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 Olympic Stuff - Vol 12 - VxFan

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Last edited by: VxFan on Tue 11 Sep 12 at 14:02
 Paralympic Closing Ceremony - No FM2R
I missed it. Now I'm told I should have watched it. But I can't find a torrent.

Any bright ideas?
 Paralympic Closing Ceremony - VxFan
>> Any bright ideas?

Not sure if you can watch 4OD from abroad, but if you can

www.channel4.com/programmes/paralympics-on-4od/4od#3403990

 Paralympic Closing Ceremony - Armel Coussine
To inject some bad taste, the best Paralympics joke I've seen is in the current Private Eye. It's a cartoon but the dialogue is the point:

'OI! REF! ARE YOU ****IN' BLIND?'

'Yes.'

'Oh... sorry.'
 Paralympic Closing Ceremony - No FM2R
>>Not sure if you can watch 4OD from abroad

You can via a UK Proxy. Thanks for that.

Last edited by: No FM2R on Wed 12 Sep 12 at 23:03
 Paralympic Closing Ceremony - Roger.
>> >>Not sure if you can watch 4OD from abroad
>>
>> You can via a UK Proxy. Thanks for that.

This one works:- expatshield.com/
Download & install it: just use it when necessary.
I now use it to access Pirate Bay, but I found it when we were in Spain.
 Paralympic Closing Ceremony - No FM2R
I pay a most reasonable amount for one.

And I think its worthwhile since even when something in high demand, like the Olympics or MOTD, is on, I still get reasonable bandwidth.
 Paralympic Closing Ceremony - Zero
try this

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFSCCwPn-9E


I am kinda in shock, No uniform to wear, no list of shifts for the week, no daily email from the games maker team. Retiring from 36 years proper work was easier than this.

Nobody wants us any more and after so much adulation. Now I know how Cliff Richard must feel. Poor Sod.
 Paralympic Closing Ceremony - henry k
I saw some of the games maker ladies with their own home made games maker mascots.

You could sit at home or on a railway side producing such items. The mascots would sell much better than the official funny jobs.
 Paralympic Closing Ceremony - Zero
>> I saw some of the games maker ladies with their own home made games maker
>> mascots.
>>
>> You could sit at home or on a railway side producing such items. The mascots
>> would sell much better than the official funny jobs.

A "knitted games maker"* is all the rage


*one needs to have seen Harry Hill to appreciate the joke.

You know what? I even checked out the 2014 Commonwealth Games volunteering site, they are accepting applications early next year.

Then reality kicked in and the word "Glasgow" suddenly loomed large. Still I think I can manage it despite that.

"Excuse me Gamesmaker, can you tell me where the toilets are"

"Get te f...."
Last edited by: Zero on Tue 11 Sep 12 at 07:35
 Paralympic Closing Ceremony - henry k
>>Excuse me Gamesmaker, can you tell me where the toilets are"
>>
Better get practising the authentic Glasgow greeting and changing the voice ?
 Paralympic Closing Ceremony - Duncan
Zero should be all right in Glasgow - he's grumpy enough.
 Paralympic Closing Ceremony - Roger.
Get practising the "Glasgae Kiss" !
 Paralympic Closing Ceremony - Runfer D'Hills
Glasgow Games eh?

Should be good for some new sports, how about...

Team bottle fighting
Individual stickin' the heid oan 'im
Marathon Drinking
Fish supper hurling
Oh and their own version of the Triathlon, swim the Clyde, nick a bike, ride it intae toon, leg it awa fi the Polis....

:-)
 Paralympic Closing Ceremony - Roger.
...and finishing with the medal for the best table pizza.
 Paralympic Closing Ceremony - BobbyG
Zero, were you one of the ones wearing what looked very much like a Sainsburys uniform, the sort of purplely colour?

 Paralympic Closing Ceremony - Zero
>> Zero, were you one of the ones wearing what looked very much like a Sainsburys
>> uniform, the sort of purplely colour?

Aye. Purple 'n Poppy akshuly
 Paralympic Closing Ceremony - Runfer D'Hills
Soo last season...
 Paralympic Closing Ceremony - BobbyG
>>You know what? I even checked out the 2014 Commonwealth Games volunteering site, they are accepting applications early next year.

Need to start earlier for these games to accomodate the knife and handgun training!!
 Paralympic Closing Ceremony - DeeW
Z, if only you were nearer... we would want you. Especially as you would be able to start immediately as I suspect you will have been CRB checked which would cover you until our one was completed.
I bet you there is an organisation like mine near you that needs you. We have just gained County funding to set up multi-sports tasters for special children - have got trampolining up and running for the next six weeks with just about enough abled bodied volunteers to help make it possible.
I think the next six week block is fishing - how about that for an paralympic sport?
 Paralympic Closing Ceremony - Zero
Yup, we were all crb checked and I have been positively vetted prior to that due to work.

Fishing? now that sounds like my kind of guidance and supervision. Not too much walking required there, my feet are wrecked!
 Paralympic Closing Ceremony - Kevin
>I have been positively vetted prior to that due to work.

I called at the vet today to get Fluffy something for his catamites.
 London drivers get 6,900 penalties - henry k
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-19558480

Interesting figures including the low figure of just " 230 other vehicles had to be towed away,"
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