Sitting on the Olympic Porch
So London won the 2012 Olympics…
Bollocks! I'll never be able to afford a mortgage in East London now!
In classic British style, no one expected an outcome like this. It was taken as a given that London wouldn't win. Quite frankly I fail to see how the city will be able to deal with the influx of people. The tube system is grossly inadequate to deal with the amount of passengers we currently have, and it is not looking like any real improvements will take place, ever. It's just too hot a potato for anyone to handle.
Furthermore, above ground the transport possibilites (if you can call them that, - I prefer to refer to them as transport IMPOSSIBILITIES) leaves plentifold to be desired.
Congestion charge or no congestion charge, most of London is permanently gridlocked.
Then there's the issue of the Government being capable of handling events of this size.
More than half of the people dumb enough to purchase tickets for the new years Millenium Dome launch spent that evening queuing because their tickets hadn't been sent out in time. Everytime a big event takes place in London, trouble flares up.
Thugs, activists, breezers, hooligans and the like all seem to want to get 'stuck in' when the city is at capacity.
Perhaps the most important point is this: does anyone really care about the Olympics anymore? The football teams suck, all the women look like men and all the men look like walking steroids.
Put shot? What? Equipage? Give me a break..
The Olympics are a waste of media space, Britain won't win anything and terrorists are going to have a field day.
We don't even know if 2012 is ever going to happen. The world could end sometime in 2011. What good would the Olympics do then. I suppose most of the athletes are so artificial that they would be able to go through with it even after a nuclear war.
Booo! Get real jobs!
But worst of all, with all the bloody coverage the Olympics entail I am sure that Quincy will be put on the backburner for the duration of the games.
Bollocks! I'll never be able to afford a mortgage in East London now!
In classic British style, no one expected an outcome like this. It was taken as a given that London wouldn't win. Quite frankly I fail to see how the city will be able to deal with the influx of people. The tube system is grossly inadequate to deal with the amount of passengers we currently have, and it is not looking like any real improvements will take place, ever. It's just too hot a potato for anyone to handle.
Furthermore, above ground the transport possibilites (if you can call them that, - I prefer to refer to them as transport IMPOSSIBILITIES) leaves plentifold to be desired.
Congestion charge or no congestion charge, most of London is permanently gridlocked.
Then there's the issue of the Government being capable of handling events of this size.
More than half of the people dumb enough to purchase tickets for the new years Millenium Dome launch spent that evening queuing because their tickets hadn't been sent out in time. Everytime a big event takes place in London, trouble flares up.
Thugs, activists, breezers, hooligans and the like all seem to want to get 'stuck in' when the city is at capacity.
Perhaps the most important point is this: does anyone really care about the Olympics anymore? The football teams suck, all the women look like men and all the men look like walking steroids.
Put shot? What? Equipage? Give me a break..
The Olympics are a waste of media space, Britain won't win anything and terrorists are going to have a field day.
We don't even know if 2012 is ever going to happen. The world could end sometime in 2011. What good would the Olympics do then. I suppose most of the athletes are so artificial that they would be able to go through with it even after a nuclear war.
Booo! Get real jobs!
But worst of all, with all the bloody coverage the Olympics entail I am sure that Quincy will be put on the backburner for the duration of the games.
posted by tseuq at 7/06/2005 02:31:00 pm
3 Comments:
I agree, London is one of the worst, most expensive and tiring places to get around in the world. The last thing the city needs is the olympics! It is not like the current leadership needs to deal with it anyways as they will all be out of office in the 'burbs watching it on tv. Good luck Carlsson! (Joep)
They'll probably put the congestion charge up to £20, add a congestion charge to the tube, and rip down anything interesting in East London. Can't wait to seee the traffic. 2012 will be a great summer for walking.
A congestion charge on the tube.. sadly it is more likely a proposition than it sounds, me thinks...
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