IaBT Forums

Home page Forum IaBT Shop
It's a Bitch Thing Who's Online Mark Forums Read Social Groups
Go Back   IaBT Forums » ON Topic » Social Issues & Current Events
Reload this Page Beijing Olympics - Brickbats and Bouquets
Register All Albums FAQ Members List Calendar Arcade Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Notices
Welcome to the It's a Bitch Thing forums.

You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today!

If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact contact us.

Social Issues & Current Events Including politics, current events, world affairs, news and all related issues.

Reply
Page 2 of 3 < 1 2 3 >
 
LinkBack Thread Tools
  post #11 (permalink)  
Old 17-08-2008
annakey's Avatar
Turbo Bitch
My Mood:
 

About
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Brixton, London
Posts: 224
Rep Power: 18 @ 17
annakey is on a distinguished road
Time Spent Online: 1 Minute 19 Seconds
Default Re: Beijing Olympics - Brickbats and Bouquets
I've ignored the whole thing, except this made me laugh today:

spanishbasketballteam.jpg

Quote:
Spain's Olympic basketball teams have risked upsetting their Chinese hosts by posing for a pre-Games advert making slit-eyed gestures.

Source
460Spain_gesture.jpg

Quote:
A second photograph has been discovered showing a group of the Spain's Olympic athletes making slit-eyed gestures.

Source
Woops.
I love a dog. He does nothing for political reasons.
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote
  post #12 (permalink)  
Old 17-08-2008
johnfromoz's Avatar
Country Member
My Mood:
 

About
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: South Australia
Posts: 1,129
Rep Power: 82 @ 138
johnfromoz will become famous soon enough
Time Spent Online: 4 Days 18 Hours 58 Minutes 59 Seconds
Default Re: Beijing Olympics - Brickbats and Bouquets
How can I say this without offending Asians?
Probably not. But, um, good political statement, amigos!
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote
  post #13 (permalink)  
Old 17-08-2008
Kitty's Avatar
Picky Bitch
My Mood:
 
Tetris Champion! Bookworm Champion! Agent Al Evator Champion! Paper Toss Champion! Adam and Eve Champion! 3D Worm Champion! Space Invaders Champion! Algar Champion! Snake Champion!
About
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Pacific Northwest US
Age: 55
Posts: 1,257
Rep Power: 91 @ 100
Kitty will become famous soon enough
Time Spent Online: 1 Week 4 Days 23 Hours 16 Minutes 35 Seconds
Default Re: Beijing Olympics - Brickbats and Bouquets
Looks like someone had a little too much vino with their dinner.
"Set a new course. There's coffee in that nebula." -- Capt. Janeway, Star Trek: Voyager
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote
  post #14 (permalink)  
Old 18-08-2008
johnfromoz's Avatar
Country Member
My Mood:
 

About
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: South Australia
Posts: 1,129
Rep Power: 82 @ 138
johnfromoz will become famous soon enough
Time Spent Online: 4 Days 18 Hours 58 Minutes 59 Seconds
Default Re: Beijing Olympics - Brickbats and Bouquets
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kitty View Post
Looks like someone had a little too much vino with their dinner.
In vino veritas!
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote
  post #15 (permalink)  
Old 18-08-2008
Kitty's Avatar
Picky Bitch
My Mood:
 
Tetris Champion! Bookworm Champion! Agent Al Evator Champion! Paper Toss Champion! Adam and Eve Champion! 3D Worm Champion! Space Invaders Champion! Algar Champion! Snake Champion!
About
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Pacific Northwest US
Age: 55
Posts: 1,257
Rep Power: 91 @ 100
Kitty will become famous soon enough
Time Spent Online: 1 Week 4 Days 23 Hours 16 Minutes 35 Seconds
Default Re: Beijing Olympics - Brickbats and Bouquets
Quote:
Originally Posted by johnfromoz View Post
In vino veritas!
I'll drink to that.
"Set a new course. There's coffee in that nebula." -- Capt. Janeway, Star Trek: Voyager
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote
  post #16 (permalink)  
Old 18-08-2008
johnfromoz's Avatar
Country Member
My Mood:
 

About
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: South Australia
Posts: 1,129
Rep Power: 82 @ 138
johnfromoz will become famous soon enough
Time Spent Online: 4 Days 18 Hours 58 Minutes 59 Seconds
Default Re: Beijing Olympics - Brickbats and Bouquets
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kitty View Post
I'll drink to that.
My Latin is rusty, doesn't it mean "There are ferrets in my wine"?
Well, all I watched in any detail was two rowing events, as it happened the ones Australia won, then the third one the UK took out. They looked pretty dramatic to me, though I know nothing about rowing, except using office chairs placed in a line.
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote
  post #17 (permalink)  
Old 19-08-2008
annakey's Avatar
Turbo Bitch
My Mood:
 

About
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Brixton, London
Posts: 224
Rep Power: 18 @ 17
annakey is on a distinguished road
Time Spent Online: 1 Minute 19 Seconds
Default Re: Beijing Olympics - Brickbats and Bouquets
Quote:
Originally Posted by johnfromoz View Post
How can I say this without offending Asians?
Probably not. But, um, good political statement, amigos!
There was a chink in their PR operation.
I love a dog. He does nothing for political reasons.
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote
  post #18 (permalink)  
Old 19-08-2008
Kitty's Avatar
Picky Bitch
My Mood:
 
Tetris Champion! Bookworm Champion! Agent Al Evator Champion! Paper Toss Champion! Adam and Eve Champion! 3D Worm Champion! Space Invaders Champion! Algar Champion! Snake Champion!
About
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Pacific Northwest US
Age: 55
Posts: 1,257
Rep Power: 91 @ 100
Kitty will become famous soon enough
Time Spent Online: 1 Week 4 Days 23 Hours 16 Minutes 35 Seconds
Default Re: Beijing Olympics - Brickbats and Bouquets
And speaking of the Spanish ...

Quote:
Synchronised swimming - Lights off for Spain


BEIJING, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Spain’s synchronised swimmers have been banned from wearing a swimsuit with embedded waterproof lights which they had hoped would give an extra sparkle to their Olympic routine.

“It got very sophisticated because obviously the battery doesn’t last long and then we had to look at circuits and interrupters, so we have been working on it around two months with a crack team,” swimmer Andrea Fuentes said.

“It looks a bit like Christmas lights,” added the Spaniard, one half of the team that won silver at the last world championships and are favourites for a medal in Beijing.

Swimming’s world governing body, which sets swimsuit rules for a sport where sequins are almost obligatory, said the lights were an accessory but Fuentes still hoped they might back down.

“This is a very conservative sport … their excuse that is you cannot have accessories on your swimsuit, but they are sewn in. If you use those standards, sequins are a type of accessory.”
*zap*
"Set a new course. There's coffee in that nebula." -- Capt. Janeway, Star Trek: Voyager
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote
  post #19 (permalink)  
Old 20-08-2008
johnfromoz's Avatar
Country Member
My Mood:
 

About
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: South Australia
Posts: 1,129
Rep Power: 82 @ 138
johnfromoz will become famous soon enough
Time Spent Online: 4 Days 18 Hours 58 Minutes 59 Seconds
Default Re: Beijing Olympics - Brickbats and Bouquets
Quote:
Originally Posted by annakey View Post
There was a chink in their PR operation.

(Pauses to dry underwear)
Spain is indeed shaping up as the Last Bastion of Good Taste!
I like the Spanish...
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote
  post #20 (permalink)  
Old 22-08-2008
Azhria Lilu's Avatar
Queen Bitch
My Mood:
 
Gem Swap Champion! Yeti Bubbles Champion! Bozzle Champion!
About
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Derbyshire UK
Age: 35
Posts: 2,115
Rep Power: 10 @ 93
Azhria Lilu will become famous soon enough
Time Spent Online: 3 Weeks 23 Hours 18 Minutes 27 Seconds
Default Re: Beijing Olympics - Brickbats and Bouquets
And China has done it again. Now it's being investigated whether some of their medalists are underage.

BBC SPORT | Olympics | Gymnastics | Olympic probe into gymnasts' ages
Babble Babble, Bitch Bitch, Rebel Rebel, Party Party, Sex Sex SEX and don't forget the VIOLENCE!



Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote
Reply
Page 2 of 3 < 1 2 3 >

Bookmarks

Tags
beijing, bouquets, brickbats, olympics

« Indifference by sunbathers as 2 Roma Gypsy girls drown | Pedigree »
Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On
Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Boycott Beijing? annakey Social Issues & Current Events 52 14-08-2008 01:25 AM
Beijing Olympics Hangman Off-topic Chat 22 13-08-2008 09:38 AM


All times are GMT. The time now is 09:50 PM.