h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Just tuned in to the Beeb to be confronted by 12 scantily-clad ladies shaking their bootie down on the sand!

I should have known - they are filling in time between the beach volleyball events...

shazz

I was quite surprised that the Beeb allowed it to be shown at this time of day.

Not that I didn't enjoy it, of course.

B

Another surprise!

I always thought of the Chinese as cool, calm and collected and certainly didn't expect to see that level of sportmanship from them. Talk about trying every means possible to put your opponants off!

Still, a cracking match and a silver to go with the gold from the yachting.

shazz

I am loving the Olympics so far- and I'm siding with Shazz on the swimming.

The four-yearly chance to see such a great sporting spectacle as the olympics is fantastic. We've already seen a big shock in the footbvall with Portugal proving to be shit, although their under-21 side, which the olympic team very closely resembles, were pretty good hen I saw them play, but that might just have been because David Platt was playing a right-back on the wing, and a Derby goalkeeper.

And I must say I've been enjoying watching stuff like badminton (which reminds me of a very bad joke- I have a dog called Minton, and when he eats my shuttlecocks, I say "Bad Minton"), sailing, rowing, swimming, synchronised diving, gymnastics, judo (even though I don't get it either) et al. I'm pissed off thwat the BBc have so far showed precisely no baseball, and football gets about five minutes a day for the men, and five minutes less than that for the women.

But what I really love about the Olympics is Track and Field Athletics, one of my favourite five sports generally, in life, and the cornerstone of the olympics. I've been watching the heptahthlon hurdles, triple jump qualifying, and women's 100 first round this morning, and I'm really getting in the mood now.

That Phelps/Hoogenband/Thorpe stuff- merely a warm up for the big boys (and girls)

I have to agree about the baseball. And as a supplementary, I should add that British people should on no account be allowed to commentate on basketball matches.

B

Unless they're John Amaechi.

Granted.

B

That US v Puerto Rico game was great fun though. Anmd I really thought the Greeks ahad a chance of beating the Nightmare Team as well.

On the subject of commentators, whoever was doing the women's archery managed some classics.

"that's brough the scores back to level, although they haven't actually been level since the start" (i.e. before the first arrow).

"This the last arrow. It might not be the last arrow, of course".

I did hear that last one. Gave me a little chuckle.

My favourite olympic colemanball was by david Coleman himself, a few games ago now:

"As you can see there, the scorebaord says Mustafa Muhammad, but they're his Christian names"

Thinking about it, I've managed to ask a Hindu what his Christian name is, before now .

i am extremely enamoured of the 'coverage' accorded the womens' beach volleyball competition and the superb athletes involved. i also take note that it took me three replays to discern there were only 12 'Personal Plus" dancers that were flown in to, ummm, entertain during timeouts, and deplore any network who would dare run adverts during their, umm, appearance.
i counted 14 in my initial viewing, but the replays showed two were members of the Brazilian team, and i should like an inch-by-inch (alright, centimeter-by-centimeter) examination of just how much fabric is involved in their respective and respectful garments.
(preferably with the athletes themselves and a case of two of champers and iced shrimp. i further promise i shall not let a single grain of the imported Netherlands sand to deter me in my purpose and to re-oil each and every of these marvelous athletes.)
i should also offer a female acqaintance should any mens' examination be necessary.

... and do the lady weightlifters have the same effect on you?

shazz

i think the lifters could bench press me in one hand and debby in the other, and i teased her about stopping her fitness workouts. 'you, too, could look like....' and she hit me with a pillow.