Olympics 2012 - What's made you smile today

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  1. Jenny namaste

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    I'm an unashamed fan of young Tom Daley, the Diver.
    He's on at 3pm this afternoon and I've had butterflies in my tum for him all morning. I shall smile from the moment I see him enter the pool and I'll be smiling from ear to ear if he and Peter Waterfield pull it off this afternoon.:dancy:
     
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    Valiant effort but not good enough- 4th place with the Chinese excelling as always. One dive went wrong and that's was enough to put them outside the medals. Mexico surprised everyone . The "dark horses" came 2nd with such a consistent programme.
    I'm still smiling though as they beat many of the world's best.
    Well done Tom and Peter,
    Jenny
     
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      If I get to see them on TV, then looking at some of the cross country horse jumps that I had a part in the making of should make me smile.
       
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        Just two pretty rubbish photos.:frown:

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          I've got to be honest, over the last couple of days, its not so much the athletes that have made me smile, but the efforts of some of the support staff; The Met Police have been in brilliant humour with the crowds (especially the motorcycle guys), and the Olympics staff wearing the 2012 uniforms (purpley tops and brown trousers) along the cycle race routes have been equally good with all the visitors.

          Sadly, the same cannot be said of the muppets that were responsible for controlling the road closures - they properly let the side down - however, that is another story altogether.
           
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            The empty seats at the football always raises a smile :)
             
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              The British men getting the team Bronze in the gymnastics (so nearly silver)

              The 'BBC Presenter's List of Things to say when the British don't win', including such gems as, 'Fourth is the hardest place to finish'; 'So, so close'; and my personal favourite .... 'You must be disappointed?' to which, I'm still waiting for the reply 'No actually, I came here to lose'
               
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                I've been smiling all day.....in relief of not watching the Olympics:hapydancsmil::heehee:
                 
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                  Me to, and also grateful that alien flying saucers haven't been attacking the London stadium. Please PM me if they appear and perhaps I'll start watching things again.
                   
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                    GB womens football team were outstanding this evening against Brasil.. no matter what you say about womens football, I would go as far to say some of the quality tonight was as good as I've seen when England men play.
                     
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                    Well, that's not saying a lot, Stephen, when you think how the England Team has fared recently:heehee:
                     
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                    :smile: I can't believe how anyone can be negative about such a fabulous worldwide spectacle and little old Britain are hosts......WOW.
                     
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                      And they accept a yellow card more graciously than our male divas!! My OH enjoyed watching them too.
                      :love30: Well done gals:yay:
                       
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                      What surprises me is that all the problems of the world seem to have gone.
                      The tpo 10 News evens every day are Olympic.
                      No disasters, no murders, no warfare.
                      Has such activity evaporated?
                       
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                      Watching Phelps win his 19th olympic medal yesterday in the relay to become the highest ever winner of olympic medals.

                      Rusty
                       
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