Hahaha! Brilliant.
Thanks! 
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My pleasure. I might update it from time to time depending on the fluctuation of my idiot index.
Quote: PhQnix @ August 22 2008, 2:22 PM BSTI'm sorry to hear that.
Quote: EllieJP @ August 22 2008, 2:30 PM BSTI want to see the Red Arrows!!!
So stand pretty much anywhere in Central London.
Quote: zooo @ August 22 2008, 2:33 PM BSTUnless something rather terrible happens.
Quote: zooo @ August 22 2008, 2:38 PM BSTHe was abused by a pilot at age 4.
Let's not talk about it.
The pilot came in his cockpit.
Dirty Aaron!
I've just watched the Basketball final.
WHAT THE HELL IS THE POINT OF BASKETBALL?
It's so easy to score. Up one end - score, down the other end score.
Rainbow shots? WTF?
And the result was something like 117 - 108.
I'm watching the Handball final now.
Quote: EllieJP @ August 22 2008, 2:13 PM BSTI'm going to this on Sunday!
http://www.london2012.com/get-involved/handover/visa-london-2012-party.php
"Check the weather forecast: you might want to bring suntan lotion, a hat and sunglasses if it's sunny;"
Yeah right.
"Check the weather forecast: rain protection if it's not"
Good job they tell you this because it's not the kind of thing you'd think about is it.
Apparently there's going to be a British footie team, in 2012, and Alex Ferguson has been asked to manage it. I was just wondering, if a team was put together now, which non-English players would make it?
Quote: David Chapman @ August 24 2008, 9:32 AM BSTWHAT THE HELL IS THE POINT OF BASKETBALL?
It's so easy to score. Up one end - score, down the other end score.
Not really a fan of basketball, but the inverse of that statement could be used to justify disgust with football/soccer. What the hell is the point of watching a bunch of guys run and kick for an hour without scoring?
To be fair, the English League is a hell of a lot more exciting than the MLS, and our games rarely finish goalless. The MLS players like to take it easy, passing the ball around on the floor, whereras the Premiership players are more impatient, preferring to get the ball into the opponents' half of the field, as quickly as possible.
Yeah, but it's still a loooong time between goals. Kick it one way, kick it the other way, flop on the ground ...
WTF: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/olympics/2008/08/23/taekwondo.ban.ap/index.html?cnn=yes
I used to love watching basketball when I was younger, it's a very exciting thing to see live.
Don't care about it now of course, but it was a hell of a lot more interesting to watch than most sports. At least you know you won't make all the effort of attending, just to go home from a no goal draw, also known as a complete waste of everybody's time. 
Quote: DaButt @ August 24 2008, 2:17 PM BSTYeah, but it's still a loooong time between goals. Kick it one way, kick it the other way, flop on the ground ...
WTF: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/olympics/2008/08/23/taekwondo.ban.ap/index.html?cnn=yes
It's funny how Americans seem to be obsessed solely with scoring, whereas Europeans appreciate the build-up to scoring just as much. You guys would rather see someone like shaquile O'Neil take a few lumbering strides up to a basketball net, and slam a ball into it, than see a footballer like Barcelona's Lionel Messi dribble a ball the whole length of a football pitch, only to have his final shot saved by a goalkeeper.
By the way, I am a basketball fan. I first got into it when I used to watch NBA games every week, back when I was a kid, in about 1987, when the big rivalry was between the Celtics and the Lakers.
Quote: DaButt @ August 24 2008, 2:17 PM BSTWTF: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/olympics/2008/08/23/taekwondo.ban.ap/index.html?cnn=yes
Ouch. Here's the video (foreign language though).
Quote: catskillz @ August 24 2008, 2:51 PM BSTIt's funny how Americans seem to be obsessed solely with scoring, whereas Europeans appreciate the build-up to scoring just as much. You guys would rather see someone like shaquile O'Neil take a few lumbering strides up to a basketball net, and slam a ball into it, than see a footballer like Barcelona's Lionel Messi dribble a ball the whole length of a football pitch, only to have his final shot saved by a goalkeeper.
Distilling a basketball game into "a few lumbering strides and a slam" is like describing a football game as "a bunch of guys kicking a ball around." Both sports are far more complex than that and a great deal of teamwork, strategy and skill are involved.