LoveTheBobby

The same character that got the pundit's armchairs from the set of It Aint Half Hot Mum I think .

DJ Glitterballs was canny

Hansen's back with his pipe and slippers . I don't know how I've got by without his infinate wisdom and insight . Good to see Shearer's had his napper polished for the tournament too.

Aye she was on 8 Out Of 10 Cats a few weeks ago. Easily a 9 like .

Love is like a butterfly, soft and gentle as a sigh . Wasn't it . Isn't it . Marvelous .

^ hell yeah !

Are you casting nastirtiums Balarnaz ?

Meenzer - you're the type of cunt who can't see the obvious benefits Jedward carrying a torch brings . Only a simpleton would fail to see it . I suggest you run along and do you're homework . Absurd . etc. In FACT - I bet you wish I was your Dad you cunt .

This Barlow cunt gives us the shits.

Ain't watching but Jonesy did a similar stunt at the FIFA Conference opening a while back I seem to remember. Pretty ambivalent to the whole few days, I'd rather watch Springwatch, but it's this kind of thing I can't much relate to - http://news.google.c...r2YWj-joJ/5.jpg It would be good if Liz catapults her alan whickers onto the stage when Tom Jones fires up his sex songs like.

Not one of the Sky Sports' spinny ones or a 3d drop-shadow job necessarily, but a pie chart format would possibly have had more impact. Maybe a splash of colour to accentuate the differentials perhaps too ?

On the elbows and knees was where it struck, was awful man. Now I know what those folk burned by the dodgy leather Argos settees a few years back went through. Kind of.

Not offering any sun protection but vaguely in the lotion bracket - Radox shower gel - there's another for the 'that shit makes y itch' list.

I'm part-funding it out of my allowance I get for daycare n that.

I see a mock-up of the BalarneyStone commemorative sculpture has been leaked.

I see the BBC have put John Barrowman on the barge carrying all the bells . Hello sailor .

My general point was there has been a hell of a lot of investment into a very specific area of a city in the UK and therefore to the ultimate benefit of very few and of little or no benefit to the masses in either short or long-term . Hence white elephant . In fact in the case of the latter, surely it's the converse in terms of picking up the tab ? You say it will no doubt 'make a profit' , are you sure ? Aren't many of the more recent host venues still bogged-down with related debts ? (I stand to be corrected as it's what I perceive is the case) Of course there will be spin-offs nationally (again Id say ephemeral, opportunistic and relatively limited) for flag makers and portaloo manufacturers but at the end of the hopping and skipping there's still a specific part of a city of the uk that is going to be left with improved infrastructure, physical and cultural amenities etc. I'd be interested to see usage figures for the swimming pool a couple of years down the line, the stadium - similarly how much useage in a few years ? Hence white elephant. For starters, take the £19-22 million spent on the 'sculpture' - are you perfectly relaxed that's money well spent and that it couldn't have been better utilised 'accross the board' geographically . Did they have to have it ? Of what use is that going to be in 2 months never mind 2 years ? Could the money not have gone to keeping youth clubs open in Southampton, Salford , St. Anne's or Shiremoor for a couple of years say instead ? Would that have benefitted the country more 'legacy-wise' ? Could that have paid for (long overdue and a few times postponed, and much-cited as essential to recovery) improvements to the A19 for example ? If that makes me a 'victimised miserable bastard' then so be it , I can deal with that side of things .

Nah BullStone , you missed the (comparative) point I was making in your eagerness to lay words down .

Did anyone see Alistair Campbell on Have I Got News tonight ? Mind, what a fucking laugh he is . eh .

a re-route and a reboot .

Seen it a few times and it's canny . That Norman Wisdom fella that presents it can be funny at times too.

Not being funny BS but they're highly ephemeral examples of individualistic opportunism . Hardly multi-million investment in infrastructure or amenities that comes with the white elephant .

The people you know benefitting from the Olympics - are tthey in the north east and in what sector if you don't mind me asking ?