London 2012 Olympics

ripe for a 'shoppin

I don't haz skillz. Looks like a job for Mr Spotter!

Passed a lovely skinheaded chap last night, taking a promenade with his trusty staffordshire terrier, rap music playing from his portable telephone and consuming a delicious alcoholic beverage as he sallyed along. So, as we passed him he crouches down and decides to growl like an angry dog, then proceeds to say 'Don't forget you're still in the hood bruv' (this is in stoke newington, yo...) and then later as we were further away a sad 'fuck the olympics' wafted to our ears.

How we laughed. But, clearly people are being driven to some sorry states by the stress this event is causing them-serious bznis.

#csb

i had a good 3 minutes before i have to go to college

/poor effort

Ha!

There's a group on Facebook - Don't be Harsh, save the Marsh. And due to about 5 Occupy people turning up, I believe it's made the cover of the Evening Standard.

Edit: and here's the cover.

save the marsh ... ummm i think you are 5 years to late to start that campaign !

This morning some of the people complaining about the ODA building on Leyton Marsh (behind the Ice Rink) have been holding a boules tournament. Which has resulted in the Olympic police being called, and a temporary halt to construction.

Never underestimate the power of female dog-walkers of a certain age.

There's going to be another demonstration tomorrow at 2.

The posters they put on the fence made me laugh. Ridiculous.

164 days till it is all over

163 days till it is all over and counting

Yay olympics!

it's already gone lego people

That's not Lego. It's playmobil.

I live across the canal from Leyton marsh and walk around there a lot with my family. I agree with the protesters there and support them. However, playing shit loud 'music' from a sound system probably ruined everyones afternoon there last week, residents, and people escaping the city for some peace and quiet. seriously, you have no more right to ruin the marshes for everyone else, than the olympics are for building on it.
Yes, Im getting old.

I've lived nearby and used the marsh regularly for pretty much all my life. And I still don't see the fuss.

It's only a tiny (and as far as conservation is concerned, unimportant) proportion of the land being developed, and even that isn't permanent.

All I see is some grumpy dogwalkers, who until relatively recently weren't technically allowed (and are pretty lucky, imho) to use the land as a canid commode anyway.

Took this on Friday
Can we rename this thread...

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Featuring on shitlondon too.

Saw that last week and was going to take a photo of it for this thread.

I've lived nearby and used the marsh regularly for pretty much all my life. And I still don't see the fuss.

It's only a tiny (and as far as conservation is concerned, unimportant) proportion of the land being developed, and even that isn't permanent.

All I see is some grumpy dogwalkers, who until relatively recently weren't technically allowed (and are pretty lucky, imho) to use the land as a canid commode anyway.

huh?

wuh?

puh?

huh?

What is there to not understand member of kin?

maybe mr brown doesn't speak english

151 days till it's all over