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OutHouse

Lifer
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i much prefer watching the winter Olympics. for summer the only sports i like watching is swimming and diving.
 

olds

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Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper
Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
I lost all respect for the Olympics when they added BMX.

They need to add human Tetris.
Naked, female, blonde, bimbo, human tetris.

 

Auric

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Originally posted by: ironwing
The real purpose of the Olympics is to convince morons to bankrupt their communities through building extravagant sports and lodging facilities for which there is little indigenous demand.

'Tis yet another transfer of wealth to the already wealthy who profit handsomely from such publicly financed construction projects. Whether the community in general can offset that drain with tourism and trade is purely a gamble.
 

Ruptga

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Originally posted by: Auric
Originally posted by: ironwing
The real purpose of the Olympics is to convince morons to bankrupt their communities through building extravagant sports and lodging facilities for which there is little indigenous demand.

'Tis yet another transfer of wealth to the already wealthy who profit handsomely from such publicly financed construction projects. Whether the community in general can offset that drain with tourism and trade is purely a gamble.

Clearly the man is keeping us down, and we, the proletariat, must revolt!
 

imported_Lothar

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Originally posted by: Auric
Originally posted by: ironwing
The real purpose of the Olympics is to convince morons to bankrupt their communities through building extravagant sports and lodging facilities for which there is little indigenous demand.

'Tis yet another transfer of wealth to the already wealthy who profit handsomely from such publicly financed construction projects. Whether the community in general can offset that drain with tourism and trade is purely a gamble.

If I remember correctly Greece went broke.
Olympic seats were empty, they had to drop ticket prices, tourism wasn't great and many other things etc...
They grossly over estimated the costs of hosting such an event.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4007429.stm