Official Commonwealth games glory thread!

[LennyNero]

I noticed there was no thread where we could all express our great pride and bask in the glory of our national success at these games, so i thought i could kick it off.

Special congratulations to Libby Lenton. I really enjoy watching our overrated and pampered swimmers lose. Well done libby, you failed miserably infront of your home crowd. :thumb:

[special ed]

why do you bother? seriously?

[MuntedRaver]

Thtas the spirit Nero....... :lol:

the winners get enough coverage.....its the losers we need to put on a pedestal

[mike_L]

I thought the games were already in progress last week. I was talking to my brother and said "so how are we doing in the games?" and he told me they hadn't even started yet lol. I cop shit for knowing nothing about sport in a sports family ;D

Anyway, I hope that little bugger who gave up his Olympic place for Thorpie does well.

[LennyNero]

Anyway, I hope that little bugger who gave up his Olympic place for Thorpie does well.
He got thrashed in the final.

[mike_L]

See what I mean. lol

[Miaow Mix]

the winners get enough coverage.....its the losers we need to put on a pedestal
It's already been done - Australia's Biggest Loser.

It's Day One and the number of Australian Gold medals is already downright embarassing. The OTT nationalistic coverage of "Gold, gold, gold for Australia" could backfire on Channel 9, as we're all turned off by all the smug bogans invading our screens.

Show us the little guys from countries we've never heard of!

[Troy711]

we were listening to the aussies v sri lanka in the 7's rugby today... i had to ask one of the guys if it was live or highlights cos all that was going on was try scoring :P

[Ms LKT]

Games? where? I got off the train at Southern Cross today after 2 hours travel from teh country and it was just a normal day I thought in Melbourne, well apart from lots of volunteers near the station in blue shirts and a few canadians

I give no shit, internet is where I spend most of my nights when there is nothing better to do and thats not going to change in a hurry, TV rots your brain.......

[Davomaxi]

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ARE THE CHAMPIONS MY FRIEEEEEEEEEEEEEND!!!

Bugger those second rate Olympic Games - Com Games is where it's at baby! GLD GOLD GOLD!!!


Seriously though Lenny how did you become so bitter?

[LennyNero]

Seriously though Lenny how did you become so bitter?

Unwarranted and contrived adulation is disgusting. It encourages the undeserving and discourages the deserving. It feeds the evil and weakens the good.
The whole world revolves around this twisted sphere or injustice.
Our athletes are part of this circle of moral corruption, so they must face reprisals when they fail the country that supports their selfish antics.

[antis]

i havnt watched one event

[Lambretta]

Unwarranted and contrived adulation is disgusting. It encourages the undeserving and discourages the deserving. It feeds the evil and weakens the good.
The whole world revolves around this twisted sphere or injustice.
Our athletes are part of this circle of moral corruption, so they must face reprisals when they fail the country that supports their selfish antics.
:lol:

Ahhh Lenny, I love you.

Admit it, you tried out for the girls hockey team, but they wouldn't let you play and it's left you all bitter.

Now you stand on the other side of the chain link fence, rubbing your crotch and staring at those little skirts saying "it should have been me".

Chin up. There's always the ParaOlympics. They must have a segment for emotional cripples. Go join in :thumb:

[Ical]

This sums it up

Sydney scores the Olympics

Melbourne scores the C grade games :p

[Carte Blanche]

Perhaps you are forgetting that Melbourne scored the Olympics 44 years before Sydney did.

[sentinal]

aussies double gold in the triathlon

[rumpig]

How do you go about getting double gold exactly..?

[Ical]

Perhaps you are forgetting that Melbourne scored the Olympics 44 years before Sydney did.



:lol: That was last century . Sydney olympics were twice as big as Melbourne
No comparison

[Carte Blanche]

The year 2000 was in the 20th Century too. I guess you're the kind of idiot who thought 2000 was the start of the new millenium, right?

It's actually quite sad that the Sydney games were only twice as big as Melbourne, considering that the world population increased by far more than double in the time between them.

[Lambretta]

:lol: That was last century . Sydney olympics were twice as big as Melbourne
No comparison
Yes but it's interesting to ponder the fact that the rest of the World knew that Melbourne was a world class city long before Sydney ;) :P

[LennyNero]

Yes but it's interesting to ponder the fact that the rest of the World knew that Melbourne was a world class city long before Sydney ;) :P
And the fact that Sydney over took it and produced the best olympics ever.

[LennyNero]

It's actually quite sad that the Sydney games were only twice as big as Melbourne, considering that the world population increased by far more than double in the time between them.

Not half as sad as the commonwealth games flying duck.

[Vote Quimby]

The Commenwealth games are such a half rate games it's not funny. One third of the worlds countries who claim to be part of the population, uh-huh. Funny how the games are scheduled at such a time to maximise Australian gold while minimizing everyone else's chances (eg track n field). Oh well.

Add to the fact that the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corp) was begged to show the games in Canada, shows how little interest there is in the rest of the Commenwealth.

[Miaow Mix]

You'll all be jumping on the Melbourne bandwagon when we score the World Cup 2012.

[Kooky]

The Commonwealth Games are another attempt at Melbourne trying to take the spot light off Sydney as Australias no.1 city (again) :boring:

Does anyone who lives outside of Melbourne really care about these games?

Cmon Namibia

[Kooky]

You'll all be jumping on the Melbourne bandwagon when we score the World Cup 2012.


What world cup will be on in 2012, netball, badmington, ping pong, archery ?

After germany the fifa soccer world cup is in 2010 & 2014 & held in countries not just one city

[Lambretta]

The Commonwealth Games are another attempt at Melbourne trying to take the spot light off Sydney as Australias no.1 city (again)
It depends on how you rate #1.

Size isn't everything. Melbourne consistantly outranks Sydney in the Standard of living polls. They are by far a better way of judging a city. After all, we have to live with the places.

Would Sydneys transport, nightlife, or arts programs beat Sydneys? No, of course not. But Sydney has the beaches and the natural beauty of the harbour.

It always makes me laugh listening to Australians crap on about which city is better and why. It's like you're so paranoid that your town might actually be worse that you have to bag the other one out.

I'm a neutral, having grown up in the UK, and I live in Sydney, which at times I love. However I can see that Melbourne actually has many benefits over Sydney and given the option I would choose Melbourne over Sydney as my preferred City. But it's a subjective opinion. I doubt if Melbourne or Sydney can rightly claim to be #1. Whatever the fuck that means.

[Kooky]

It depends on how you rate #1.

Size isn't everything. Melbourne consistantly outranks Sydney in the Standard of living polls. They are by far a better way of judging a city. After all, we have to live with the places.


.

Comparing Sydney to Melbourne is like comparing London to Birmingham.

Because a city is rated higher in standard of living polls(how ever thats determined , who knows, im sure the weather isnt a part of the judging process) is like comparing that city to the no.1 safest/economical car on the road (Ford Falcon/Toyota camry).
A tad bland

[twistedbydesign]

Gee Whizz kooky you should be a scientist with methods like that..

[Kooky]

Gee Whizz kooky you should be a scientist with methods like that..

Excellent reply TBD

" Don’t get too exited about livability, or people claiming they have found ‘the world’s most livable city’. Livability is not a brilliant measure of whether somewhere is a ‘great’ place to live.

That is, whether it is inspiring, beautiful or fun. Frankfurt in Germany for example rates very highly in the ‘livability’ index, but is seen by Germans as a dull centre for commerce, somewhere to do business and leave. That is, no one really wants to ‘live’ there.

The Toyota Camry is the cheapest family car to run, is very reliable and practical. But would you really want to own one? "

[twistedbydesign]

No, a reliable effiecient practical mode of transportation is silly...i'm going to buy a humvee so i feel safe.

[Kooky]

No, a reliable effiecient practical mode of transportation is silly...i'm going to buy a humvee so i feel safe.


Are you trolling again TBD
Whats the matter? have a bad weekend

[sentinal]

How do you go about getting double gold exactly..?

wtf? read the newspaper. you dissapoint me.

[sentinal]

The Commonwealth Games are another attempt at Melbourne trying to take the spot light off Sydney as Australias no.1 city (again) :boring:

Does anyone who lives outside of Melbourne really care about these games?

Cmon Namibia

This isnt about the best city! This is about Australia hosting a major sporting event, and once again, showing the world how we do it best.

Alot of the things learnt from Sydney 2000 have been used again in Melbourne. Sydney 2000 was not only achievement for the city of Sydney but for the country as whole, as is the same with Melbourne.

[Kooky]

Sentinal your the only person who has mentioned that this is an Australian event. I keep getting the impression its a Melbourne thing

[Ms LKT]

It depends on how you rate #1.

Size isn't everything. Melbourne consistantly outranks Sydney in the Standard of living polls. They are by far a better way of judging a city. After all, we have to live with the places.

Would Sydneys transport, nightlife, or arts programs beat Sydneys? No, of course not. But Sydney has the beaches and the natural beauty of the harbour.

It always makes me laugh listening to Australians crap on about which city is better and why. It's like you're so paranoid that your town might actually be worse that you have to bag the other one out.

I'm a neutral, having grown up in the UK, and I live in Sydney, which at times I love. However I can see that Melbourne actually has many benefits over Sydney and given the option I would choose Melbourne over Sydney as my preferred City. But it's a subjective opinion. I doubt if Melbourne or Sydney can rightly claim to be #1. Whatever the fuck that means.
Born and lived in Melbs for 20 odd years, visited Sydney once. Sydney for its natural beauty and climate wins hands down
Melbs has better clubs, arty type things to do

but I would live in neither as city living and having long travel times for work during the week and exorbitant rents aint living, Melbs is good to visit when its worth going to, ie weekends :)

[Davomaxi]

:lol:

Now you stand on the other side of the chain link fence, rubbing your crotch and staring at those little skirts saying "it should have been me".


:lol: :lol: :lol:

Gold medal to Lamb for this.

[LuvDatPoontang]

Are you trolling again TBD
Whats the matter? have a bad weekend

lol @ you accusing someone else at trolling.

[djbobbit]

:lol: @ Dean Lukin commentating on the women's weightlifting last night. The snatch, to be specific. Some Welsh girl had just lifted some new record amount.

"Wow. Nothing feels as good as a nice snatch".

Are these guys saying this with a straight face?!

[Kooky]

lol @ you accusing someone else at trolling.


Oh i admit to a bit of a troll.
TBD is still in deep denial

[matty_m]

this thread is about games glory, not arguing over the worth of the games


PS everyong see Ben Turner win gold in the weightlifting on saturday night?? been a mate of mine for 14 years, and he has trained long and hard for that night... Welldone benny!!!

[watsakerring]

Sentinal your the only person who has mentioned that this is an Australian event. I keep getting the impression its a Melbourne thingespecially when people make comments like this.

The Commonwealth Games are another attempt at Melbourne trying to take the spot light off Sydney as Australias no.1 city (again) :boring:

Does anyone who lives outside of Melbourne really care about these games?

Cmon Namibia:thumb:

[mendoza]

I hate how the only show the Australian flag at the finish of the swimming, there are other country besided Australia that compete.

[watsakerring]

BTW, anyone catch the womens weightlifting that was on late last night?

quote from the guy that is not daryl eastlake:

- welsh woman does a really good lift...

- "theres nothing better than the feeling of a good snatch, extroadinary"

i lol'ed

[LennyNero]

That was dean lukin lol

[LennyNero]

What a night at the athletics. Tamsyn Lewis, our athletics 'glamour girl' ran her heart out to finish a pitifully distant 4th in the semi final. Shes too shit to even make the final of B grade events, god knows how much funding this state level performer has sucked over up the years for nothing more than embaressment. Stick to the stripping honey.

Was also good to see matt welsh keep up his stunning record of never winning anything.
When was the last time you won something chump?

[Kooky]

What a night at the athletics. Tamsyn Lewis, our athletics 'glamour girl' ran her heart out to finish a pitifully distant 4th in the semi final. Shes too shit to even make the final of B grade events, god knows how much funding this state level performer has sucked over up the years for nothing more than embaressment. Stick to the stripping honey.

Was also good to see matt welsh keep up his stunning record of never winning anything.
When was the last time you won something chump?


We want gold medals Tamsyn. I think it be fair if she pay back centre link all that $$$$ been given to her over the years.

Matt welsh has won Bert Newtons daughter heart

[pinkpanther1586]

powells a gun, made it look easy like he was dancing on air

very smooth action, hard 2 believe its his first major win

[kris-ko]

Champion effort from Criag Mottram last night. If the little fella who beat him ran any faster down the home stretch I swear he was heading back to the future DeLorean style.

[Davomaxi]

What a night at the athletics. Tamsyn Lewis, our athletics 'glamour girl' ran her heart out to finish a pitifully distant 4th in the semi final. Shes too shit to even make the final of B grade events, god knows how much funding this state level performer has sucked over up the years for nothing more than embaressment. Stick to the stripping honey.

Was also good to see matt welsh keep up his stunning record of never winning anything.
When was the last time you won something chump?

:lol: You need your own little segment towards the end of the Com games telecast each night to bad mouth the athletes 'Sam Kekovitch' style. Then I'd watch.

[sentinal]

What a night at the athletics. Tamsyn Lewis, our athletics 'glamour girl' ran her heart out to finish a pitifully distant 4th in the semi final. Shes too shit to even make the final of B grade events, god knows how much funding this state level performer has sucked over up the years for nothing more than embaressment. Stick to the stripping honey.

Was also good to see matt welsh keep up his stunning record of never winning anything.
When was the last time you won something chump?

Yeah lets focus on the negatives... nice one. Forget about Tamsyn.

What about Craig Buster Mottrams superb performance, mixing it up with the kenyans, he is a superstar.

[Lambretta]

Comparing Sydney to Melbourne is like comparing London to Birmingham.

Because a city is rated higher in standard of living polls(how ever thats determined , who knows, im sure the weather isnt a part of the judging process) is like comparing that city to the no.1 safest/economical car on the road (Ford Falcon/Toyota camry).
A tad bland

Hardly. Have you ever been to London or Birmingham??

London, population 8-9 million
Birmingham, population 1.5 million

Sydney, population 4 million
Melbourne, population 3.5 million

London is a Capital City which contains the Parliament, the Palaces of the Royals, Castles, the Underground etc. London is the home of the arts, the seat of government, the home of, well everything of importance in the UK.

Birmingham is a regional City which contains, well, some Brummies.

You could make decent comparisons between say Manchester and Birmingham or Glasgow and Edinburgh, or Swansea and Cardiff, but you sure as shit couldn't compare London with Birmingham and come up with any realistic comparisons.

Sydney and Melbourne have similar populations, both have regional governments without being the Nations Capital etc. Sure they have their differences, in sports, lifestyles, transport etc but they are comparable Cities.

Oh and standard of living research takes into account many things, such a cost of buying homes, cost of living, transport, availability of employment, facilities, infastructure, nightlife and culture etc. In many areas Melbourne is actually a better place to live than Sydney. Oh and Sydney gets more rainfall in volume than Melbourne and Melbourne doesnt suffer from stifling humidity. So take your weather arguement and stick it up your labradoodle.

[liz_r]

Yeah lets focus on the negatives... nice one. Forget about Tamsyn.

What about Craig Buster Mottrams superb performance, mixing it up with the kenyans, he is a superstar.
Craig is great - he was in my class at primary school pretty much the whole way through.

Even from a young age he had real talent in long distance running, which he has obviously developed amazingly over the years. Even though he won the silver and not the gold, it can't be overlooked that in the process he beat the previous record, and the only guy who beat him is phenominal.

[Davomaxi]

Hardly. Have you ever been to London or Birmingham??

London, population 8-9 million
Birmingham, population 1.5 million

Sydney, population 4 million
Melbourne, population 3.5 million

London is a Capital City which contains the Parliament, the Palaces of the Royals, Castles, the Underground etc. London is the home of the arts, the seat of government, the home of, well everything of importance in the UK.

Birmingham is a regional City which contains, well, some Brummies.

You could make decent comparisons between say Manchester and Birmingham or Glasgow and Edinburgh, or Swansea and Cardiff, but you sure as shit couldn't compare London with Birmingham and come up with any realistic comparisons.

Sydney and Melbourne have similar populations, both have regional governments without being the Nations Capital etc. Sure they have their differences, in sports, lifestyles, transport etc but they are comparable Cities.

Oh and standard of living research takes into account many things, such a cost of buying homes, cost of living, transport, availability of employment, facilities, infastructure, nightlife and culture etc. In many areas Melbourne is actually a better place to live than Sydney. Oh and Sydney gets more rainfall in volume than Melbourne and Melbourne doesnt suffer from stifling humidity. So take your weather arguement and stick it up your labradoodle.

:boring:

[Lambretta]

:boring:
Well, you really added to the discussion there, didn't you?

I grant you that your arguement was concise, but I felt it lacked in any originality or complexity of thought. In fact, I would suggest that it made you look like almost a big a twat as I did for my original ramble.

[Lambretta]

Yeah lets focus on the negatives... nice one. Forget about Tamsyn.

What about Craig Buster Mottrams superb performance, mixing it up with the kenyans, he is a superstar.
With a name like that though, he should be a Boxer or maybe a weight lifter or even a Basketball player. Buster the Boomer :D

[Davomaxi]

Well, you really added to the discussion there, didn't you?

I grant you that your arguement was concise, but I felt it lacked in any originality or complexity of thought. In fact, I would suggest that it made you look like almost a big a twat as I did for my original ramble.

Touche'

Just don't really care about Birmingham that's all. Yes I could've ignored it but thats hardly the ITM way now is it!

[Lambretta]

Touche'

Just don't really care about Birmingham that's all.
:lol: you and 99% of the British population

[filletoh]

joanna fargus (200m backstroke winner) is a stunner :blush: id love to have her chasing me down in the pool

[findshorty]

:lol: you and 99% of the British population
agreed

and if anyone did think about comparing manchester to birmingham, yes that means you, there'd be one annoyed manc over here with a few words to say!!! :ninja:

i mean, for crying out loud you can't even get gravy on your chips in brum!

(although the HP sauce factory is in brum, but thats it... arsehole of the world surrounded by a ring of shit)

[deepbeetzz]

What an absolute wank fest the media are having with this, besides sbs and abc the rest of the television media in the country love nothing better then sitting around pulling themselves off to how GREAT a sporting country we are.

I'd much rather see elite athletes perform at an elite level, then just aussies winning gold gold gold.

Um that is all

db

[Kooky]

Oh and standard of living research takes into account many things, such a cost of buying homes, cost of living, transport, availability of employment, facilities, infastructure, nightlife and culture etc. In many areas Melbourne is actually a better place to live than Sydney. Oh and Sydney gets more rainfall in volume than Melbourne and Melbourne doesnt suffer from stifling humidity. So take your weather arguement and stick it up your labradoodle.


:lol: Who goes to Melbourne for the weather, You still freeze your nuts off in the ocean in Melbourne when its 40c in summer.
Sydney might get more rainfall but it doesnt get as much drizzle & thats what makes it depressing.

As I said who ever made up that Melbourne is the worlds most liveable city has rocks in there head. Unless you drive a Camry

[sentinal]

What an absolute wank fest the media are having with this, besides sbs and abc the rest of the television media in the country love nothing better then sitting around pulling themselves off to how GREAT a sporting country we are.

I'd much rather see elite athletes perform at an elite level, then just aussies winning gold gold gold.

Um that is all

db
obviously not a sports person.

define elite. you dont think the women breaking world recrods in the pool is elite?

[Ragedmachine]

joanna fargus FTW...what a babe

Now lets sit back and relax with a bucket on the side to watch Jana Pittman humiliate herself once again

that spuge faced b*tch will dramatise everything

ibcomebackexcuse

[sentinal]

joanna fargus FTW...what a babe

Now lets sit back and relax with a bucket on the side to watch Jana Pittman humiliate herself once again

that spuge faced b*tch will dramatise everything

ibcomebackexcuse

i hope she wins. and shuts up people like you

[squak]

just saw some commonwealth ping-pong bwahahaha.

the aussie guy was givin' it some 'lleyton hewitt' moves, air punches, face grimace...."come on!"

too funny. :lol:

[SKYCRUISER]

sick to death of seeing swimming when the bloody competition is all finished! anyone would think it's the only sport in the games. :(

[CheelWinston]

when are the commonparawealth games on?

Craig is great - he was in my class at primary school pretty much the whole way through.
can i have your autograph?

but seriously is craig great because you went to primary school with him?

i wish i went to primary school with that little kenyan bloke. thatd be awesome.

[liz_r]

when are the commonparawealth games on?

can i have your autograph?

but seriously is craig great because you went to primary school with him?

i wish i went to primary school with that little kenyan bloke. thatd be awesome.
No, you sarcastic fuck, he is great because he is an amazingly talented athlete who has worked very hard from a young age to be at the elete level he is now at.

Don't be such a fucking twat.

[Pancho]

^^ agreed. mottram is great, to keep up with the kenyans is a feat. they have been dominating distance running along with the ethiopians for a long time.

but, overall.. the commonwealth games are shit. they do as much harm as they do good, cos when australia competes against top nations and get beaten it will be like.. "Australia not competing to the levels they were achieveing at the commonwealth games".. we come crashing back to earth with a thud.

matt targett who got disqualified in the butterfly i think ? summed it up best.. when asked how he felt about getting dq'd he said "oh well, ill get over it" and walked off.

i have a girl staying with me at the moment who is from another commonwealth nation, and she didnt even know what the commonwealth games were !!!!!

[sentinal]

^^ agreed. mottram is great, to keep up with the kenyans is a feat. they have been dominating distance running along with the ethiopians for a long time.

but, overall.. the commonwealth games are shit. they do as much harm as they do good, cos when australia competes against top nations and get beaten it will be like.. "Australia not competing to the levels they were achieveing at the commonwealth games".. we come crashing back to earth with a thud.

matt targett who got disqualified in the butterfly i think ? summed it up best.. when asked how he felt about getting dq'd he said "oh well, ill get over it" and walked off.

i have a girl staying with me at the moment who is from another commonwealth nation, and she didnt even know what the commonwealth games were !!!!!

mottram was the first white guy in 18 years to stand on the world champship dias who wasnt african, now that an achievement.

i think the comm games are good for sport, give aspiring athletes a chance to taste international competition, and hopefully use it as as stepping stone to bigger and better things, its all in the name of fun anyway.

[SKYCRUISER]

great steeple chase on currently!

[sentinal]

awesome. aussie pushed the world champ till 250m to go. great stuff!

[Kooky]

Anyone see aussie high jumper Clare Mallett on the news?
hubba bubba


:love:

[sentinal]

steffenson wins gold 400m

[bazza]

that was a good run
i love watching athletics so much more than swimming

[Lambretta]

Jana Pittman's run in the 400 metre hurdles was pretty damn classy. But what the fuck was she doing with her mouth when she was being interviewed?

Still.... great to see her run such a good race and completely dominate and great to see the crowd react so positively towards her.

Just proving that much of what is in the media is total shite as usual.

[THEHEATH]

Jana Pittman's run in the 400 metre hurdles was pretty damn classy. But what the fuck was she doing with her mouth when she was being interviewed?
I'm pretty sure she's got braces :lol: Everytime I looked at her I was just thinking of that Simpsons episode where Lisa gets braces and everytime she opens her mouth.......noooooooooooooooooooooooo!!

Good on her though, she seems like she's aight.

[Gruso]

Congratulations Jana, you showed those haters. And who knew how skilled you really were...
Pittman was nervous on the start blocks, her unblinking eyes concentrating on listening for the gunAs long as I talk with my feet I can re-build myselfShe listens with her eyes and talks with her feet! She's amazing :blush:

[Lambretta]

Congratulations Jana, you showed those haters. And who knew how skilled you really were...
She listens with her eyes and talks with her feet! She's amazing :blush:
I wonder what she does with her mouth?

....ZIIIIIPPP.....

[CheelWinston]

I wonder what she does with her mouth?

....ZIIIIIPPP.....she talks shit.
and she breaths through her arse!

[Pancho]

jana is an idiot.

fuck off to england, skank

[Lambretta]

jana is an idiot.

fuck off to england, skank
And you make such a good account of yourself with comments like that.

A case of taking one to know one, perhaps.

I would also tell you to fuck off to England, but it really doesnt deserve such a cruel and unusual punishment

[watsakerring]

good to see ex Balwyn High School boy Steve Hooker win gold last night!!!!

we do breed 'em good out here!!!

[THEHEATH]

Good on you Tasmyn, you sneaky little bitch :lol:

[watsakerring]

YEAH :lol:

she seemed so pleased with herself as well whe she was interviewed!!

[speedEEE]

I wanna see a full on brawl during and after the netball finals tomorrow.

Didn't happen between the aussies and english girls tonite but there was a small incident that shouldve lead to a full on fight.
Why girls?! WHY!!!!!????

[ianwil1976]

How good was that Canadian gymnast?! 6 golds...top stuff :)

[THEHEATH]

I thought the closing ceremony was pretty pathetic. Seriously, what a load of shit, India showed us up x1000 in their 15 mins. Musically, it was good (though I thought the sound coming through was a bit poor)otherwise......

Did anyone else catch Tony Jones talking to that 13 year old girl, how he crushed her :lol:

[Kooky]

How good was that Canadian gymnast?! 6 golds...top stuff :)

Did Canada actually compete?

[FunkingTrance]

Just got back from Melbourne this morning and I have to say we had a fantastic time down there.
Melbourne was just alive this weekend. The weather was perfect, the city looked amazing, the volunteers were so friendly and the games were organised perfectly.

The closing ceremony was great. Never been to one of those things before so I was a bit dubious about it having watched the opening on tv and thinking 'what rubbish'. But being in the stadium was something else. There was a real sense of excitement and overall I really enjoyed it.

Pretty hilarious watching John Farnham mess up his biggest song and the stuff up with michael klim's speech. But everything else worked well. I thought the Indian segment was the best part but also enjoyed ben lee, and the dame edna bit was funny.

Melbourne did a great job with the games. The fact the games were held just walking distance from the city centre gave the whole city the excitement. Melbourne is certainly a city I would like to live in one day.

[THEHEATH]

Pretty hilarious watching John Farnham mess up his biggest song and the stuff up with michael klim's speech. But everything else worked well. I thought the Indian segment was the best part but also enjoyed ben lee, and the dame edna bit was funny.

.What did he stuff up on in his song? I missed it. I kind of thought the Klim thing was planned to be like that, even though I thought it was odd they would interrupt a speech like that.....

[ianwil1976]

Did Canada actually compete?


Yeah, the mat events...ball, batons, etc.

[Kooky]

Melbourne did a great job with the games. The fact the games were held just walking distance from the city centre gave the whole city the excitement. Melbourne is certainly a city I would like to live in one day.


I hope you dont think thats what Melbourne will be like all the time.
TRy living there in winter when sunshine is non existent

[FunkingTrance]

What did he stuff up on in his song? I missed it. I kind of thought the Klim thing was planned to be like that, even though I thought it was odd they would interrupt a speech like that.....
He messed up the first verse into the bridge. I think he started singing too early or too late. Something definitely went wrong. Even the aussies thought so.

[THEHEATH]

Yeah I thought he was keeping quiet so that the crowd would sing but it didn't work very well and ended up sounding shit.

[SpaceMonkey]

Does anyone else think it would be more interesting if Australian states competed seperately in the Commonwealth games? After all the United Kingdom doesn't compete as the UK, it competes as England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, so why can't AUstralia do the same? It would be way more interesting as currently we all know Australia will absolutely piss all overthe rest of the feild, if the states competed individually NSW and Victoria would probably still ber right up there but there'd be an added element of inter-state rivalry, plus major bragging rights if one state topped the entire table.

[dart]

i think it would be more interesting if they bothered including other countries winning medals in the telly coverage. even gold medals.

maybe even showing the odd event where australia wasn't going to win something.

. . . sick to death of the australian games. thank god it's over & i can now watch minger st in the afternoons.

[LuvDatPoontang]

TRy living there in winter when sunshine is non existent

:lol:

[Kooky]

, if the states competed individually NSW and Victoria would probably still ber right up there but there'd be an added element of inter-state rivalry, plus major bragging rights if one state topped the entire table.

Good call would make it alot more interesting.
Think you'd find Qld would rank above Vic and possibly even NSW.

[SpaceMonkey]

i think it would be more interesting if they bothered including other countries winning medals in the telly coverage. even gold medals.

maybe even showing the odd event where australia wasn't going to win something.


Word to that. I remember the night of the Rugby Sevens finals, they showed the semi (Aus vs NZ) then the Bronze playoff (Aus vs Fiji) then cut to the Friday night NRL match, I didn't catch the final until about 3 in the morning when I was blind drunk. The next day when I checked the papers and TV highlights all they were talking about was Scott Fava getting KO'd, there was no mention AT ALL about who actually won the final. Are Australians that disinterested in sport when they aren't winning?

[SpaceMonkey]

Good call would make it alot more interesting.
Think you'd find Qld would rank above Vic and possibly even NSW.

Fair enough, I prolly underestimated Qld.

[THEHEATH]

i think it would be more interesting if they bothered including other countries winning medals in the telly coverage. even gold medals.

maybe even showing the odd event where australia wasn't going to win something.
Personally I have little to no interest in seeing any other country receiving their medals or even watching them play, unless it was say for the gold medal.

[SpaceMonkey]

Personally I have little to no interest in seeing any other country receiving their medals or even watching them play, unless it was say for the gold medal.

Thats all most of us want, but most of the time they weren't even showing that. See my post above re the Rugby Sevens.

[dart]

Personally I have little to no interest in seeing any other country receiving their medals or even watching them play, unless it was say for the gold medal.

so you watch sport more because australia is participating, not cause you like sport.


freak.

[THEHEATH]

so you watch sport more because australia is participating, not cause you like sport.


freak.I watch sports I otherwise have no interest in (ie. Weightlifting, gymnastics) because Australia is competing, yes. Nothing freakish about that.

[Lambretta]

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Tamsin Lewis on being a filthy fucking cheating snake in the grass.

In the relay, she knew she would be beaten, so instead of sorting out the placings in the hand over, she waited out of line, and then made an official complaint after the event had finished.

If she had any type of sense of fair play, she would have moved in front of the English girl and taken her beating on the chin.

She's a slimy little fucking shit and I hope she never races again for the rest of her life and she ends up on a checkout in fucking Woolies.

My winner for the low life of the games award.

[THEHEATH]

^It's been reported that the judge had taken note and would have taken action over it regardless.

[Lambretta]

^It's been reported that the judge had taken note and would have taken action over it regardless.
Fair enough then.

But Lewis should have done the sporting thing and said something, not kept quiet and then gone for the disqualification.

It makes her look like a petty bitch who has to rely on cheating rather than talent.