http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45545 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:19:39 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45545#post-131199 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 08:33:39 +0000 FlashArry 131199@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>False alarm -</p> <p>Equestrian, archery and field events combined into a re-enactment of Agincourt : could also act as a down-select for the paralympics.</p> <p>What ? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45545#post-131192 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 07:25:45 +0000 FlashArry 131192@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Oh dear ... here we go again ? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45545#post-131180 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 05:00:08 +0000 dvo4fun 131180@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Sack race. First CEO of Olympic partner company sacked for incompetence wins. </p> <p>'Three Legged' race [paralympics only]. The person with most limbs wins </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45545#post-131179 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 04:57:14 +0000 dvo4fun 131179@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Weight Lifting and High Diving combo. Last one to the surface wins. Bonus 'style' points for cracking the floor tiles of the pool on the way down. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45545#post-131163 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 00:16:24 +0000 thisisall1word 131163@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I think the long jump and high jump could be combined easily enough and every competitor could do it at the same time - everyone could start doing a jump when the gun goes off, last person to hit the ground wins. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45545#post-131162 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 00:14:03 +0000 thisisall1word 131162@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Synchronised 100m? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45545#post-131157 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 22:31:34 +0000 FlashArry 131157@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>or skewered by a Bovril-crazed javelinista </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45545#post-131156 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 22:26:33 +0000 Ironduke 131156@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>before being picked off by the modern pentathlete with a sniper scope </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45545#post-131154 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 22:18:41 +0000 FlashArry 131154@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>... swashbuckling through the other runners ... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45545#post-131071 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 13:25:33 +0000 Gerontius 131071@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Inpsired choice of Olympic event beau<br /> Putting the shot....down.<br /> And carefully too, so as not to make a hole in the lawn.<br /> The way our transport system is shaping up it appears a marathon run will be pretty much compulsory for all competitors - regardless of which event they hope to be taking part in.<br /> Can you imagine the marathon being won by one of the fencing competitors who missed the bus. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45545#post-131069 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 13:03:02 +0000 beau-jolly 131069@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>In the words of my wize old dad:<br /> You should have started out earlier then you wouldn't have had to run.</p> <p>How about:<br /> Putting the shot down<br /> Going around rather than over the hurdles </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45545#post-131065 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 12:51:39 +0000 Gerontius 131065@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Isn't there an NB sub in which the marathon runners are made to wear a Foghorn Leghorn chicken outfit.<br /> You could put a shark in the Olympic size swimming pool.<br /> Really make them earn that gold medal </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45545#post-131054 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 12:09:23 +0000 cinquecento 131054@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>As one with little stomach for watching people run around, it occurs to me that the marathon actually includes all the other running events within it. If they simply noted whoever was in the lead at 100m, 200m, 400m, etc etc all the way out to 26 miles then we could save about a week and a lot of tedium. </p> <p>Any other efficiency proposals? </p>