Cat fight! Cameron is mad at Romney for musing that London isn’t prepared for the Olympics, says it is not as easy hosting them in a one of the world’s most busy cities as ‘in the middle of nowhere’. Ouch. See Buzzfeed
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CC photo #208: A flag you won’t see at the Olympics
The Faroese flag “Merkið” (“The mark”), created in 1919 but banned until World War II when the Allied Forces needed to distinguish between sea vessels of British occupied Faroe Islands and Nazi occupied Denmark. Here in use during the 2008 Faroese national youth swimming championships in Vágur, Suðuroy, hometown of Pál Joensen. He’ll swim under Danish flag at the London 2012 Olympics, since the Faroe Islands aren’t recognized by IOC, and even spectators banned from bringing it under IOC rules.
“The following is a non-exhaustive list of restricted items which may not be taken into a Venue … flags of countries not participating in the Games”. Source
Sheesh, the thanks you get for having 1/3 of your fleet sunk by mines, subs and planes while bringing them food. Grudge aside, he will be okay ;-)
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Therese Alshammar struggling with a pinched nerve on eve of Olympics
Breaking news on aftonbladet.se via simma.nu/se, at a press conference today it was confirmed that Therese Alshammar suffers from a pinched nerve in her neck, which ultimately could mean that she will miss the Olympics. These last days of camp she has found it difficult to rotate in swimming, an MRI-scan confirming that she has a pinched nerve. They are of course doing what they can, her big race is next Friday, so now it is one day at a time with physiotherapy and medication. See also svt.se, the power of her stroke is affected, an expert says that if she cannot swim in the relay, their medal chances are gone, another expert talking about her ‘Olympic curse’, having never won Olympic gold after silver medals in Sydney, a medal lost the last few meters in Athens and then a burst suit in Beijing.
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The Curl affair was “The Worst Kept Secret in Washingtonâ€
Read Caps & Goggles:
This is all plenty scandalous and distasteful, but that’s not the worst of it. Here’s the part to make you gag: EVERYONE ALREADY KNEW. The worst part about this breaking news is that it’s not news at all – not to the swimmers and coaches and parents who grew up swimming in this area. This has been an open secret for ages. That headline above? That’s a line from an email sent from one former swimmer to another, who both swam in Northern Virginia in the late 80′s.
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Behold, Old Spice’s Olympic Ad
“Believe in Your Smellf”, via Buzzfeed
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Two funny Aussies try to cross the Strait of Gibraltar on an Aqua Trike
Via Geekosystem
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When diving with tiger sharks, don’t let go of your camera
Via PetaPixel
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18 police officers successfully save drowning sex doll
Epic, epic headline off Geekologie. “18 police officers in China were recently called into action when locals spotted a drowning woman some 150-feet off-shore in a local river. Except it wasn’t a real woman, it was just a sex doll. ”
The crew worked frantically for nearly an hour to rescue the woman, according to Digital Journal, and in the process, attracted a crowd of about 1,000 curious, excited and anxious spectators to the scene.
It took more than 40 minutes before the officers were able to recover the pleasure toy.
Video NSFW, especially if you are a Chinese police man today …
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North Korea protest at London 2012 flag mix-up
Ouch, an Olympic women’s football match today was delayed after a protest by North Korea when the South Korean flag was accidentally displayed.
Source: One News Page