I know, I know, it's a bit cheeky pre-empting Her Maj's prerogative in awarding a Damehood to Ms. Anna Raccoon (see below) and now offering a Knighthood to 'Guido Fawkes' but sometimes the vox populi must be heard!
I reported the other day that the EU apparatchiks were busy melding all the Olympic medals won by EU members (er, except Britain, natch!) in order to boast that Europe, not America, had won the Olympics. Now, Guido ('who is a very naughty boy!') has melded all the medals won by the (former) British empire and, dammit, sir, we won by a mile!
British Empire 396
Rest of the world 320
European (dis)Union 258 (who sniggered?)
And just to rub their Euro noses in it, all those countries that include a Union Jack on their flag won 115 medals of which 40 were gold! Splendid show, chaps!
I have to confess that I watched none of it.
Posted by: Whitewall | Tuesday, 23 August 2016 at 13:06
Whitewall, I do enjoy the track events and weightlifting. I just dug out my 1965 best performance medal from my school sports for a bit of nostalgia. I am sure that David like myself was very disappointed that the womens wrestling in virgin olive oil did not take place.
Posted by: jimmy glesga | Tuesday, 23 August 2016 at 16:26
It may have been a lack of virgins, Jimmy!
Posted by: David Duff | Tuesday, 23 August 2016 at 17:29
David,
Once again you, or one of the other Brits, and even my Atlantic-coast colleague, Robert, have snatched the opportunity to pick the low hanging fruit, because of your time zone advantage. And Jimmy's provision of "women", "wrestling", and "virgin olive oil" is a veritable motherload pregnant with punishing possibility.
Posted by: TheBigHenry | Tuesday, 23 August 2016 at 18:02
Well, Henry, you can't expect to win a gold medal without some hardship!
Posted by: David Duff | Tuesday, 23 August 2016 at 18:19
Jimmy, I have an award of sorts from way back when...most hours after school in detention. Yes me, believe it or not!
If women 'rasslin' in olive oil can be an event, doggone it, fishing as a sport can be too.!
Posted by: Whitewall | Tuesday, 23 August 2016 at 18:34
Well, David, here I am smack—dab in the midst of the State that invented entitlementalia. So I demand my gold medal without any hardship. Moreover, where the f*ck is my free 0bama phone? They told me it was back ordered, like, 3 weeks ago.
Posted by: TheBigHenry | Tuesday, 23 August 2016 at 22:03
Henry, are you demanding the flour or that shiny thing? The phone might be in the flour like in the old days, you'll remember?
Posted by: Whitewall | Tuesday, 23 August 2016 at 22:13
Robert,
You are a genius, sir! I bet that is exactly what happened to my damn 0bama phone -- the General Mills recall:
Posted by: TheBigHenry | Tuesday, 23 August 2016 at 23:25
Duffers I hate to be pedantic but I am going to be. Your national flag, and the one which appears in the upper canton on the hoist of so many flags, including ours, is the Union Flag. It is only a Union Jack when flown from the Jack Staff of one of HM's ships. Though some dreadfully proper swots at the UK Flag Institute like to argue that is not entirely so. However a visit from a CPO and Press Gang versed in the subtle arts of Naval pursuasion could probably change their minds on that subject.
Posted by: AussieD | Wednesday, 24 August 2016 at 04:02
Sorry, Sir, but remember, I was in the army not the navy so what do you expect?
Posted by: David Duff | Wednesday, 24 August 2016 at 07:37
Ugh, look at this geezer ...
http://news.sky.com/story/soldier-held-on-suspicion-of-ni-terror-offences-10549907
Cabbage-head, country-bumpkin, and paddy-terrorist, all rolled into one.
Can a man sink any lower?
SoD
Posted by: Loz | Wednesday, 24 August 2016 at 21:44