London Olympics

[Snoopy]

This is almost too funny for words.




9.5 billion to spend, London Olympics is the cry, they even have a special London Logo (which is shite) and the first venue is finished and opened in .............................
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Fvcking Dorset

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/7753734.stm

   

The first sporting venue for the London 2012 Olympics has been completed with the end of construction at the Weymouth & Portland Sailing Academy.

[Uncle Mort]

What's funny? Not all the events of the last Olympics were held in Beijing.


We should be applauding not sneering.

The £15m complex, which will also host the Paralympics events, was brought in under budget and ahead of schedule.

Well done I say.


 

[Darwins Selection]

What's funny? Not all the events of the last Olympics were held in Beijing.


We should be applauding not sneering.

The £15m complex, which will also host the Paralympics events, was brought in under budget and ahead of schedule.

Well done I say.

Quite so.

We can still lead the world in removing weeds and shopping trolleys from ponds when we put our mind to it.

The wireless referred to it as the "Wild Jurassic Coast of Dorset".
Is the Olympics going to be an 'Its a Knockout' themed event with inflatable dinosaurs chasing cavemen in boats?

I shall certainly watch it if that is the case.

[Snoopy]

What's funny? Not all the events of the last Olympics were held in Beijing.


We should be applauding not sneering.

The £15m complex, which will also host the Paralympics events, was brought in under budget and ahead of schedule.

Well done I say.


 

Who is sneering?

It is funny because the Yokels from Dorset have done the job, under budget and well ahead of time whilst in London they are paying out fortunes to get nowhere because they can't stop arguing about whether they should have put the bid in or not.
See recent interviews on TV and Radio by Tessa Jowell http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/nov/13/olympic-2012-jowell

I certainly am not sneering and am proud that my fellow West Country Bumpkins have beaten the "capital" yet again.

But it is still funny.

One up for us bumpkins I'd say!

[Barman]

I forgot to mention...

I flew in from the East when I arrived and right over the top of the London 2012 site.

There is loads of activity on the site and the stadium is really taking shape. However, the whole thing is tiny! I imagined that the site covered vast swathes of the East of London but it is actually packed into a very small already developed area...

[Tinkerbell]

I forgot to mention...

I flew in from the East when I arrived and right over the top of the London 2012 site.

There is loads of activity on the site and the stadium is really taking shape. However, the whole thing is tiny! I imagined that the site covered vast swathes of the East of London but it is actually packed into a very small already developed area...

That's because you were 10 mile up and looking down... it looked HUGE when I was in the coach... in a traffic jam... trying to get to Victoria!!!!
Honest!   

[Barman]

I forgot to mention...

I flew in from the East when I arrived and right over the top of the London 2012 site.

There is loads of activity on the site and the stadium is really taking shape. However, the whole thing is tiny! I imagined that the site covered vast swathes of the East of London but it is actually packed into a very small already developed area...

That's because you were 10 mile up and looking down... it looked HUGE when I was in the coach... in a traffic jam... trying to get to Victoria!!!!
Honest!   

Ah... so they don't have teeny-tiny people working on it then...? 

[Tinkerbell]

I forgot to mention...

I flew in from the East when I arrived and right over the top of the London 2012 site.

There is loads of activity on the site and the stadium is really taking shape. However, the whole thing is tiny! I imagined that the site covered vast swathes of the East of London but it is actually packed into a very small already developed area...

That's because you were 10 mile up and looking down... it looked HUGE when I was in the coach... in a traffic jam... trying to get to Victoria!!!!
Honest!   

Ah... so they don't have teeny-tiny people working on it then...? 

 

[Pastis]

I am forming a cunning plan 

Loads of peeps want to stay in Londinium for the Olympiad ... I might let my place out and go on holiday 

They get megabucks in Wimbledon for that sort of thing; wonder how much I could market it for? 

[Snoopy]

Take the year of your birth. Treble it, put a £sign in front and that is the weekly rental (or part thereof)

[Pastis]

I think the "part thereof" bit may be applicable ... but a bit of shrewd marketing and careful vetting (notwithstanding a mahooosive deposit) and I might be onto a winner 

[Snoopy]

For Wimbledon I gather that the "Top" Players pay thousands for a house with parking.
This would not apply to the Olympics as for security and drug testing reasons the particpants are obliged to pretend to be amateurs and all stay in the accommodation provided so you need to find tenants with impeccable references. Employ a reliable maid/housekeeper to look after both them and the property and advertise for rich Yanks or similar. Best to avoid Arabs as they tend to trash the accommodation.

[Pastis]

For Wimbledon I gather that the "Top" Players pay thousands for a house with parking.
This would not apply to the Olympics as for security and drug testing reasons the particpants are obliged to pretend to be amateurs and all stay in the accommodation provided so you need to find tenants with impeccable references. Employ a reliable maid/housekeeper to look after both them and the property and advertise for rich Yanks or similar. Best to avoid Arabs as they tend to trash the accommodation.

Yep. With you all the way on that. I'm thinking rich Yanks (English imperative to understand the contract) who want to spend a few weeks in London and "enjoy" the experience. Off road secure parking if they want to hire a car; public transport if they don't. Housekeeper / cleaner available to keep a check on the state of the place 

I've actually done a quick web search and there are peeps up and running with this already 
Might have to build a quick website for marketing ...

[Snoopy]

For Wimbledon I gather that the "Top" Players pay thousands for a house with parking.
This would not apply to the Olympics as for security and drug testing reasons the particpants are obliged to pretend to be amateurs and all stay in the accommodation provided so you need to find tenants with impeccable references. Employ a reliable maid/housekeeper to look after both them and the property and advertise for rich Yanks or similar. Best to avoid Arabs as they tend to trash the accommodation.

Yep. With you all the way on that. I'm thinking rich Yanks (English imperative to understand the contract) who want to spend a few weeks in London and "enjoy" the experience. Off road secure parking if they want to hire a car; public transport if they don't. Housekeeper / cleaner available to keep a check on the state of the place 

I've actually done a quick web search and there are peeps up and running with this already 
Might have to build a quick website for marketing ...

And stand by for dumb questions like "What part of London is Scotland in?", "Can we see Stone Henge from your place?" and of course "Will the Queen be there?"

[Pastis]

For Wimbledon I gather that the "Top" Players pay thousands for a house with parking.
This would not apply to the Olympics as for security and drug testing reasons the particpants are obliged to pretend to be amateurs and all stay in the accommodation provided so you need to find tenants with impeccable references. Employ a reliable maid/housekeeper to look after both them and the property and advertise for rich Yanks or similar. Best to avoid Arabs as they tend to trash the accommodation.

Yep. With you all the way on that. I'm thinking rich Yanks (English imperative to understand the contract) who want to spend a few weeks in London and "enjoy" the experience. Off road secure parking if they want to hire a car; public transport if they don't. Housekeeper / cleaner available to keep a check on the state of the place 

I've actually done a quick web search and there are peeps up and running with this already 
Might have to build a quick website for marketing ...

And stand by for dumb questions like "What part of London is Scotland in?", "Can we see Stone Henge from your place?" and of course "Will the Queen be there?"

    Yes, that had occurred to me. I'll need to set up a list of FAQ along the lines of Yahoo Answers.