world record! Wont get to see it live though as I'm watching Batman in the IMAX!

    You know they'll be showing Batman tomorrow too? ;)


  • #6467
    BraziliaNZ
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,671 ✭✭✭BraziliaNZ


    keith16 wrote: »
    Batman is a shoe in for gold surely?

    The suit weighs him down a bit in the Athletics but he's in good shape


  • #6468
    BraziliaNZ
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,671 ✭✭✭BraziliaNZ


    Sea Filly wrote: »
    You know they'll be showing Batman tomorrow too? ;)

    Yes but IMAX booked out for ages, we have this booked since June


  • #6469
    Dozen Wicked Words
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,325 ✭✭✭✭Dozen Wicked Words


    keith16 wrote: »
    BraziliaNZ wrote: »
    My other Olympic crush apart from Katie is in the final of the pole vault later, Yelena who has the world record! Wont get to see it live though as I'm watching Batman in the IMAX!

    Batman is a shoe in for gold surely?

    He failed the gender test.


  • #6470
    westendgirlie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,125 ✭✭✭westendgirlie


    Jeez, I go away from this thread for an hour and all hell breaks loose!

    Now lads, do we have to bring Katie Taylor home early just to sort this out? :D



    Well Done Katie..... GOING FOR GOLD!!!!!!


  • #6471
    Larianne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,954 ✭✭✭✭Larianne


    Pherekydes wrote: »
    Yay! Synchronized swimming is on the red button. :D

    Feck sake! Why do they have to have everything on at the same time!! :mad:


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  • #6472
    opinion guy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,000 ✭✭✭✭opinion guy


    keith16 wrote: »
    Batman is a shoe in for gold surely?


    Didn't you hear ??? Dodgy knee. No cartilage


  • #6473
    keith16
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,061 ✭✭✭keith16


    westendgirlie wrote: »
    Jeez, I go away from this thread for an hour and all hell breaks loose!

    Now lads, do we have to bring Katie Taylor home early just to sort this out? :D



    Sorry........I'll be good :o


  • #6474
    Colmustard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,836 ✭✭✭Colmustard


    donfers wrote: »
    katie taylor is brilliant, really proud of her, lots of pressure on her and she showed her class, she's here for gold lads, no happy with a medal nonsense form her

    still a bit gutted about annalise though, i feel bad for her after watching the interview - lots of our athletes seem to have been in tears at this olympics during interviews, really going down the shoreside each time on the downwind cost her - she did brilliantly to put herself in a position to win a gold and then in the race she seemed in control of bronze at least as she was ahead of the belgian most of the time but the belgian took huge chunks out of her on the downwind - i just can't understand why she seemed to repeat the mistake three times, just really felt a medal was there for her and after leading for so long to go down to fourth is tough, i don't know if we should be saying "4th was brilliant, well done, super effort" or "you will learn from letting that slip, that was disappointing - a medal was there for you but you kind of blew it in the end"

    we still have medal possibilities with 4 boxers, 1 walker and 1 canoeist so 6 golds there and the regret over the annalise near miss might go away:)

    Ditto she was one of my predictions for a medal, a mate of mine who is involved in that sport told me to put money on her months ago, I didn't but I had some expectations.

    I predicted 3 medals for Ireland now it may only be 2. But we may do something in equestrian Fingers crossed.


  • #6475
    Ulysses Gaze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,570 ✭✭✭Ulysses Gaze


    A quote from Jonas on Katie:

    'The only way I could have beaten her was throwing the kitchen sink, or driven a bus over her.'


  • #6476
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,968 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Anyone notice how the RTE commentator made sure to note of some tenuous Irish linkage for Natasha Jonas just in case won that bout!

    Hazel Irvine was most taken with that fight (sorry boxing match).


  • #6477
    opinion guy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,000 ✭✭✭✭opinion guy


    How the feck do these vaulters land the vaults ? :eek:

    I mean the energy they land with. I'm constantly amazed their knees aren't blowing out or legs snapping:eek:


  • #6478
    Colmustard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,836 ✭✭✭Colmustard


    Does anyone know when the final bouts are on????


  • #6479
    statesaver
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,084 ✭✭✭statesaver


    mike65 wrote: »
    Anyone notice how the RTE commentator made sure to note of some tenuous Irish linkage for Natasha Jonas just in case won that bout!

    Hazel Irvine was most taken with that fight (sorry boxing match).


    Who's Hazel Irvine ?


  • #6480
    Colmustard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,836 ✭✭✭Colmustard


    statesaver wrote: »
    Who's Hazel Irvine ?

    The BeeB sport presenter, she's very good.


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  • #6481
    kfallon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    Colmustard wrote: »
    Ditto she was one of my predictions for a medal, a mate of mine who is involved in that sport told me to put money on her months ago, I didn't but I had some expectations.

    I predicted 3 medals for Ireland now it may only be 2. But we may do something in equestrian Fingers crossed.

    We still have Paddy Barnes and Michael Conlan just one win away from a medal too


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