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Post by Farthing on Mar 15, 2006 19:09:36 GMT 10
The Opening Cermoney is on in about 20 minutes and the events all start tomorrow, i am not going to watch the Opening Cermoney because that doesnt usually interest me but i will defiently watch the events. it is basicly the Australian Sporting Trials it is that onsided considering how many Medels Australia win
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Post by forzamariners on Mar 15, 2006 19:13:29 GMT 10
I'm not a fan of the commonwealth games as most of the sports involved just bore me. Though i suppose getting big tournament experience is what we need if Aus is ever going to host the World Cup
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Post by DJ on Mar 15, 2006 19:58:18 GMT 10
Commonwealth games are crap, I'll keep up to date with track and field plus swimming just so I know who won but I won't be watching it unless there is crap else on!
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Post by Adz on Mar 15, 2006 20:30:01 GMT 10
Commonwealth/Olympic games are boring as bat shit. Might be worth a punt on some things though  |
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Post by pom pom on Mar 15, 2006 21:21:20 GMT 10
i watched australia come in but that was it....i spent my time drawing....
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Post by LeedsMariner#4 on Mar 15, 2006 21:45:47 GMT 10
comm games gets a bit boring... it really is just a confidence booster for australian sport
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Post by omni on Mar 15, 2006 21:57:01 GMT 10
Sorry, WOO commonwealth games, have we won 50 golds yet?
GO AUSTRALIA except for Jana
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Post by voice of reason on Mar 16, 2006 6:54:52 GMT 10
comm games gets a bit boring... it really is just a confidence booster for australian sport I'm sure most of the athletes would disagree. I don't usually go for opening ceremonies. But this one was ok. Quite artistic really...especially the flying tram bit followed by the projected street map of Melbourne...in contrast to the projection of the Aboriginal art later. A good representation of the opposition between the cultures: our preoccupation with getting everywhere in a hurry versus the Aboriginal attitude of living life at a slower pace with longer term aims. Queenie seemed to enjoy it but Phil the Greek's piles seemed to be giving him discomfort. Being a child of the Empire, I was a bit put out not to hear God Save the Queen, but I thought Advance Australia Fair was perfectly executed by the massed chorus, rather than being strangled by a lone pop singer. Fireworks were spectacular especially the Catherine Wheels attached to the backs of the skaters! Hope there were no accidents! No doubt the poor nations which couldn't even afford to outfit their athletes would have appreciated the obscene amounts of money spent on the night. |
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Post by marinermick on Mar 16, 2006 9:05:15 GMT 10
i'm so over it and it has not even begun yet
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Post by Adz on Mar 16, 2006 22:05:34 GMT 10
I had 5 bets tonight and they all lost... stupid f***ing games
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Post by DJ on Mar 17, 2006 7:41:53 GMT 10
Some British people won gold medals in the swinmming.......that just goes to show how shit the commonwealth game are .... lol ....
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Post by dibo (pron. "DIB-OH") on Mar 17, 2006 8:02:50 GMT 10
scottish! f***ing scottish! they don't even have swimming pools, they just paddle about when the curling rink melts in the summer!
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Post by brett on Mar 17, 2006 11:56:51 GMT 10
the only thing good about the olympics is that it brings the world together as an event and is interesting culturally...the sport is rubbish. the comm games are far worse than the olympics in both a humanity and sporting sense. what a waste of space. out of protest i refuse to watch any event except women's hockey  |
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Post by dibo (pron. "DIB-OH") on Mar 17, 2006 12:06:55 GMT 10
I had 5 bets tonight and they all lost... stupid f***ing games you should have put $20,000 on the opals to beat india |
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Post by dibo (pron. "DIB-OH") on Mar 17, 2006 12:13:15 GMT 10
with the olympics there's stuff i love watching -
the 100m is cool
i can watch the cycling til everyone else in the room has either fallen asleep, left the room or else is gnawing their own leg off out of sheer boredom.
the football shows young stars coming up
but mostly it's about the sports that you never get to see otherwise -
weighlifting - what's that - another enormous bastard throwing a bar in the air! good for him!
gymnastics (who else cheers for injuries?)
rowing and kayaking (oh god how that's boring!)
equestrian [snooty voice]Oh dear, look at that, Veronica seems to have just slipped as her mount Son of Raj baulked. How dreadfully disappointing![/snooty voice]
so in that sense i agree with you entirely brett!
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Post by Adz on Mar 17, 2006 13:15:27 GMT 10
dibo can I borrow $20,000? ;D
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Post by brett on Mar 17, 2006 19:18:10 GMT 10
so in that sense i agree with you entirely brett! even the sports you mentioned are boring to me, but become watchable because of the stories that come up with the athletes. PB's and splits that mean nothing to anyone outside the sport put me to sleep but you always get the guy who has never swum in a full sized pool or is coming back from some injury or disease or the son of the prior champion or the apprentice overcoming the master...that's what makes the olympics worthwhile. if you want 'us and them' pure sporting contests, watch the world cup. |
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Post by glen006 on Mar 17, 2006 19:43:00 GMT 10
refer to "things that annoy you" thread
I love sport, but the commonwealth games = zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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Post by omni on Mar 19, 2006 21:37:14 GMT 10
How crazy was the Women's Marathon finish! Great stuff, but I feel so shattered for Scotty Wescott came 4th but really wasn't close enough to kick at the end, he's a great guy and he'll just continue to improve, look out for Emma Murry, I don't know if she's keen to downgrade to the Marathon but if she does she'll rip it up, recently came 4th in the Australian Trail Ultra-Marathon Championships at the 6 foot track.
COME ON CRAIG!!!
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Post by shelleybeach on Mar 19, 2006 21:54:23 GMT 10
pakistani gymnasts just aren't as good to watch as those russian girls are, go svetlana!
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