tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7596143523384099189.post3719063045450297625..comments2023-05-08T03:04:33.127-07:00Comments on banana: Torch-Relay Hurdles (and other novel Olympic Disciplines)Roufa Tav Gosou & Mimi Lasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13312058424946375949noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7596143523384099189.post-25608346219659925582008-04-16T12:17:00.000-07:002008-04-16T12:17:00.000-07:00We have now found out that it is possible to run a...We have now found out that it is possible to run around London more quickly than you can get there by public transport - so we might see some poor results if the events rely on taking the bus!<BR/>How outrageous is that?<BR/>A long thin girl can run quicker than several old fogies can navigate the tube system!Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13285004429519604791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7596143523384099189.post-70443686203439862032008-04-14T05:49:00.000-07:002008-04-14T05:49:00.000-07:00Franklin, that's the point exactly: to have to dea...Franklin, that's the point exactly: to have to deal with lousy systems of transportation. It has to be a tough sport! Or the other way around: a record time (per distance) would honor the city's transportation system, and the city, so they would be motivated to improve it before the games! This idea is a winner!<BR/><BR/>Bimmy, the 2012 logo is ... ehm... electrifying? The animated version we avoided to look at, we don't want to get epileptic. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for visiting, Lotus Eater. Forget us not.Roufa Tav Gosou & Mimi Lasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13312058424946375949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7596143523384099189.post-51124491543039147292008-04-13T04:53:00.000-07:002008-04-13T04:53:00.000-07:00Excellent idea! Very good post!Excellent idea! Very good post!Λωτοφάγοςhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11860519072559034090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7596143523384099189.post-46500631348902530262008-04-10T12:26:00.000-07:002008-04-10T12:26:00.000-07:00Hope you are keeping a (blog of all these ideas, y...Hope you are keeping a (blog of all these ideas, you two! you could make your fortune yet.<BR/>Lets start a petition to keep the Olympic games in Athens - that will save us the trauma of having the games in the UK in 2012. Have you SEEN our logo???!!<BR/>There cant be many places in the world where the games could be held without SOMEONE getting upset, but Greece surely....you two have the best ideas, I read your bblogg with perpetual admiration :)Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13285004429519604791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7596143523384099189.post-6820713074046016912008-04-10T11:53:00.000-07:002008-04-10T11:53:00.000-07:00I go along with both of those ideas, but most espe...I go along with both of those ideas, but most especially the idea of leaving the Games in Athens forever :)<BR/>The triathalon would fail here, we have a lousy bus system LOLfwidmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17213274681817801121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7596143523384099189.post-79494784634225528272008-04-10T02:03:00.000-07:002008-04-10T02:03:00.000-07:00And yes, in Paris, Torch-Relay Hurdles and Cross-C...And yes, in Paris, Torch-Relay Hurdles and Cross-City Triathlon were combined for the first time!Roufa Tav Gosou & Mimi Lasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13312058424946375949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7596143523384099189.post-67489281816467157172008-04-10T02:01:00.000-07:002008-04-10T02:01:00.000-07:00Well, let's assume Olympics is about celebrating s...Well, let's assume Olympics is about celebrating sports and human activity and togetherness. But when humans suffer, get oppressed, killed, the concept kind of collapses. Politics is a very human activity of coexistence too.Roufa Tav Gosou & Mimi Lasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13312058424946375949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7596143523384099189.post-6846441123346946392008-04-09T23:20:00.000-07:002008-04-09T23:20:00.000-07:00I just read that in France they had to get the tor...I just read that in France they had to get the torch through the city by having the carrier ride a bus! Hahaha. What ARE they thinking?<BR/><BR/>I know the Olympics aren't supposed to be about politics... but it is.Jillianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09332366551719160397noreply@blogger.com