although fingers crossed, we'll owne the brits @ track cycling @ the Delhi Commonwealth Games : )
― yuoowemeone, Tuesday, 28 September 2010 09:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Opening ceremony on now, folks.
― ailsa, Sunday, 3 October 2010 13:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Waiting for it here, Australian television is showing twenty features on Indian food!
― Ain't Gonna Play Sim City (King Boy Pato), Sunday, 3 October 2010 13:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Prince Charles is so thrilled to be there listening to a lo-fi recording of the Indian anthem.
― Ain't Gonna Play Sim City (King Boy Pato), Sunday, 3 October 2010 13:33 (thirteen years ago) link
has australia won all the medals yet
― hypnopriapism (electricsound), Monday, 4 October 2010 07:29 (thirteen years ago) link
not quite
the opening netball game got an attendance of 60, the opening tennis match got about 20
― Ain't Gonna Play Sim City (King Boy Pato), Monday, 4 October 2010 09:46 (thirteen years ago) link
gold for straya
― hypnopriapism (electricsound), Monday, 4 October 2010 12:00 (thirteen years ago) link
nick d'arsey's tilt went well!!
― the brostep hump (haitch), Monday, 4 October 2010 12:05 (thirteen years ago) link
i know gymnastics isn't the most thrilling of sports, but i at least thought someone would go and watch it?
― not_goodwin, Monday, 4 October 2010 14:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Half the swimmers throwing up from suspected contaminated water, sprinter's blocks all slipping on the track (with dudes running in front of the sprinters painting the lines), no-one watching anything. Hugely success all round.
― san te cross (onimo), Thursday, 7 October 2010 18:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Also sore losing Englanders stripping Aussies of golds with protests in order to "win" a bronze.
― san te cross (onimo), Thursday, 7 October 2010 18:41 (thirteen years ago) link
YEah, that protest was fucked imo. England were quite happy to let their dq'ed runner go again, but then cried foul when Pearson won. Boo!
― Harrison Buttwhistle (NickB), Thursday, 7 October 2010 19:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Radio 5 commentating on this = most embarrassing, condescending, smug, narrow-minded, cutely nationalistic shit I have ever heard - it's like an event designed to give the home nations a sporting chance in as many events as possible
ban the commonwealth games
also ban incessant lyrical descriptions of how someone bravely prevailed in a fucking hurdles race - they were winning and they won, so what - play >1 hour of competitive sport then come back to me
― acoleuthic, Sunday, 10 October 2010 13:30 (thirteen years ago) link
An hour of running hurdles would be fucking brutal, that's for sure.
― Harrison Buttwhistle (NickB), Sunday, 10 October 2010 15:22 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah and I would like to see it
seriously there is nothing more infuriating and pathetic than national radio going batshit for home-grown athletes in a prissy little commonwealth tournament while trying to pretend it's a massive deal
― acoleuthic, Sunday, 10 October 2010 15:25 (thirteen years ago) link
you're embarrassing yourselves and your corporation
― acoleuthic, Sunday, 10 October 2010 15:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Man, was there some cricket on the radio today then?
― Harrison Buttwhistle (NickB), Sunday, 10 October 2010 15:30 (thirteen years ago) link
bwahaha
― acoleuthic, Sunday, 10 October 2010 15:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Joeks, I pretty much agree with you on this fwiw.
― Harrison Buttwhistle (NickB), Sunday, 10 October 2010 15:31 (thirteen years ago) link
like, I don't disagree with the tournament's right to exist but christ almighty if you're going to cover it, cover it for what it is and give every participating country a fair hearing, don't treat it like fucking christmas for mediocre british athletes
― acoleuthic, Sunday, 10 October 2010 15:33 (thirteen years ago) link
they're all mediocre british athletes tho? commonwealth's a distinction i dont fully get tbh
― i dont love everything, i love football (darraghmac), Sunday, 10 October 2010 15:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Watching the athletics I notice that the phrase "fastest losers" has been replaced by the snappy "fastest non-automatic qualifiers".
― She's got a dog in Ballymena (Tom D.), Thursday, 4 August 2022 18:51 (one year ago) link
I'm a non-automatic qualifier baby, so why don't you kill me
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 4 August 2022 19:05 (one year ago) link
Bill Burr is working on a bit about it as we speak
― Sam Weller, Thursday, 4 August 2022 19:45 (one year ago) link