**Offical Olympic Medal Count thread**

**DAILY UPDATE**

#1. China. 30 gold, 17 silver, 14 bronze.
#2. America (FUCK YEAH!). 28 gold, 14 silver, 18 bronze.
#3. United Kingdom. 16 gold, 11 silver, 10 bronze.
#4. Russia. 4 gold, 16 silver, 15 bronze.
#5. Japan. 2 gold, 12 silver, 13 bronze.

Russia and Japan are in the top 5 for total medals Tom.
 
Lowaicue said:
It's about something not all of us really appreciate and that is 'face'. Failure is a loss of face, not only for oneself but for ones family, teachers, and society in general. We can feel embarrassed, but usually can shrug it off and get back to whatever we were doing.
I trained a young Chinese lad to take part in an English speaking competition. There was a poem, 'The Butterfly' I think, and a couple of pieces of prose. He learned them beautifully and I taught him how to match his facial expressions and mood to the text.
I left, after the last session and made him promise to call me as soon as the competition was over. He didn't call. I saw him a few days later. Well, I said, how was it?
Not good, he said.
Were you nervous, did you forget your lines? What went wrong? What did your Dad say?
Dad was very angry, he said.
I laughed. Angry? What did he do? Beat you?
Yes, he beat me.
This lad had come SECOND out of all the chinese kids in the New Territories! Second!
He explained that his father had told his workmates that his son would win. His grandparents had been in the audience dressed up to their nines. His school principal had been there. And my student who had come SECOND had let them all down.
That was possibly the worst case of oriental stupidity I have ever experienced.
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Well, I certainly wouldnt diagree with the assertion that Americans dont "really appreciate" "oriental stupidity"
 
Owl City said:
Of course, if Low were a better teacher, the kid could have avoided a beating...
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Y'know you could well be right.
Of course if you had the wit to get my point you might not have made yourself look an idiot. But there we are, I suppose.
 
Damocles said:
There's an Olympic Soccer and Darts competition?
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Well, it doesn't really matter. There is a football competition and GB was knocked out, but I think, all in all, we have made a reasonable showing thus far. From memory we need another three golds to equal our Beijing performance so we'll wait and see.
Do any of you people understand sportsmanship and the Olympic ideal?


Just wondered.
 
Owl City said:
UK's been doing well the last two days. What have they been winning at?
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All sorts of events, athletics, rowing, sailing, cycling and tennis. to name a few. Andy Murray whupped tha arse off Federer in straight sets. Federer had beaten him at Wimbledon only weeks before so it was an especially sweet victory.
 
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FN FS2000 said:
**DAILY UPDATE**

#1. China. 30 gold, 17 silver, 14 bronze.
#2. America (FUCK YEAH!). 28 gold, 14 silver, 18 bronze.
#3. United Kingdom. 16 gold, 11 silver, 10 bronze.
#4. Russia. 4 gold, 16 silver, 15 bronze.
#5. Japan. 2 gold, 12 silver, 13 bronze.

Russia and Japan are in the top 5 for total medals Tom.
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Yes, and GB has nearly three times their combined total of gold medals!!
 
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USFREEDOM911 said:
So you agree that Hong Kong is an "indivisible part of China" and that Low's assertions are just blustering, on his part.

Thanks :D

How many have GB won? :)
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Had you bothered to check you would have seen that China and Hong Kong compete separately. Oh and GB has sixteen gold medals now!!
 
Aoxomoxoa said:
Had you bothered to check you would have seen that China and Hong Kong compete separately. Oh and GB has sixteen gold medals now!!
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Had your county of Yorkshire entered an independent team, I am told it would be seventh in the medals table! Eeee by thee 'eck!

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I would have put in my two penn'th before but I had to pop down to my local (pic) for a beer with a couple a friends (that is for Dummy) who creams his jeans at the chance to suggest that one of us is an alky.
 
Lowaicue said:
Had your county of Yorkshire entered an independent team, I am told it would be seventh in the medals table! Eeee by thee 'eck!

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I would have put in my two penn'th before but I had to pop down to my local (pic) for a beer with a couple a friends (that is for Dummy) who creams his jeans at the chance to suggest that one of us is an alky.
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Yes, they have done incredibly well.
 
**DAILY UPDATE**

#1. China. 31 gold, 19 silver, 14 bronze.
#2. America (FUCK YEAH!) 29 gold, 15 silver, 19 bronze.
#3. Russia. 7 gold, 17 silver, 18 bronze.
#4. United Kingdom. 18 gold, 11 silver, 11 bronze.
#5. Japan. 2 gold, 14 silver, 14 bronze.
 
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