stinkfinger 45 Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 33 minutes ago, AnglianRed said: I see Gareth Southgate has been made an honorary freeman of Middlesbrough. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-58017331 Does this entitle him to drive a herd of sheep up Linthorpe Road on market days or something? I think we can find the Riverside Stadium by ourselves thank you! 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites
AnglianRed 6,320 Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 On 8/1/2021 at 10:31 AM, stinkfinger said: I think we can find the Riverside Stadium by ourselves thank you! Ouch! Link to post Share on other sites
SmogDane 4,055 Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 What do you call a bulletproof Irish man? Link to post Share on other sites
Old Codger 3,064 Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 20 minutes ago, SmogDane said: What do you call a bulletproof Irish man? Paddy McNair? Link to post Share on other sites
SmogDane 4,055 Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 Just now, Old Codger said: Paddy McNair? Nope Rick O'Shea 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Old Codger 3,064 Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 Thought only Monk was bulletproof... that is almost as bad as what do you call an Irishman with large glass ears.. Paddy O'Doors Link to post Share on other sites
smogsterking the Inspirati 2,490 Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 Its hasn't really got a lot of attention on here but what a great Olympics for GB and to top it off Jason Kenny winning gold today having looked past his best he absolutely destroyed the field. Also I think the best performance from anyone this Olympics was the Norwegian Warholm in the 400 meter hurdles where he absolutely smashed the world record. I'm glad it's only 3 years until the next one now. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
AnglianRed 6,320 Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 12 minutes ago, smogsterking the Inspirati said: Its hasn't really got a lot of attention on here but what a great Olympics for GB and to top it off Jason Kenny winning gold today having looked past his best he absolutely destroyed the field. Also I think the best performance from anyone this Olympics was the Norwegian Warholm in the 400 meter hurdles where he absolutely smashed the world record. I'm glad it's only 3 years until the next one now. Agreed. I honestly didn't think I'd get into this Olympics, with it being on the other side of the world and half the events happening while I was asleep etc. Also thought it would be pretty lacklustre with no crowds. Boy was I wrong. Mostly watched the rowing, boxing, cycling, swimming, hockey and triathlon. Caught bits and pieces of other events like pentathlon, BMX, Judo & sailing. Fantastic performances across the board (except maybe the rowing) to deliver one of our best ever medal hauls. Also thought the mixed triathlon & swimming relay events were great...giving men & women the chance to compete on equal footings. Favourite performance was probably Sky Brown in the skateboarding. She messed up one of her major tricks twice, but nailed it on the third attempt and landed a bronze medal. A lot of adults wouldn't be able to come back from that. Either her or Charlotte Worthington, who recovered from a fall in her first run to land a trick that had never been done before and win gold in BMX freestyle. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Denzel Zanzibar 6,972 Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 Aye, the Olympics has been superb, especially given the circumstances. It may sound strange but it's felt like the athletes have been competing with each other, as opposed to against each other, there's been a lot of camaraderie and excellent sportsmanship throughout. My highlight has to be the Italian and Qatari high jumper sharing the Gold medal after nothing could separate them, but also seeing Sky Brown (who I've known about for a few years) getting Bronze in the skateboarding after getting Gold at the X-Games earlier this year. Oh and Tom Daley and Matty Lee beating the Chinese to 10m Synchro Gold was pretty special, even more so given how the Chinese utterly dominated the rest of the diving events. Roll on Paris! Link to post Share on other sites
DanFromDownSouth 1,706 Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 35 minutes ago, smogsterking the Inspirati said: Its hasn't really got a lot of attention on here but what a great Olympics for GB and to top it off Jason Kenny winning gold today having looked past his best he absolutely destroyed the field. Also I think the best performance from anyone this Olympics was the Norwegian Warholm in the 400 meter hurdles where he absolutely smashed the world record. I'm glad it's only 3 years until the next one now. It had it's critisms about being held at all but it has been an incredible games! Not only for GB but also as a whole. London 2012 was genuinely really spectacular, but Rio and Toyko have been right up there too. Truly is the greatest show on earth. Only downsides is it was all played out with no spectators and BBC not being able to show more of the games live. Link to post Share on other sites
Denzel Zanzibar 6,972 Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 10 minutes ago, DanFromDownSouth said: It had it's critisms about being held at all but it has been an incredible games! Not only for GB but also as a whole. London 2012 was genuinely really spectacular, but Rio and Toyko have been right up there too. Truly is the greatest show on earth. Only downsides is it was all played out with no spectators and BBC not being able to show more of the games live. Most of the outdoors events had spectators, Mountain Biking certainly did and the BMX events did with limited capacity but yeah, The BBC losing most of the broadcast rights to Discovery was a big deal. Hopefully by Paris things will be more or less back to normal (or a "new" normal) and we'll be able to watch events in full and live, with full stadiums. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Uwe 3,545 Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 Absolutely loved this Olympics. Got really invested in sports I’ve never seen before. The speed climbing was superhuman. I doubt I could go up the fricken stairs that quick. Gutsiest performance was Charlotte Worthington in the BMX freestyle. To pull off a stunt never before seen (in women’s bmx) that only earlier she crashed on to claim gold. Swimmers magnificent, sailors were best in class. Laura Muir brilliant. I’ve loved it all. The only disappointment was the GB rowers which Sir Steve Redgrave has heavily criticised for their soft approach. Bravo Japan 🇯🇵 👏👏👏 Link to post Share on other sites
SmogDane 4,055 Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 To the guy who stole my glasses .. I will find you, I have contacts. . 2 Link to post Share on other sites
AnglianRed 6,320 Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 On 8/9/2021 at 11:20 AM, SmogDane said: To the guy who stole my glasses .. I will find you, I have contacts. . If you have contacts then surely you don't need glasses? 😁 Link to post Share on other sites
RiseAgainst 3,793 Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 5 minutes ago, AnglianRed said: If you have contacts then surely you don't need glasses? 😁 He needs contacts to find his glasses! And so did I the other night, when my kitten ran off with the specs I'd left on my bedside unit... 2 Link to post Share on other sites
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