Monday, August 09, 2004

Super quick Olympics blog news update...

My word. I still haven't packed. I leave tomorrow. It's 10.49pm. I'd better make this the snappiest Olympics news update ever.

MCDONALDS RECKON THE OLYMPICS WILL MAKE THEIR SALES RISE
Well bully for them.

TWO GREEK BASEBALL PLAYERS ARE OUT OF THE GAMES AFTER FAILING DOPE TESTT
But I won't notice, because I'm not going to see baseball. (Alert! Alert! Here is a clue for the hundreds of you contemplating entering my competition - yes, see below).

TICKETS STILL BEING SNAPPED UP
Venues expected to be full.

DJ TIESTO TO PLAY OPENING CEREMONY
"The opportunity to perform my music for billions of people around the globe will be the greatest highlight of my life," Dutchman Tiesto said in a statement. Which is nice.

THIS OLYMPICS BLOG GETS RECORD NUMBER OF HITS
We've had 121 today and there's a good hour left. About 70 was the record before that. So thanks for stopping by folks.

NEWSFLASH! NEWSFLASH! ANOTHER COMPETITION ENTRY! THIS TIME FROM NOELLE!
As I was typing this, someone else just entered the competition (see below). Noelle has guessed at "track & field, taekwondo, basketball, swimming, diving, equestrian, table tennis, badminton, wrestling, weightlifting, sailing". Thanks Noelle, but just 4 right. Paul stays on top. And a total of 7 of the 11 events have now been mentioned.

Right. I really had better go and pack. How many T-shirts, boxer shorts and socks do you need for three weeks? (That's not another competition question, it's rhetorical.)



1 comment:

Anonymous said...

LET THE SEX OLYMPICS BEGIN
Spies tell me the big backstage attraction is free intranet for the athletes, which going by precedents set in Salt Lake City and Sydney, is essentially used as a dial-a-date service. Everyone gets a list of competitor names when they arrive... and as athletes get knocked out, the further into the fortnight you get, the fewer people are being policed by their coaches -- so Sodom and Gomorrah takes over. I’m told. Could you possibly confirm?

- The historian with an eye for detail.