I will be probably be lynched but.....

[thumbalina]

The gold medals that Britain win in the Olympics are mostly in sports that seem a bit obscure?

Apart from swimming of course, its the cycling around a funny shaped track on strange looking bicycles that gets me, it's not really a sport like football, tennis or golf etc that thousands play every day is it? :) x Do we ever win anything that i can relate to? :) x

[China Doll]

I don't know... Is there a shoe shopping category? :0)

[thumbalina]

There should be and i would win! :) x

[China Doll]

Not if I competed you wouldn't but I reckon silver would look better on you anyway! ;0P

[thumbalina]

I have several silver pairs! and gold :) x

[China Doll]

And matching handbags? If you have matching handbags you may just beat me!

[thumbalina]

Yes although i might have difficulty proving it as i cant locate them :) x

[jno]

GB won the tug of war in 1908, thumbalina, but I think they were just competing with another GB team. Also GB are still the cricket champs as it wasn't held again. They beat France (who were mostly English expats).

[thumbalina]

Is tug o war in the Olympics? i remember that from school sports day :) x

[~max~]

What's a "real" sport then? lol I'm sure all of them feel very proud just to be there! I mean, not everybody excels at what they do (especially if it happens to be an olympic category!). Some sort of recognition for their excellence at the sport means a lot to them, even if it doesn't to you, I guess!

[jno]

not now it isn't, but it was

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1908_Olympics#Spo rts

[China Doll]

My cousin might be representing us at discus in 2012. I've suddenly gained some interest in that even. :0)

[Octavius]

You could use your handbags in the hammer throw, but would you ever let them go?

[thumbalina]

Ok sorry Max :( x

[thumbalina]

If i lengthen the strap i am sure i could reach 20 metres :) x

[~max~]

That's ok. It's my "let's make people feel bad" night. :O(
Sorry hun....didn't mean it that way!

[thumbalina]

Its ok max i was expecting worse :) x

[mudflap]

If Britain won the world midge catching championships it would make the main story on the news.

But when a nation that has some of the best facilities in the world are diabolically bad at real sports like football, cricket, tennis, then any straw needs to be clutched at.

PS- any wonder that swimming girl won gold have you seen the length of her nose? who could finish ahead of that.