I tried to write a few other entries about the Olympics. However, between gushing about the opening ceremony, writing about how I love seeing athletes from all over the world, and some self-indulgent navel gazing about my memories of past Games, the entries were all a bit crap. Especially as the Games are making me both really miss London and feel smug about having been to many of the places where events are taking place. I can't promise that my smugness won't be highly annoying, so watch the Games with me at your peril. Especially the upcoming events in Hyde Park, one of my favourite places in London. You have been warned.
So, instead of the above, I am going to revert writing a list of theoretical questions about the Olympics.
If you could watch one sport live, what would it be?
Me: 400m men's sprint. Tane: gymnastics, although he says it's for the skills involved not because of the girls in leotards.
If you could be a gold medalist in any sport, what would it be?
Me: swimming. I like the idea of being that good at swimming. Tane: a gymnast.
What sport would you never ever want to do?
Me: diving. Those boards are high. Tane: wrestling, for fear of getting his head stuck between a sweaty man's thighs.
How would we have staged the opening ceremony? Tane and I decided that it was fabulous as it was, but being a 1066 geek I would have loved to see a reinactment of Hastings in there somewhere.
Where should the Olympics in 2020 be held?
Istanbul! I don't think they have ever had one, and have no idea if they even want one. But still.
What sport would we discourage Amotai from doing?
Me: boxing. He only has 6 teeth, I wouldn't want to see them knocked out. Tane: weight lifting, after watching a Thai woman dislocating her elbow yesterday.
So, instead of the above, I am going to revert writing a list of theoretical questions about the Olympics.
If you could watch one sport live, what would it be?
Me: 400m men's sprint. Tane: gymnastics, although he says it's for the skills involved not because of the girls in leotards.
If you could be a gold medalist in any sport, what would it be?
Me: swimming. I like the idea of being that good at swimming. Tane: a gymnast.
What sport would you never ever want to do?
Me: diving. Those boards are high. Tane: wrestling, for fear of getting his head stuck between a sweaty man's thighs.
How would we have staged the opening ceremony? Tane and I decided that it was fabulous as it was, but being a 1066 geek I would have loved to see a reinactment of Hastings in there somewhere.
Where should the Olympics in 2020 be held?
Istanbul! I don't think they have ever had one, and have no idea if they even want one. But still.
What sport would we discourage Amotai from doing?
Me: boxing. He only has 6 teeth, I wouldn't want to see them knocked out. Tane: weight lifting, after watching a Thai woman dislocating her elbow yesterday.
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