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Started by Warspite, June 22, 2011, 05:16:21 PM

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Warspite

June 22, 2011, 05:16:21 PM
So I put in for £400 worth of tickets in the ballot, and got £100 debited last month from my account. The allocations came through today:

1. Rowing (Men's fours final and some lightweight events - not bad)
2. Water Polo quarterfinals (AWESOME)

Then I look harder, and realise that through a lapse of concentration during my initial application, I've bought WOMEN'S waterpolo tickets.

:cry:

:weep:
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alfred russel

#1
June 22, 2011, 05:22:55 PM
I imagine the Olympic Committee was thrilled by your order. "See George, I told you that someone would buy the Women's Water Polo tickets at £50 per. And with still a year to go before the event we can still sell the rest of the seats at £10, or failing that give them to handicapped children."
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Admiral Yi

#2
June 22, 2011, 05:24:21 PM
I'm not enough of a water polo afficianado to understand why tickets to the womens' event is such a disaster.  Now if it had been womens' weightlifting...

jamesww

#3
June 22, 2011, 05:28:37 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on June 22, 2011, 05:24:21 PM
I'm not enough of a water polo afficianado to understand why tickets to the womens' event is such a disaster.  Now if it had been womens' weightlifting...

It's probably because Croatia are big in mens water polo.

ulmont

#4
June 22, 2011, 05:29:09 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on June 22, 2011, 05:24:21 PM
I'm not enough of a water polo afficianado to understand why tickets to the womens' event is such a disaster.  Now if it had been womens' weightlifting...

Nothing wrong with womens' weightlifting, except for the superheavyweights.

Ed Anger

#5
June 22, 2011, 05:36:07 PM
Women's sports.  :rolleyes:
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Josquius

#6
June 22, 2011, 06:34:14 PM
You're upset about seeing a bunch of women in swimming costumes rather than men without body hair weaing apple catchers?
Is women's water polo really so much worse? Its not exactly a sport that sets the world on fire usually...
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jimmy olsen

#7
June 22, 2011, 06:36:53 PM
Quote from: Tyr on June 22, 2011, 06:34:14 PM
You're upset about seeing a bunch of women in swimming costumes rather than men without body hair weaing apple catchers?
Is women's water polo really so much worse? Its not exactly a sport that sets the world on fire usually...
I have to agree with Tyr on this one.
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June 22, 2011, 06:50:20 PM


:hmm:
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Warspite

#9
June 23, 2011, 04:08:05 PM
Water polo is not a sport conducive to a hot frame on women.

Still, at least it's another opportunity to enjoy the Olympic Experience(tm) of transport chaos and overpriced food and drink all in a delapidated part of London.
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MadBurgerMaker

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June 23, 2011, 04:25:19 PM Last Edit: June 23, 2011, 04:27:09 PM by MadBurgerMaker
That kinda sucks.  Women's water polo is, like all women's sports, slower than the men's version, but it's not as bad as the WNBA vs the NBA, for example.  They do still beat on each other too if you're in to that thing. 

One of the more interesting broken noses I ever saw happened during a women's water polo game in high school.  Chick A got the ball in the center, so naturally her defender, chick B, went to foul her.  Chick A wasn't having any of that shit, and chick B didn't fuck her up enough to get the whistle, so A kicked up and spun around with her elbows up to take a shot, and caught B just in the right spot on the side of her nose.  There was this weird kinda crunchy noise plus the "UUGH" type sound B made (you could hear all this in the stands), and her nose was like...sideways.

DGuller

#11
June 23, 2011, 04:53:19 PM
:pinch:

The Brain

#12
June 23, 2011, 04:56:17 PM
Good for deepthroating.
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#13
June 23, 2011, 05:36:18 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on June 22, 2011, 06:50:20 PM


:hmm:

Some of those chicks are a bit on the butch side.
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Grey Fox

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June 23, 2011, 05:38:05 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on June 23, 2011, 05:36:18 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on June 22, 2011, 06:50:20 PM


:hmm:

Some of those chicks are a bit on the butch side.

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