Let's just hope that London doesn't have an excessively rainy season come 2012 that may cause another sewer overflow. I know tourism agencies will be offering reduced rates if such is the case. The odorous scents may over power the stench of the political discrepancies but it's not a really attractive distraction. As President of the IOC I will try to sell off any unwanted hosting awards plus a Senate seat as bonus if the price is right. For now Arch I think I could unload the bid right now to the Republic of Uzbekistan, they're offering quite a bit more than the motherland. However, I'm sure your PM won't be agreeable to a sell off. It's history whether we like it or not.
On Oct 2, 7:34 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > The next Olympics are in London - I don't suppose we could sell them > to Chicago and cut our losses? I am something of a barbarian on > sport, preferring games in which magnificent specimens like the > sprinters need great courage to actually run - given that the rest of > us are out to smack them down and test out their over-honed muscles. > I also think no one should play without having done a shift down the > pit or survived trying to teach Butchers 4 how to enjoy literature or > do spreadsheets. Financial reward should equate to enough beer to > swill away the bruises for another week. I look forward to a time in > which all continents vie to get the Olympics run somewhere else. > > If my book sells well Orn, perhaps you would be my guest at the prone > small-bore rifle event at Bisley (or wherever these days). I can > promise an action-lacked three days in certain rain and all the > thrills of waiting for unexpected proton-decay in a beta-blocker to > cause that final miss by a Tibetan vermin-hunter that allows the > Andorran patent clerk to get the gold his ten years of obsessional > training deserves until the medal is stripped over blood tests > indicating innocent use of a nasal spray not conforming to Olympic > standards, shortly after the entire Chinese synchronised tiddly-wink > team is disqualified when it is discovered the turtle's whose blood > they had been consuming in vast quantities had been reared on anabolic > steroids and human growth hormone. After all this excitement, we will > turn to the closing ceremony, consisting entirely of a Metropolitan > Police Marching Band suppressing peaceniks goaded by tear-gas and > rubber bullets whilst protesting the now very large war in > Afghanistan. Whilst the authorities are suitably distracted, we will > rescue the turtle and engage Tony Blair's (now Pope Blair) barrister > wife to get it political asylum. The turtle, needless to say smarter > than us, will simply enter the 15 kilometre river swim as a Canadian > contestant, win the event and keep on going out to sea. I mean, who > wouldn't pay to see all this 'fun' and commit themselves to a diabetic > future drinking Coke and Pepsi in equal measure in gratitude? Slip > will be President of the International Olympic Committee by then and > already living in the Bahamas having sold the 2028 Olympics to Russian > Oligarchs planning to hold the events in Chicago. Obama will claim > the public credit, but not get, as Slip will tell us with a smile, the > 'mineral rights'! > > On 3 Oct, 01:32, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Bankruptcy, corruption, police oppression and Obama’s error. > > >http://www.democracynow.org/2009/10/2/sportswriter_dave_zirin_on_obam... > > > On Oct 2, 5:17 pm, [email protected] wrote: > > > > Come on. Someone has to win. South America has never had an Olympics. > > > Time to give them a chance. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Slip Disc <[email protected]> > > > To: "Minds Eye" <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Fri, Oct 2, 2009 4:50 pm > > > Subject: [Mind's Eye] IOC Rebuffs Obama > > > > I wonder if all the scandals and the recent street melee murder of a > > > student had any negative impact. > > > This past year Chicago has had a good share of indictments, > > > convictions, and front-page headlines. It's been one after the other > > > on top of Chicago's notoriety as a state of corruption. It's not like > > > the rest of the world doesn't know about it. This month has also > > > brought down the University of Illinois President Joseph White after > > > allegations of admissions corruption involving political connections > > > that favored less qualified applicants over others. > > > Obama has as well had his name tossed about during the Rod Blagojevich > > > investigation. > > > > Do you think the Obama's were slightly in a state of denial in going > > > to Copenhagen to lobby the IOC? > > > > If you were on the voting team would you have given Chicago any > > > consideration? > > > > Should the IOC consider it's own reputation when voting?- Hide quoted > > > text - > > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
