2008 Beijing Olympics

There's been a bit of a shit storm since all the relatives of the Aussie riders can't get in to watch them race.** Cadel's missus**, Stuey's family, etc. cyclingnews.com was talking about it. Super high security means no one can get in! :S

yeah, like he consummates that marriage.

as long as they let his little dog in, he'll be "happy"

Canada is the only G8 country not in the top10... does that mean that money DOES buy you medals? (Canada has no medals though, so my theory has a major flaw)

There's been a bit of a shit storm since all the relatives of the Aussie riders can't get in to watch them race. Cadel's missus, Stuey's family, etc. cyclingnews.com was talking about it. Super high security means no one can get in! :S

Sounds like a sensible door policy to me.
"Short shorts, wifebeater vest, thongs, carrying tinnies. Sorry, we're not letting you in."
The men were even less presentable...

If I had shoes with the outline of Australia on them I'd cut my feet off

I think you should cut your feet off anyway.

+1
And his head...

Aus 5th, GB 10th

I want the track to start..

Ouch!

50 secs in, yet another Chinese cover up!

My Scout Leader said that about the priest too.. and so did my foster daddy..
ha. were you taken as a baby by a dingo, by any chance??

I was raised by a dingo and a roo and had a pet taipan.

Aus are only above us cause we are shit at swimming. we might be an island but while your ancestors were swimming ours invented boats and took over the world.

Our swimming medals show a far greater olympic victory than the Aussies. our swimmers had to learn their trade in municple pools - veruca flavoured asbo piss. fighting their way through grannies and pregnant ladies.
Swimming is your national sport... get to the real events and we will be back up there above Australia.

FWIW netball is the biggest participation sport in aus ;)

on a slightly different note (the french)

doesn't Alain Bernard look like his head was made by Aardman

Netball? never, thats woman only?

Netball? never, thats woman only?
there are a lot of mid-week composite leagues!!

while your ancestors were swimming ours invented boats and took over the world.

Doh!
Including Australia, so they were in fact the same people...

Good point Platini, i forgot we invented Australia

there are a lot of mid-week composite leagues!!

quit pulling my chain. is netball even an olympic sport?

...and how come golf is reported on the sports pages?

Aus are only above us cause we are shit at swimming. we might be an island but while your ancestors were swimming ours invented boats and took over the world.

Our swimming medals show a far greater olympic victory than the Aussies. our swimmers had to learn their trade in municple pools - veruca flavoured asbo piss. fighting their way through grannies and pregnant ladies.
Swimming is your national sport... get to the real events and we will be back up there above Australia.

Now the worlds come back to take you over. I like it. :)

Swimming is certainly NOT our national sport! It's cricket then AFL then rugby then racing commodores around the suburbs then getting fat chicks preganant then bong smoking... a long way down the list you might find swimming.

racing commodores around the suburbs

lol. That and pimped out utes. I saw one once about 2 mm off the ground. It looked ridiculous.

hippy, i don't quite understand the logic of calling someone a queer because the greeks *didn't *have their sport in the ancient Olympics... we are talking about the same greeks, right? the same ones who oiled up for some nude man on man wrestling?

nothing wrong with racing commodores!

Racing them is fine. "pimping" them is not.

it's a shame that the sport with arguably the most money and glory in australia, Aussie Rules football, is the only one without an international competition. if only all that money, and all those blokes, played other sports instead of drunk-driving and learning to speak in cliche, "we gave 110% and full credit to the boys, but we're taking it one week at a time..."

Also, Roy and HG are still the best at doing the cock-eyed Olympic pisstake (as Aussie as it gets, but very funny)
http://www.crikey.com.au/Media-Arts-and-Sports/20080814-HGs-Golden-Nuggets.html
and the daily podcast: http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/comedy/golden_ring/