Olympic games

@divegeester said
The Olympic opening ceremonies are overblown and a waste of money, especially this one in Paris which was mostly a preposterous spectacle of nonsense.

@Torunn said
I'm sad to see so much money spent on things that could, I guess, be arranged with less. However, hotels, restaurants and other facilities - from the biggest to the smallest - benefit from these events and that is a good thing, no doubt. I am, as you can read, ambiguous, but disturbed.

@Rajk999 said
Im pretty sure advertising revenue covers the expenses. So the Olympic committee does not really spend a dime. Who is going to convince the big businesses to give away their money to the needy instead of advertising in the Olympic games?

@Torunn said
I wouldn't know, but I think there is something fundamentally wrong with big business.

@Rajk999 said
I would disagree. Big businesses are essential for prosperity. Any country that do not have them cannot prosper. There is a something fundamentally wrong with governments that cannot control big businesses and use big businesses for the benefit of the people.

americans cheat by banging on trash cans
canadians do it by drone
the chinese suck down so many dang pills
you can hear MY stomach groan

the french crap in the river
the british beat their horses
the lady gaga hams it up
at least, according to my sources

@happy-chappy said
I'm thinking that they may not reach a happy ending.

More Olympic scandal:

Swimmers Mary Harvey and Claire Weinstein were in adjacent lanes.

Runners Farken and Hoare were at one point neck-and neck in their race

And then in the men’s diving China had Long and Wang paired up.

Edit: all true by the way!

Best part of the Olympics on at the moment, the preliminaries for the 100m. 100m in 11.5 seconds? No problem, you're in the Olympics.

@A-Unique-Nickname said
Best part of the Olympics on at the moment, the preliminaries for the 100m. 100m in 11.5 seconds? No problem, you're in the Olympics.

@divegeester said
Is it on now? I can’t seem to find it.

@happy-chappy said
I'm thinking that they may not reach a happy ending.

@Ponderable said
Would you say a happy ending has occured? For the Games as such, for the winners, how about unfortunate losers?