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I'm getting really excited, as it happens. I'll be a bit disappointed if we don't succeed. I really doubt I'll be in London still by 2012, but I think it'll be a real boost for the city, and most likely the whole country. I'm going to be on the edge of my seat until 12.41
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I really hope we get it even if only to piss Chirac off and make him pay for his illadvised comments at the weekend - it may make him even less inclined to align his stance with the UK and entrenched re the CAP at G8 but since that is likely (99.9999%) to be the case anyway there's no point in a softly-softly approach.
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I will be pleased if any UK or Irish city gets the Olympics within my youth(ish). I don't think this should be a chance for Londoners and non-Londoners to sneer at each other's cities; everyone on our little island can jump on a train and within a couple of hours be able to witness some once-in-a-lifetime stuff. By going so close to the wire, London has hopefully boosted the chances of the likes of Birmingham and Manchester's future bids.
I would LOVE to be able watch Olympic standard events in some of my favourite sports: athletics, horsy things and gymnastics, and the opening ceremony would be cool too.
I think London's creaking transport system (even with this mythical new train line) would struggle with the extra influx of people. However, a mate of mine was working in Sydney during their Olympics and said loads of business just shut down or worked flexi hours. This sounds ace!
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Yeah I can't believe we're down to the last two. I seem to remember there being a mood of "Don't even know why we're bothering - never had a chance" about a year ago. Now it's between London and Paris. C'mon. C'mon. C'mon.
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Damn I saw that and thought it was decided - still in about 20 minutes from now we'll all find out that the bloody French have got it.
I would love London to get the Olympics - the rejuvination it would bring to some areas like around Stratford would be marvellous. And London people are much nicer than those uppity Parisian types, eh VP?
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of course london people are nicer than parisians! parisians are fucking *****. ive never met a single parisian who was anywere nice as me. ive never even met a parisian who was as nice as kovacs.
i REALLY REALLY REALLY want london to win. so much so that i am trying not to get excited.
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Ooh tenterhooks. I'm working on a property newspaper that goes to press this afternoon - the first three pages are going to be different depending on whether we get the olympics. Real actual 'hold the front page'!
I think it would be gr9 to get 'em, as long as the people who know what they're doing - designers, transport types, etc - are allowed to get on with it and not suffocated by a millennium committe type wet blanket, a la dome.
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quote:Originally posted by discodamage: of course london people are nicer than parisians! parisians are fucking *****. ive never met a single parisian who was anywere nice as me. ive never even met a parisian who was as nice as kovacs.
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If we don't get it then we should pour every penny we were going to spend on fixing London up into training an Olympic team which will win every single gold medal and leave the stinking Frogs to choke on their own (superior, I grant you) food.
We could also divert some of the funds into a special fund for young stand up comedians to come up with a vast number of anti-French taunts which will be broadcast just after the pips on the BBC World Service as a homage to the French Resistance messages off of the War.
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I really need the loo but can't leave my desk...what a dilemma.
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hating parisians isnt racist. its just common sense.
the bbc website is up the cock. where else can i go to get an up-to-the-minute webflash? i usually use the telly for things like this but im betweeen domiciles at the moment.
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With a section to vote for Paris! These people make me sick.
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lol - you'll be pleased to hear I got caught up in the excitement caused by my own hoax thread title; I've wasted the past 30 minutes trying to get 5 Live coverage over the internet.
We've just invited shedloads of foreigners into our country! Us taxpayers are going to be paying for these scummers to have a special village built for them! Then they'll run faster than good, honest British folks! And probably stay here on benefits afterwards! We should send them all over to Paris.
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I just hope they don't make the rest of the UK pay for it.
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