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What a joke… 😑

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17457729

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By: tornado64 - 28th March 2012 at 20:33

that’s ruined my 4 yrly sex plan !! the women folk just arn’t sporting nowadays i mean they wont even swap shirts at the end of international soccer games !!

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By: Al - 27th March 2012 at 23:46

No point in watching it then…

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By: BumbleBee - 27th March 2012 at 22:01

Totally off-topic,but this might be disappointing news for some posters :p

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/beach-volleyball/17527518

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By: tornado64 - 27th March 2012 at 18:53

You won’t see Manchester United in red shirts, when they’re playing Liverpool at Anfield.:p

the away kit is blue !! as a city fan it gives me a great sense of wellbeing !!!:D

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By: Edgar Brooks - 27th March 2012 at 17:10

totaly unlike thier red shirts at a liverpool v man u game then ???

You won’t see Manchester United in red shirts, when they’re playing Liverpool at Anfield.:p

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By: ppp - 27th March 2012 at 13:04

How old are you then?:)

“Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away,
Now paul 178 is here to stay,
How I long for yesterday”:D

I probably recognise some of songs from overhearing them at places, though I wouldn’t be able to name the band/song πŸ™‚

and I’m 25

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By: tornado64 - 26th March 2012 at 14:56

Remember the clowns at Old Trafford allowing the team sponsors to insist on the team wearing a Grey Strip a few years back? Epic fail. They just blended into the multiple colours of the crowd behind.

totaly unlike thier red shirts at a liverpool v man u game then ???

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By: Bmused55 - 26th March 2012 at 09:12

And having a uniform you are proud of can also affect performance.
From all reports so far, the athletes are very proud of their uniforms. As they have to wear them, I submit that theirs is the final word. They’re happy, so lets leave it at that.

Besides, the uniform design has a lot more to do with Britain than that awfull 2012 logo.

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By: Al - 26th March 2012 at 08:17

@ppp
The colouring of an athlete’s clothes isn’t going to make them jump higher, swim faster or run fast with flames behind them …

I totally disagree – many factors go into giving a top athlete a winning edge, however slight, and mental state must be one of the most powerful.
It’s well known that humans are affected by colours – green in hospitals for inducing calmness, reds and yellows for warning signs, etc.
Blue to me is a very passive, submissive colour, while red has connotations of aggression and danger.
Colours of materials can also influence muscle cooling or warming in certain conditions…

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By: paul178 - 26th March 2012 at 01:28

@paul178

I thought I’d include a joke πŸ˜€

Not that I can actually name any of the songs, so I guess it’s not so inaccurate, at least from my perspective πŸ˜‰

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By: ppp - 26th March 2012 at 01:22

@paul178

I thought I’d include a joke πŸ˜€

Not that I can actually name any of the songs, so I guess it’s not so inaccurate, at least from my perspective πŸ˜‰

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By: paul178 - 26th March 2012 at 00:16

“She isn’t really a professional fashion designer either, she just happens to have some singer as her father who sold a few records once…”

A few songs?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCartney

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By: ppp - 25th March 2012 at 23:41

@ppp

The colouring of an athlete’s clothes isn’t going to make them jump higher, swim faster or run fast with flames behind them …

Did I ever say it would? πŸ˜€

@tenthije
She isn’t really a professional fashion designer either, she just happens to have some singer as her father who sold a few records once…

@paul178
The thread? No, unfortunately it’s not a joke. I don’t think it’s a big ask that the kit reflect the majority of the country, and it’s not that difficult to do πŸ™‚

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By: PeeDee - 25th March 2012 at 23:41

@ppp

The colouring of an athlete’s clothes isn’t going to make them jump higher, swim faster or run fast with flames behind them …

Unless, it’s a team sport.
And the colours blend into the background and cannot be picked out by team members.
Remember the clowns at Old Trafford allowing the team sponsors to insist on the team wearing a Grey Strip a few years back? Epic fail. They just blended into the multiple colours of the crowd behind.

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By: heslop01 - 25th March 2012 at 23:35

@ppp

The colouring of an athlete’s clothes isn’t going to make them jump higher, swim faster or run fast with flames behind them …

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By: tenthije - 25th March 2012 at 23:20

As someone not from the Isles, let me say that this design is instantly recognisable as being British. So I would not complain about that. Instead, just complain about the design. This looks more like a clown costume to me. But I ainΒ΄t a professional fashion designer, and I buy most my clothing from C&A, so what do I know about fashion.

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By: paul178 - 25th March 2012 at 23:14

I like a lively discussion and my main reason in contributing on this thread is to gently wind up our friends in skirts. This is now losing its way over the Swastika and has nothing whatever to do with this thread. I do not like #16 at all. I am sure ppp meant this as a joke but I am afraid I am not laughing!

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By: Al - 25th March 2012 at 22:45

Thousands of years of existence in cultures far older than Germany….
kev35

The Pictish tribes of Scotland used the swastika a lot over a thousand years ago on their carved standing stones – here’s one in Peebles, bottom left…
http://megalithix.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/swastika-x-netherurd.jpg

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By: Lincoln 7 - 25th March 2012 at 16:15

[QUOTE=ppp;1871905]I’m glad you agree manipulating the flag is unacceptable,

Yes, your dead righht there, Personaly I dont give a monkeys what colour, or even if they perform naked.
I just don’t think that was appropriate to overlay our Union flag, with a symbol that was bound to draw adverse comments.
The Olymics will go ahead, regardless of what we say on here, regardless of colour clothing.BEN;)
Jim.
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By: Lincoln 7 - 25th March 2012 at 15:53

Hi Twin Otter. Two of my Grandchildren who attend two different schools, sadly do not have History lessons as we did when we were at school. Those who attended the Museum were very fortunate.
Jim.
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