It's happened! BBC goes Olympics mental.
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What do you mean 'goes'?
They've been flogging this horse for over 2 years now. You clearly have missed the 4 hour "Olympic Dreams" programmes on some Sunday afternoons, where film crews paid for with our licence fees have been flown out to Africa to film children who might, might qualify for London.
The whole thing has been pathetic. And remember, this & Wimbledon are the principal reasons why we haven't got free to air F1 anymore.
They've been flogging this horse for over 2 years now. You clearly have missed the 4 hour "Olympic Dreams" programmes on some Sunday afternoons, where film crews paid for with our licence fees have been flown out to Africa to film children who might, might qualify for London.
The whole thing has been pathetic. And remember, this & Wimbledon are the principal reasons why we haven't got free to air F1 anymore.
Ahhhhhh I was f
king bored of the torch yesterday but they are still banging on about it.
FFS they are now talking about when the flame went out 30 fking years ago. Now 1948 ...
Just fking give over.
Now interviewing normal people who were just stood in teh crowd.
This should be a 30 second mention not a 15 minute feature.
king bored of the torch yesterday but they are still banging on about it.FFS they are now talking about when the flame went out 30 f
king years ago. Now 1948 ...Just f
king give over.Now interviewing normal people who were just stood in teh crowd.
This should be a 30 second mention not a 15 minute feature.
Live feed. http://www.bbc.co.uk/torchrelay presumably on for the entire trip.
Chicken Chaser said:
Live feed. http://www.bbc.co.uk/torchrelay presumably on for the entire trip.
WTF. Just tried to find coverage of the NW200 on the red button, but found my way to this instead. However the 'torch' footage is no fking torch and is simply pictures of a minibus driving along A-roads. I am confuse.
Pesty said:
Ahhhhhh I was fking bored of the torch yesterday but they are still banging on about it.
FFS they are now talking about when the flame went out 30 fking years ago. Now 1948 ...
Just fking give over.
Now interviewing normal people who were just stood in teh crowd.
This should be a 30 second mention not a 15 minute feature.
I can never understand why people continue to watch something that is anoying them. Unl;ess of course, they enjoy being annoyed - which I find is a very English trait.king bored of the torch yesterday but they are still banging on about it.FFS they are now talking about when the flame went out 30 f
king years ago. Now 1948 ...Just f
king give over.Now interviewing normal people who were just stood in teh crowd.
This should be a 30 second mention not a 15 minute feature.
I normaly have the news on in the background while I'm pottering around doing little jobs expecting to hear some news
Since my last post they are still going on about it a good 20 plus minutes purely about the torch and only the torch and they are still going on.
enough already or has everything else stopped happening I take it the greece problem is sorted and they have found out who planted the bombs at that italian school.
Since my last post they are still going on about it a good 20 plus minutes purely about the torch and only the torch and they are still going on.
enough already or has everything else stopped happening I take it the greece problem is sorted and they have found out who planted the bombs at that italian school.
Okay it appears the torch is driven from town to town, then unloaded, ignited, run through the town, put out, then driven to the next town 
Oh wait there are many torches it seems. A runner runs 200 yards with a torch, reaches the next runner then ignites their torch in a convoluted lighting farce.
What a steaming pile of bks!!
Oh wait there are many torches it seems. A runner runs 200 yards with a torch, reaches the next runner then ignites their torch in a convoluted lighting farce.
What a steaming pile of b
ks!!Pesty said:
I normaly have the news on in the background while I'm pottering around doing little jobs expecting to hear some news
Since my last post they are still going on about it a good 20 plus minutes purely about the torch and only the torch and they are still going on.
enough already or has everything else stopped happening I take it the greece problem is sorted and they have found out who planted the bombs at that italian school.
Well, avoid it today. I was watching NASA TV (launch of Space X Dragon spacecraft to ISS - aborted as it happened). Much more interesting and far less annoying.Since my last post they are still going on about it a good 20 plus minutes purely about the torch and only the torch and they are still going on.
enough already or has everything else stopped happening I take it the greece problem is sorted and they have found out who planted the bombs at that italian school.
So after seven odd years of a vocal section of society enjoying endless moans about how the Olympics is an expensive disgrace that will prove to be a disaster for Britain, the volume and intensity increasing as the details came together, the torch has finally arrived to herald a new era of negativity from pretty much the same people (whose thread contributions are usually measured in the tens of thousands).
The good news is there are only another 8 weeks for the normally outraged to wind themselves up further before the real event arrives into a maelstrom of outrage, disgust and cynicism. Those that have been in negativity training can then enjoy two more weeks of frenzy before a few days off to recover before the outraged, disgusted and embarrassed can start the post mortem.
I can only hope by then that the Euro has collapsed, or a large bank folds or Ed Milliband is doing better in the polls (or Team GB fares less well than hoped) so the same can continue in their chosen sport.
I'm not overcome with ecstasy about many parts of the Olympic project; it's clearly costing a fortune but it's here anyway, it'll bring a lot of enjoyment to millions and I see little benefit in constantly banging on about it if you're not a fan - find something else to do, maybe?
If there were gold medals for cynicism the UK would lead the World. I've never liked that side to the UK. Maybe that's why the blue top papers sell so well.
Come on everyone - have some fun, be proud of the UK, spread some positivity.
The good news is there are only another 8 weeks for the normally outraged to wind themselves up further before the real event arrives into a maelstrom of outrage, disgust and cynicism. Those that have been in negativity training can then enjoy two more weeks of frenzy before a few days off to recover before the outraged, disgusted and embarrassed can start the post mortem.
I can only hope by then that the Euro has collapsed, or a large bank folds or Ed Milliband is doing better in the polls (or Team GB fares less well than hoped) so the same can continue in their chosen sport.
I'm not overcome with ecstasy about many parts of the Olympic project; it's clearly costing a fortune but it's here anyway, it'll bring a lot of enjoyment to millions and I see little benefit in constantly banging on about it if you're not a fan - find something else to do, maybe?
If there were gold medals for cynicism the UK would lead the World. I've never liked that side to the UK. Maybe that's why the blue top papers sell so well.
Come on everyone - have some fun, be proud of the UK, spread some positivity.
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