Congratulations to Britain after a century of Olympic under-performance

[notyoueither]

As host country, they get an automatic entry into every event even if they suck at it.

Does that not give pause to consider the validity of the Olympic qualification process?

[Alexander's Horse]

Australia just moved into the top ten - and we're having a bad year

[kentonio]

Up to 25 golds, suck it *****es.

[Alexander's Horse]

restart the empire

[kentonio]

Shhh! That's stage 2..

[Ben Kenobi]

Puerto Rico would probably be a swing state, so it's hard to see any party immediately benefiting.

Just like Hawaii.

[-Jrabbit]

I liked what the British ambassador to the US said on The Daily Show a couple weeks back:

"Well, we Brits tend to excel at the sitting down sports."
(paraphrased)

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

I think he classes swimming as a "lying down" sport.

[-Jrabbit]

As it turns out, per the Daily Mail, roughly 2/3 of Britain's first 37 medals were in the "sitting-down sports" of rowing, boating, and equestrian.

[Dauphin]

As host country, they get an automatic entry into every event even if they suck at it.

If they suck, how are they winning medals (the gold, silver, bronze variety as opposed to lead, tin, zinc) in those events?

[The Mad Monk]

Does that not give pause to consider the validity of the Olympic qualification process?

No, not really. It's just an exception paid to the host nation.

[The Mad Monk]

I liked what the British ambassador to the US said on The Daily Show a couple weeks back:

"Well, we Brits tend to excel at the sitting down sports."
(paraphrased)

It's easier to keep from jostling your tea that way.

[Alexander's Horse]

more power to the British ambassador, at the brit embassy in Kabul they call the war in Afghanistan the shooting what'sa ma jiggy outside