Thoughts on the Olympics opening ceremony

[Wezil]

You can only win one gold medal for Sheep Shagging no matter how many skilled competitors you send.

[Tupac Shakur]

In fact Yorkshire alone was 10th in the medals the other day...

Yet another piece of evidence that Yorkshire is the only part of England that's worth a ****.

[Alexander's Horse]

Thorpe was awesome, and all the Aussie broadcasters wouldn't take him. The idiots.

They are not idiots, they just know pooftas are bad for ratings on sports programs in Australia.

[MOBIUS]

Because sadly OZ is in the main a racist, homophobic, redneck nation...

[Provost Harrison]

In fact Yorkshire alone was 10th in the medals the other day...

UK! UK! UK!

Yet another piece of evidence that Yorkshire is the only part of England that's worth a ****.

So proud to be a Yorkshireman. That's why I live in Manchester

[Tupac Shakur]

I'd live somewhere else too if I were from Hull.

[molly bloom]

Because sadly OZ is in the main a racist, homophobic, redneck nation...

From someone living in Wales, this is deeply and unintentionally ironic.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

American runner Manteo Mitchell has revealed he ran the last 200m of the Olympic men's 4x400m relay heats with a broken left leg.
Mitchell began the race for the United States, who went through to Friday's final as the second fastest team despite Mitchell's injury.
"As soon as I took the first step past the 200m mark, I felt it break." Manteo told the USA Track and Field website.
"I didn't want to let the three guys or the team down, so I just ran on it."
Mitchell still managed to finish the opening lap in 46.1 seconds as the US team, also featuring Joshua Mance, Tony McQuay and Bryshon Nellum, went on to set a qualifying time of two minutes, 58.87 seconds.
"It hurt so bad," the 25-year-old added. "I'm pretty amazed that I still split [close to] 45 seconds on a broken leg."
USA Track and Field chief executive Max Siegel said: "Manteo has become an inspiration and a hero for his team-mates.
"Without his courage and determination to finish, Team USA would not be at the starting line in the final. The team has rallied around him and we are all looking forward the final days of competition."
The US men's team are the defending champions and have won every 4x400m Olympic title that they have contested.

Impressive.

[Alexander's Horse]

Yorkshire should seccede, the English are also nakedly ripping off Scotland and Wales in the shameless GB arrangement, solely to boost their medal count obviously

[Tupac Shakur]

Yorkshire should seccede, the English are also nakedly ripping off Scotland and Wales in the shameless GB arrangement, solely to boost their medal count obviously

QFT

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

It's a small price to pay for being introduced to civilisation, society and soap.

[The Mad Monk]

Well, one of three ain't bad...

[molly bloom]

Yorkshire should seccede,

What an excellent idea. The sooner the better, and perhaps a cordon sanitaire can be put in place around it, except for York Minster and Harry Ramsden's Fish & Chip Shop.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

While the "OOOOO LOOK! They're from Yorkshire!!!"" angle may be making the papers, I've just done a spot of Googling and found out that no fewer than 8 of Britain's gold medallists are from the West Country.

[regexcellent]

Northern England is like the British version of the Rust Belt, made up of unionized workers who try to get raises by striking rather than working.