Get called fat and stupid by other nations...

Originally posted by HandyAndy
One-upmanship aside, I think it would be much more relevant to the discussion to compare the numbers of athletes
representing each country rather than comparing total population. Great Britain sent a contingent of 554 athletes and
competed in all 26 sports; Team USA sent 537 athletes and competed in 25 sports (all except handball).

Not sure why:-

A) that is relevant

&

B) if it is whether or not it is a form of 'one-upmanship' and if so whose 'up'.

But why cant we just agree the USA got the most medals, but nobody got their ass kicked. (except in the martial arts comps)

P.s Why no handball, worried it would ruin your sex lives? 😉

Originally posted by kevcvs57
Not sure why:-

A) that is relevant

&

B) if it is whether or not it is a form of 'one-upmanship' and if so whose 'up'.

But why cant we just agree the USA got the most medals, but nobody got their ass kicked. (except in the martial arts comps)

P.s Why no handball, worried it would ruin your sex lives? 😉

Americans never just win, we kick butts. If we lose we lose normal, but when we win... 😛
Beer time 😛

Originally posted by HandyAndy
Just think.. all of ours would be yours if you hadn't lost that war back in 1781.

Hard cheese, what?

We didn't have the USA to back us up then, like in WWII.

😀

-m.

Originally posted by Suzianne
No horses, no beach volleyball.

I don't ge... oh wait.

You know, you don't *have* to put your horses in bikinis for beach volleyball.

Oh, wait, maybe you do.

I've been here 6 years and finally a post that makes sense.. Horses in Bikinis.. start the clan.. I'm in.

Originally posted by Phlabibit
Tyranny.

No, he said adversary, not best buddy.

Richard

Originally posted by ChessPraxis
I liked it when I saw it.
I still wear a cowboy hat and drink gravy!! 🙂

So, in a country where you have the most money to spend on runners and throwers, and where you do (and on this subject I'm not being sarcastic!) manage to put a very sensitive instrument on another planet and provide some fascinating data... you yourself are still going for the "fat and stupid" image?

Perhaps you should take your cue from the best of your compatriots, not from the worst and most common.

Richard

Originally posted by mikelom
Produced by Great Britain. Give the Brits some credit on this one, for sure!

Any qualms on that one? 😉

Only one.

They've got Queen playing at the closing ceremony. Queen have just played "We Will Rock You". They have hundreds of Olympic athletes, many of them Olympic champions, standing right there. So what do they do next?

They play the Greek national anthem.

🙄

Clanger, Mr. Gavin. Clanger.


Other than that, I enjoyed it.

Richard

Originally posted by ChessPraxis
The English just need to make more babies then.
USA USA USA USA

Oh lord, not even more. You two already share the Teenage Pregnancy medals, at least for western countries.

Richard

Originally posted by HandyAndy
Just think.. all of ours would be yours if you hadn't lost that war back in 1781.

Hard cheese, what?

Yeah, if it weren't for the Dutch hard cheese (and the French soft cheese) assistance in your rebellion, you'd still be speaking English.

Richard

Originally posted by Shallow Blue
Yeah, if it weren't for the Dutch hard cheese (and the French soft cheese) assistance in your rebellion, you'd still be speaking English.

Richard

Thank God we don't. 😕

Originally posted by kevcvs57
But why cant we just agree the USA got the most medals, but nobody got their ass kicked. (except in the martial arts comps)

'cause peace and friendship ain't the Ahmurrican way?

Richard

Originally posted by kevcvs57
Not sure why:-

A) that is relevant

&

B) if it is whether or not it is a form of 'one-upmanship' and if so whose 'up'.

But why cant we just agree the USA got the most medals, but nobody got their ass kicked. (except in the martial arts comps)

P.s Why no handball, worried it would ruin your sex lives? 😉

Team GB had as many warm bodies in the games as Team USA and, assuming all were qualified,
as many opportunities to win medals. Total population of either country is not a meaningful factor.

Olympic handball is relatively unknown here, unlike sex. 😉

Originally posted by HandyAndy
Team GB had as many warm bodies in the games as Team USA and, assuming all were qualified,
as many opportunities to win medals. Total population of either country is not a meaningful factor.

Olympic handball is relatively unknown here, unlike sex. 😉

So we won then? 😕

Originally posted by kevcvs57
So we won then? 😕

Only at handball. 😀

Originally posted by HandyAndy
Only at handball. 😀

It's a start, see you on the left hand podium in four years.😏