So the venue of the Olympics for 2016 is decided today.
I have just seen the Chicago bid video .. I had to admit I had a bit of something in my eye..
It's here on the BBC website..
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympic ... 283061.stm
Olympic Bid - Go Chicago!
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Re: Olympic Bid - Go Chicago!
Don't do it, Chicago!
Years of disruption beforehand followed by decades of debt afterwards!
The IOC is a cruel and avaricious taskmaster...
Years of disruption beforehand followed by decades of debt afterwards!
The IOC is a cruel and avaricious taskmaster...
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Re: Olympic Bid - Go Chicago!
Clinton Huxley wrote:Don't do it, Chicago!
Years of disruption beforehand followed by decades of debt afterwards!
The IOC is a cruel and avaricious taskmaster...
shhhh but they might need construction workers...
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Re: Olympic Bid - Go Chicago!
I was in L.A. during the games there. It were amusingishly, sorta. The games kind of disappeared into the city, lost in all that SoCal.Clinton Huxley wrote:Don't do it, Chicago!
Years of disruption beforehand followed by decades of debt afterwards!
The IOC is a cruel and avaricious taskmaster...
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Ah....could you perhaps rig up all the flagpoles to display the Union Jack regardless of which nation actually wins an event?Elessarina wrote:Clinton Huxley wrote:Don't do it, Chicago!
Years of disruption beforehand followed by decades of debt afterwards!
The IOC is a cruel and avaricious taskmaster...
"I grow old … I grow old …
I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled"
AND MERRY XMAS TO ONE AND All!
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Re: Olympic Bid - Go Chicago!
Clinton Huxley wrote: Ah....could you perhaps rig up all the flagpoles to display the Union Jack regardless of which nation actually wins an event?
Sure thang ya'll.. *ahem* I mean of course my good man
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Ahem. That's properly, "Shure thangggg ya'll." (Don't forget to slur everything.Elessarina wrote:Clinton Huxley wrote: Ah....could you perhaps rig up all the flagpoles to display the Union Jack regardless of which nation actually wins an event?
Sure thang ya'll.. *ahem* I mean of course my good man
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Gawdzilla wrote: Ahem. That's properly, "Shure thangggg ya'll." (Don't forget to slur everything.
I'm in cognitoSlur or slurp?
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You have to be incomprehensible if you want to fit in.Elessarina wrote:Gawdzilla wrote: Ahem. That's properly, "Shure thangggg ya'll." (Don't forget to slur everything.
Slur or slurp?
Slur some things ("Did you SEE what she was wearing!") and slurp others (not naming names here.)
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Don't make me rinse your mouth out with soap, young lady.Elessarina wrote:Clinton Huxley wrote: Ah....could you perhaps rig up all the flagpoles to display the Union Jack regardless of which nation actually wins an event?
Sure thang ya'll.. *ahem* I mean of course my good man
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Re: Olympic Bid - Go Chicago!
My money is on Madrid or Tokyo.
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It had a name?!Gawdzilla wrote: Slur some things ("Did you SEE what she was wearing!") and slurp others (not naming names here.)
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Elessarina wrote:It had a name?!Gawdzilla wrote: Slur some things ("Did you SEE what she was wearing!") and slurp others (not naming names here.)
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I believe Jim Croce had a few observations about Chicago as well ... 
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He's an ugly bugger but I like the song.Gawdzilla wrote:Elessarina wrote:It had a name?!Gawdzilla wrote: Slur some things ("Did you SEE what she was wearing!") and slurp others (not naming names here.)
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