Road rules8 mins ago
How dare she
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-104822 9/Gongs-golden-stars-Hoy-set-knighted-Brown-sa ys-nation-wants-athletes-honoured.html
Scroll down to the photo of Rebecca Adlington photo.
How dare she display our Union Flag, if she does not even know it is upside down.
This is a sign of distess, it's worked with me, I am distressed with the whole sorry charade.
Scroll down to the photo of Rebecca Adlington photo.
How dare she display our Union Flag, if she does not even know it is upside down.
This is a sign of distess, it's worked with me, I am distressed with the whole sorry charade.
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I'm afraid I must be equally as pathetic as theoldgit seems to you, although for different reasons.
I would not have noticed this myself, not because I do not know the right way to display the Union Flag - I most certainly do. I would have missed it because I immediately ignore anything to do with the Olympics. To me just about the only things worth noticing are things like this. The entire charade has been one big yawn. I lost what little interest I might have had when I learned of the fake fireworks and children miming at the beginning. I cannot imagine what they will dream up for the (the mercifully imminent) closing ceremony. Gordon Brown miming to a Boris Johnson recording, perhaps?
The so-called �news� consists of twenty minutes of Olympic drivel in every half hour bulletin. And, as scotgirl points out, we�ve now got four years to be told how wonderful it all was, how London cannot possibly stage the event so extravagantly when it�s our turn, and how we cannot possibly hope to achieve the level of success we�ve managed in Peking.
As for calling the United Kingdom�s entrants �Team GB� � anyone got a pail I can spew up into?
I would not have noticed this myself, not because I do not know the right way to display the Union Flag - I most certainly do. I would have missed it because I immediately ignore anything to do with the Olympics. To me just about the only things worth noticing are things like this. The entire charade has been one big yawn. I lost what little interest I might have had when I learned of the fake fireworks and children miming at the beginning. I cannot imagine what they will dream up for the (the mercifully imminent) closing ceremony. Gordon Brown miming to a Boris Johnson recording, perhaps?
The so-called �news� consists of twenty minutes of Olympic drivel in every half hour bulletin. And, as scotgirl points out, we�ve now got four years to be told how wonderful it all was, how London cannot possibly stage the event so extravagantly when it�s our turn, and how we cannot possibly hope to achieve the level of success we�ve managed in Peking.
As for calling the United Kingdom�s entrants �Team GB� � anyone got a pail I can spew up into?
And all you can do is moan she has the flag upside down.
You are pathetic.
There is no need to be so rude vehelpfulguy, why could you just not just answer my post without, being so nasty?
Incidently I myself consider the respect of our national flag to be more important, than a few elite individuals, taking part in a sport of minority interest, in the quest to try and win some Gold- plated medal.
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Come on., get a life.!!!
You are no better Postdog, what is it with you people? You are so aggressive.
Having said that I get your point, about the flipping over of the flag, maybe.
Let's blame the Daily Mail for this one then. One for also not noticing it, and consequently for printing it.
You are pathetic.
There is no need to be so rude vehelpfulguy, why could you just not just answer my post without, being so nasty?
Incidently I myself consider the respect of our national flag to be more important, than a few elite individuals, taking part in a sport of minority interest, in the quest to try and win some Gold- plated medal.
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Come on., get a life.!!!
You are no better Postdog, what is it with you people? You are so aggressive.
Having said that I get your point, about the flipping over of the flag, maybe.
Let's blame the Daily Mail for this one then. One for also not noticing it, and consequently for printing it.
Dear oh dear .....I am not really interested in the Olympics but it really distresses me that some people can nit pick about something like this .
Well done to this girl .She's won a gold medal for her country .
I'm sure she is so pleased to have won and so excited and all you are doing is demeaning her efforts just because she has got a flag upside down .
She's a nineteen year old girl for goodness sake ..she must be over the moon let alone worrying about whether she has a flag in the correct position.
Crikey I would run her in for treason when she gets back .
Lock her in the Tower .Off with her head !
Pathetic.
Well done to this girl .She's won a gold medal for her country .
I'm sure she is so pleased to have won and so excited and all you are doing is demeaning her efforts just because she has got a flag upside down .
She's a nineteen year old girl for goodness sake ..she must be over the moon let alone worrying about whether she has a flag in the correct position.
Crikey I would run her in for treason when she gets back .
Lock her in the Tower .Off with her head !
Pathetic.
Swimming isn't a minority interest .In my area we have a lot of very good swimmers. Some of whom could very well become Olympic champions of the future .And it isn't an elitist sport .Anyone can learn to swim !
To deride any sport whatever it is is very small minded .
You ought to go for a swim now and again it might release some of the tension and stress you obviously feel .Then you could wave your flag more easily .
Swimming eases the joints and stops you being a stuffed shirt .
To deride any sport whatever it is is very small minded .
You ought to go for a swim now and again it might release some of the tension and stress you obviously feel .Then you could wave your flag more easily .
Swimming eases the joints and stops you being a stuffed shirt .
To New Judge and Bathsheba.
Both of you have really missed the point. I appreciate it if you are not fans of sport but to say that you lost interest because they didn't have real fireworks and the little girl mimed is a very crass statement.
Now call me picky but I believe the Olympic Games is about sport and the magnificent performances of the worlds best athletes. So to lose interest because of the aforementioned perceived shortcomings would be pathetic in the extreme.
As far as the original question is concerned, I can't believe that anyone could be so nit-picking as to criticise a multiple gold medal winner for the way she holds our flag. You probably didn't watch much of the actual sport but if you did you would have noticed that many flags held behind the athlete ended up upside down because they were the correct way up when they were turned over.
I do know which way the flag should be displayed but I would bet my house that Rebecca Adlington doesn't know and probably (rightly) cares even less.
When you have won Olympic gold medals then you may be qualified to pass judgement. Until then I would keep quiet.
Both of you have really missed the point. I appreciate it if you are not fans of sport but to say that you lost interest because they didn't have real fireworks and the little girl mimed is a very crass statement.
Now call me picky but I believe the Olympic Games is about sport and the magnificent performances of the worlds best athletes. So to lose interest because of the aforementioned perceived shortcomings would be pathetic in the extreme.
As far as the original question is concerned, I can't believe that anyone could be so nit-picking as to criticise a multiple gold medal winner for the way she holds our flag. You probably didn't watch much of the actual sport but if you did you would have noticed that many flags held behind the athlete ended up upside down because they were the correct way up when they were turned over.
I do know which way the flag should be displayed but I would bet my house that Rebecca Adlington doesn't know and probably (rightly) cares even less.
When you have won Olympic gold medals then you may be qualified to pass judgement. Until then I would keep quiet.
JCL53
.She's won a gold medal for her country
No she hasn't she has won a 'gold plated medal' for herself.
just because she has got a flag upside down .
A perfectly true observation. Not just any flag, but our (or at least my) national flag, a serious breach of practice.
She's a nineteen year old girl for goodness
No excuse whatsoever. You are patronizing the young and her gender.
Swimming isn't a minority interest .In my area
Oh so the majority of people in your area are interested in swimming, I doubt this exaggerated statistic very much.
And it isn't an elitist sport .Anyone can learn to swim
If you had read my post correctly, you should have noticed that I referred to the individuals themselves, and not to their sport.
The rest of your post is once again silly childish insults, more fitting an elementary level of discussion.
.She's won a gold medal for her country
No she hasn't she has won a 'gold plated medal' for herself.
just because she has got a flag upside down .
A perfectly true observation. Not just any flag, but our (or at least my) national flag, a serious breach of practice.
She's a nineteen year old girl for goodness
No excuse whatsoever. You are patronizing the young and her gender.
Swimming isn't a minority interest .In my area
Oh so the majority of people in your area are interested in swimming, I doubt this exaggerated statistic very much.
And it isn't an elitist sport .Anyone can learn to swim
If you had read my post correctly, you should have noticed that I referred to the individuals themselves, and not to their sport.
The rest of your post is once again silly childish insults, more fitting an elementary level of discussion.
I haven't watched the Olympics and have even less interest in the flag issue.
But, whatever your views on the staging of the event and the fall out from it the individuals who have take part have worked extremely hard to get there and deserve at least a 'nod' of acknowledgement for their achievements.
I would hope that Rebecca Adlington et al are too busy enjoying their personal moments of glory to worry about such things. And rightly so.
But, whatever your views on the staging of the event and the fall out from it the individuals who have take part have worked extremely hard to get there and deserve at least a 'nod' of acknowledgement for their achievements.
I would hope that Rebecca Adlington et al are too busy enjoying their personal moments of glory to worry about such things. And rightly so.
Firetracie says he or she hopes Rebecca et al are too busy enjoying their personal moments of glory.
You bet they are!
From what I hear the Olympic village is a positive orgy of young hormonal athletes - particularly the swimmers. They always finish their events first, and party the rest of the time.
Imagine the stamina of these excellent physical specimens.
You bet they are!
From what I hear the Olympic village is a positive orgy of young hormonal athletes - particularly the swimmers. They always finish their events first, and party the rest of the time.
Imagine the stamina of these excellent physical specimens.
Now I really do see why my wife went to live abroad... the girl did well for god's sakes, stop bl00dy moaning about inconsequential rubbish and be proud of the fact she put all the hard work in to get it.
Gold- gold plated... never heard such nitpicking rubbish in my life... go and worry about something important please, you clearly have too much time on your hands.
Gold- gold plated... never heard such nitpicking rubbish in my life... go and worry about something important please, you clearly have too much time on your hands.
Well, Lucy, I said I lost what very little interest I might have had. The issue of the fireworks and miming did not add anything to my disinterest, but merely confirmed what I had already thought � that the whole business is an expensive charade.
Indeed the individuals did work hard to achieve their medals. However, their efforts would have been better placed elsewhere. Being able to swim up and down a swimming pool quicker than anybody else does not really make a huge contribution to the well being of mankind. It is quite obvious that some people can run, swim, jump or throw things better than others. Quite why it�s necessary to stage elaborate events such as the Olympics to prove such a thing is beyond me. Still, if it keeps a few folk happy...
No more from me on what looks like becoming a protracted thread!
Indeed the individuals did work hard to achieve their medals. However, their efforts would have been better placed elsewhere. Being able to swim up and down a swimming pool quicker than anybody else does not really make a huge contribution to the well being of mankind. It is quite obvious that some people can run, swim, jump or throw things better than others. Quite why it�s necessary to stage elaborate events such as the Olympics to prove such a thing is beyond me. Still, if it keeps a few folk happy...
No more from me on what looks like becoming a protracted thread!
