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:
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."
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...
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.
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.
Women's sports. :rolleyes:
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...
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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:hmm:
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.
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.
:pinch:
Good for deepthroating.
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:hmm:
Some of those chicks are a bit on the butch side.
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:hmm:
Some of those chicks are a bit on the butch side.
No, you don't say!
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:hmm:
Is this a promo shot for "Human Centipede 3: Arkestra Does Water Polo"?
Quote from: Warspite on 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.
So why didn't you apply to watch the women's pole vault ?
Those would probably be the hardest tickets of all to get.
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:hmm:
Some of those chicks are a bit on the butch side.
Overall, looks quite good to me.
#2's ham steaks are intimidating, and #3's KD Lang do is not appealling, but otherwise I'm in.
Seems like they've got too many women crammed into that shot. It would be much better if it contained only half as many of them, at least they wouldn't be on top of each other blocking the interesting views. Sometimes there is too much of a good thing.
Quote from: DGuller on June 23, 2011, 08:29:28 PM
Seems like they've got too many women crammed into that shot. It would be much better if it contained only half as many of them, at least they wouldn't be on top of each other blocking the interesting views. Sometimes there is too much of a good thing.
All at once, plz.
Jesus Christ! Are you trying to get me fired? Thank God it's lunch break.
A non-pornographic magazine cover can get you fired?
Quote from: jimmy olsen on June 23, 2011, 10:51:53 PM
Jesus Christ! Are you trying to get me fired? Thank God it's lunch break.
Amen!
If you're lucky, you get to watch on the megascreens slow motion replays of underwater fouls: when they grab each other's costume there's some interesting view.
L.
Quote from: Jacob on June 24, 2011, 12:55:10 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on June 23, 2011, 10:51:53 PM
Jesus Christ! Are you trying to get me fired? Thank God it's lunch break.
Amen!
I'm curious--the picture is of a magazine cover. Would you really get in trouble for that? On the other hand, the racist, sexist, and otherwise obsene thread titles might cause some problem for me if someone was to read them.
I applied for £400 worth and got £40 worth - two for the men's artistic gymnastics, the type with horses, vaults, rings and asymmetric bars :mmm: I win on aesthetics over women's waterpolo!
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Quote from: Brazen on June 24, 2011, 08:53:19 AM
I applied for £400 worth and got £40 worth - two for the men's artistic gymnastics, the type with horses, vaults, rings and asymmetric bars :mmm: I win on aesthetics over women's waterpolo!
But Arkestra gets to see an actual sport being played. :contract:
Applied for £800ish and got £100 - two tickets to the boxing. Happy with that but would hope I'll be able to pick up some more. Be a real shame not to get a chance to go to the stadium itslef during the Olympics.
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Quote from: Jacob on June 24, 2011, 12:55:10 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on June 23, 2011, 10:51:53 PM
Jesus Christ! Are you trying to get me fired? Thank God it's lunch break.
Amen!
I'm curious--the picture is of a magazine cover. Would you really get in trouble for that? On the other hand, the racist, sexist, and otherwise obsene thread titles might cause some problem for me if someone was to read them.
I'd be fired so fast I'd get whiplash.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on June 24, 2011, 11:23:31 AMI'd be fired so fast I'd get whiplash.
Given that, given the nature of languish and given that you've now divulged this information I'd refrain from browsing languish at work, were I you.
And i suggest you stop when not at work as well...