tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post2129093211469323480..comments2024-03-25T15:07:41.959+00:00Comments on Nigeness: Olympics NewsNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-57044862229863592172011-07-19T21:44:08.379+01:002011-07-19T21:44:08.379+01:00If wet, in Millennium Dome.
Arf!<i>If wet, in Millennium Dome.</i><br /><br />Arf!Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-3323192412371768702011-07-19T18:50:21.184+01:002011-07-19T18:50:21.184+01:00Can we assume that tickets for the above events wi...Can we assume that tickets for the above events will be distributed on the "first come, last served" principle.<br /><br />Boris might want to include a "choose the next Met chief plod" event, contestants of course must carry proof of ex NOW employment.maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-87658156612145278142011-07-19T17:26:09.851+01:002011-07-19T17:26:09.851+01:00Good grief Tricia - your parents knew how to throw...Good grief Tricia - your parents knew how to throw a party! Yes, it's a must for the Alternative Olympics - and the more unusual undergarments the better...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-59399584413294810322011-07-19T17:08:51.104+01:002011-07-19T17:08:51.104+01:00Well the cork and string game was played at my par...Well the cork and string game was played at my parents' Theatre Club parties in the 70s! I was about twelve and clearly remember an elderly gent getting the cork caught up in his unusual under garment (was it some sort of combination affair?)A never to be forgotten moment, as everyone in his team tried to help him free the trapped cork. I used to look on in amazement at such adult frolics. Might liven up the olympics, don't you think? Might stop us taking ourselves Too Seriously.Tricianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-46682120942421743942011-07-19T16:12:14.215+01:002011-07-19T16:12:14.215+01:00Indeed Mahlerman, it's a minefield - and I'...Indeed Mahlerman, it's a minefield - and I've got a suspicion the Fry Jump might be illegal, following a hasty piece of knee-jerk legislation back in the Twenties, when the government feared a rash of copycat Fry jumpers leaping backwards onto the nation's mantelpieces, sending tasteful objets d'art and swanky invitations flying...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-74063074283373293202011-07-19T15:07:20.240+01:002011-07-19T15:07:20.240+01:00Nice idea Tricia, but I've had a word with Hea...Nice idea Tricia, but I've had a word with Heath & Safety and, without being specific, they are concerned, particularly for female participants, and have asked for more detail.<br />And Nige, I think you will have to look closely at the Egg & Spoon dash.<br />H&S say that hard-boiled are no longer acceptable, as people have been hurt falling on them. Raw are also banned because of the risk of salmonella; but you knew this was never going to be easymahlermannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-29702622278048257502011-07-19T14:57:22.681+01:002011-07-19T14:57:22.681+01:00Oh yes - this could be an (alternative) Olympics t...Oh yes - this could be an (alternative) Olympics to remember, what with the ear pull, the Fry Jump and the, er, string event - have you played this one, Tricia?!Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-84490719758339124992011-07-19T14:44:41.682+01:002011-07-19T14:44:41.682+01:00I have a good team game for your alternative olymp...I have a good team game for your alternative olympics. Two teams of as many people as you want standing in a line. A cork on a long piece of string threaded down the underwear of each team member and passed to the next (in the end they'll all be connected by string!)First team to get to the end of the long line of people wins.Tricianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-55703763588229025292011-07-19T13:56:26.371+01:002011-07-19T13:56:26.371+01:00And you might want to include the only event from ...And you might want to include the only event from the World Eskimo-Indian Olympics for non-indigenous contestants:<br /><br /><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303661904576454451931642300.html" rel="nofollow">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303661904576454451931642300.html</a>Dave Lullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01053227199985293516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-18741446427110216872011-07-19T13:18:46.432+01:002011-07-19T13:18:46.432+01:00And surely Nige you could find a slot for CB Fry&#...And surely Nige you could find a slot for CB Fry's wonderful trick of leaping, backward, onto a mantle - with marks for 'style and content' naturallymahlermannoreply@blogger.com