Title: London gets Olympics! Post by: The Wall on July 06, 2005, 12:51:24 PM Yeah well done us that'll teach those frenchies! Is poker an Olympic sport??
Title: Re: London gets Olympics! Post by: Robert HM on July 06, 2005, 01:01:03 PM Sadly not, but we can always set up an alternative Olympic Poker Comp :D
Title: Re: London gets Olympics! Post by: Royal Flush on July 06, 2005, 01:02:57 PM This mean we will finally get a decent upgrade for the tube?
Title: Re: London gets Olympics! Post by: tikay on July 06, 2005, 01:07:32 PM It's obscene, utterly obscene. Londoners have been herded like cattle in filthy and unreliable tube trains & irregular bus services on clogged up and unmaintained roads for donkeys years. Now the Politricians think they have a vote catcher, so the tube and buses and road infrastructure will all suddenly get fixed. For the people these last 20 years? Sorry, no money. For the Olympics, & a chance for the politicians to score points - of COURSE.... Title: Re: London gets Olympics! Post by: Royal Flush on July 06, 2005, 01:12:54 PM It's obscene, utterly obscene. Londoners have been herded like cattle in filthy and unreliable tube trains & irregular bus services on clogged up and unmaintained roads for donkeys years. Now the Politricians think they have a vote catcher, so the tube and buses and road infrastructure will all suddenly get fixed. For the people these last 20 years? Sorry, no money. For the Olympics, & a chance for the politicians to score points - of COURSE.... who cares why its done as long as it is done! Title: Re: London gets Olympics! Post by: Bongo on July 06, 2005, 01:14:53 PM Personally I think the tube and London's public transport in general is amazing - round here it's useless.
Title: Re: London gets Olympics! Post by: Newportlad on July 06, 2005, 01:20:22 PM I think it's great news.
Of course there will be (more) problems with the infrastructure as roads, sites get built, but the improvement at the end will make it all worthwhile. All we have to hope for now is that Mr Livingstone doesn't manage to cock it up! Title: Re: London gets Olympics! Post by: patman on July 06, 2005, 01:37:02 PM guys - cant get excited
doing the french over may be topical but small minded it`ll cost a fortune - more than any quote so far...we`ll end up footing the bill and property speculators/touts will be the winners. in addition i think the "olympic idea" died with ben johnson and its all about the money at least with poker there is no pretence and i would say more often than not more integrityl bah humbug :-\ Title: Re: London gets Olympics! Post by: Exorcism on July 06, 2005, 02:00:40 PM All these things are undoutedly true, cost overruns, cranes over London for years (nothing new there), property developers cleaning up, politicians cashing in, Brits coming last in the hurdles. But for once, it is a pleasure to be small-minded (in the best possible taste, of course) :)
Title: Re: London gets Olympics! Post by: Exorcism on July 06, 2005, 02:02:10 PM .........not forgetting that Paris has the WPT every year!
Title: Re: London gets Olympics! Post by: patman on July 06, 2005, 02:04:04 PM (in the best possible taste, of course) :) Here exorcism......you a kenny everett fan ;D ;D Title: Re: London gets Olympics! Post by: Exorcism on July 06, 2005, 03:31:14 PM Patman, it is true, I was partial to his programmes ;D Any DJ who creates the Capt Kremmen series and plays it at prime time breakfast with such immortal dialogue as:
"I am a Country Member" "Ah yes, I remember!" and get away with it will always have my vote :) Title: Re: London gets Olympics! Post by: patman on July 06, 2005, 03:45:40 PM quality lol ;D
Title: Re: London gets Olympics! Post by: jbsc7769 on July 06, 2005, 04:24:25 PM The Olympics will have a great effect on London. You would not believe the difference it made to Athens, seriously unrecognisable. I plan to go to Bejing after attending the last Olympics, London will be a nice close close one! What odds Poker being an Olympic sport by then???LOL
Title: Re: London gets Olympics! Post by: patman on July 06, 2005, 04:52:16 PM i bet i could make a case for poker in the olympics..synchronised swimming, walking, crown bowls have all been there,
poker is a sport in that it involves tremendous sustained exertion on the body and mind , is a game of tactics and skill and would draw enormous audiences whilst teaching the young fair play, integrity and giving them skills(decision making, intuition, character judgement) to take into their future career..if its not poker see easy peesy - right wheres that olympics committee that does the trial sports ;D Title: Re: London gets Olympics! Post by: The Wall on July 06, 2005, 04:56:21 PM A fella I work with claims that anything where the winner is decided by a judge is not a sport i.e gymnastics as real sports should be mano v mano as in the best man wins (or lady v lady ;D)
So by his reasoning poker SHOULD be in the olympics......................... Title: Re: London gets Olympics! Post by: owner on July 06, 2005, 05:06:42 PM But in the spirit of the Olympics they could not play for money. Would the lure of medals be enough ?
Title: Re: London gets Olympics! Post by: The Wall on July 06, 2005, 05:11:16 PM Ahh an excellent point that I had overlooked ???
Title: Re: London gets Olympics! Post by: Royal Flush on July 06, 2005, 05:35:45 PM But in the spirit of the Olympics they could not play for money. Would the lure of medals be enough ? In a word, yes. Title: Re: London gets Olympics! Post by: Exorcism on July 06, 2005, 05:42:43 PM Would they have a fourth spot on the rostrum for The Bubble?
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