you better believe it MB, Page 3 is an institution!!

I'll back the boys up that I haven't seen anything on the issue since the first report (online). Shit happens and half the farkin worlds athletes train in the US of A and no one complains!

Another topic for the Aussies in Aussie that have access to watch "Yum Cha"
Rebecca Wilson.. and Kruger??
What farkin rude idiots!

Is it a poor substitute for Roy and HG?
Papabear was gutted that it was advertised Aus-wide but not available in Perth....ummm...why? Here you go...everyone we are giving you this programme it is UN-miss-able, awesome, bring out the pom poms, rah rah...ohh...except you Perth!
Thanks!

I have been catching Yum-cha torrents. Rebecca Wilson? is that the name of the obnoxious cow I mentioned earlier - yep she gets on the nerves very quickly. They have some good things on that show, but it needs a bit of fast forwarding.
The BBC equivalent show is very good.

Mantas, calm down mate, calm down, I wasn't addressing you, I was addressing the jingoistic nitwits in your country who got all sanctimonious and bombarded Ken wood with abusive phone calls etc etc.
I am well aware the head of Australian swimming came out with his rational statement concerning Wood. I did say there were two lines of thought in the situation.
The original reports I read in the paper and online where quite condemning of Wood, I just looked again and most of the stories have been toned down and traitor angle has been dropped.
When it first broke it was made out to be the end of the world.

Never mind. Australia had a pretty good campaign in the pool, apart from Phelps - not too many others got a look in.

Rebecca Wilson!.......Say no more. Can we send her over to NZ?

Apologies to all Australians, I know I'm pretty jaundiced. Aussies do like to start a fight, but get very defensive very quickly. Again Mantas, BP, Indo, MB sorry!

John Coates, the head of Australian Olympic Committee, has conceded publicly that the Poms might edge out the Aussies. "Not bad for a country that has no swimming pools and very little soap."

Top marks for cultural sensitivity But get very precious at a whiff of criticism.

Actually I have a problem with this 'hate' thing as well.
It's a word that's thrown around far too loosly here in the sporting media but don't get too precious Soubs. The word is not just reserved for Pomms and Kiwis.Queenslanders and New South Welshmen always go on about their hatred of each other in relation to sport. It has a different context inside the country than it does outside. Anyway, it's wrong and shouldn't be used.

Btw, we didn't start the fight. You did. And neither did John Coates. He's right about the soap too just quietly, my father in law is the stinkyest man on the planet.

Orstraya invented sledging, and made it into an art form. Giving it is a pleasure,but taking it makes me a troll.

Walking in to a non-airconditioned lecture theatre at Cretin Uni was like walking into a hot armpit. The Orstrayans stank. Thank you John Coates. Still being duchessed in the luxury lane I see.

Apology not really necessary Soub, but good on ya for offering one. As I said, that kind of language shouldn't be tolerated but does need to be put in context of how it is used (as Mantas pointed out) And to me it's not getting defensive when you are just taking the fight back to someone who has a go at you. It's just responding and fighting back when one is started. Is that getting precious? If so, then Mate, I'm sure we could all offer examples of idiots saying things in every country, so why not have a go at Mike Myers and his stereotyped piss-take off the Brits? You know, bad teeth and all that stuff? Anyway, it doesn't really matter. The original story of this thread has not even seen the light of day in the press here since the first day it broke...

Thanks BP.

I'm amased to see John Coates still there. Orstraya's version of Max Mosely.