We've won a bronze in female solo swearing event in Beijing

[Gromit]

After several years intensive training at Wetherspoon's on a strict diet of WKDs, Bryony romped to a bronze medal in the Women's Solo Swearing event, and has her eye on a silver in the Team Belching event on Friday.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/o lympics/2589960/Bryony-Shaw-prompts-BBC-apolog y-by-swearing-after-Olympic-windsurfing-bronze .html

Come on GB!

[puddicat]

I saw the interview, the girl was overcome with emulsion,and it just slipped out lol!!!!

[Lucy Thomas]

Emulsion. I hope that's a malapropism.

Yes, I saw it too. No big deal really. After all the live interviews of medal winners, I'm surprised it took until day twelve.

[Haggisdj]

Why did the BBC apologise?

[Lucy Thomas]

I really can't tell you. Not only did the interviewer apologise, the two studio presenters felt that they also needed to apologise. That's the BBC for you.

[puddicat]

Miss Thomas what do you for a living?Teacher or Doctor of Letters perhaps?

[Lucy Thomas]

I've never actually told anyone what I do for a living. By the way, it's Mrs Thomas.

[Lucy Thomas]

Anyone with a brain at the BBC would have realised that by making such a fuss about it, they were drawing more attention to it. Given the time of day that it was broadcast, I wouldn't think an awful lot of people saw it live.

[Gromit]

And in another setback, a young prospect for the 2012 London games has been hospitalised after a freak training accident, in the one man fart lighting event

A 12-year-old has been taken to hospital with burns after blowing up a petrol can while breaking wind.

"Fire fighters were called to the scene after a boy set fire to his farts.
The boy was attempting to set fire to his farts as part of a competition against his cousin in the garden of a house in Tipton when the accident occurred.
Fire fighters were called to the address but the small blaze had already burned itself out when the crew arrived."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/how aboutthat/2589790/Boy-in-hospital-after-gas-li ghting-stunt-backfires.html

[hau kola]

Didn`t he same thing happen with Steve Redgrave a few years ago?

[4GS]

Did Steve Redgrave get hospitalised for setting his farts alight? The Beeb kept that quiet!!!!

[joggerjayne]

I'd be no good at that. My 'wind' tends to be a bit more random. I don't think I could fart on cue.

[4GS]

Why would you want to fart on a snooker cue joggerjayne?

[Oneeyedvic]

Anyone with a brain at the BBC would have realised that by making such a fuss about it, they were drawing more attention to it.

Anyone with a brain could work out that the BBC are getting more coverage and potentially more viewers over this.

[Booldawg]

I don't think the BBC have ever officially apologised for Adrian Chiles.

[Lucy Thomas]

Anyone with a brain could work out that the BBC are getting more coverage and potentially more viewers over this.

Anyone with a brain would work out that viewers are not switching over in their millions from other channels just to hear a woman say a word that you could hear in the pub every night of the week.

[anotheoldgit]

A lorry has just arrived in Beijing, loaded with barbed wire and wooden posts.

Turned out to be the Irish fencing team.

Hope I haven't caused offence.

[Lucy Thomas]

Mexico didn't send a team to the Beijing Olympic Games. Apparently, anyone who can swim, jump or run is already in the United States.

[Haggisdj]

Lol anotheoldgit

[woolleysheep]

lucy thomas -should that be cuba not mexico

[Lucy Thomas]

No!