London gets the Olympics!

[Gailh]

Wow!!!!! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

Fantastic news! I thought Paris was bound to win.

Sorry New York, sorry Moscow, sorry Madrid and sorry Paris (but not sorry Jacques Chirac - hope you enjoy your British food tonight)

Gail

[Mari]

:laugh: The Ledge as news service, you'll hear it here first...
Congrats to all the Brits! :woohoo:

and maybe a good excuse for me to visit London again, as if I need one.

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

Yay!! I didn't think we would get it! Anyone fancy coming over for it? We're only 60 miles north of London! ;)

Pip

[strandinthewind]

Yay!! I didn't think we would get it! Anyone fancy coming over for it? We're only 60 miles north of London! ;)

Pip

And - you know I am SOOOOOO going - plan on hooking up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! unless of course LB's tour is that year :laugh:

[DrummerDeanna]

That is fantastic...so much for the NY 2012 banners and crap that are everywhere :rolleyes:

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

And - you know I am SOOOOOO going - plan on hooking up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! unless of course LB's tour is that year :laugh:
It's a date! :)

[Gailh]

And - you know I am SOOOOOO going - plan on hooking up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! unless of course LB's tour is that year :laugh:
I doubt if his album will be finished by then!!!! :laugh: :laugh:

Gail

[trackaghost]

Yep, we were all cheering in the office when this was announced.
It's GREAT news! :thumbsup:

[wondergirl9847]

...unless of course LB's tour is that year :laugh:

Hee! I'm still planning on coming over for my 30th birthday next May...but 2012 is far enough away that I may come over for that too. :) Any excuse to get to England. :nod:

[SuzeQuze]

This is seven years away?

[ontheEdgeof17]

This is seven years away?


I'll be 30 in 7 years. :cool:


Congrats Brits!

[madformac]

I was in London today and hadn't heard the news!!

I wondered why Leicester Square and Tottenham Court Road tube stations were so busy on a Wednesday lunchtime!! It was manic! :lol:

I walked into McDonalds in Leicester Square and it was on the plasma screen TV "Breaking News" on Sky News.. The most bizzarre thing was, about 1/2 mile away, Trafalgar Square was packed with people celebrating and here I was and nobody was remotely bothered!! I looked around and nobody seemed to be reacting..

Quite odd... :nod: :lol:

[wondergirl9847]

MFM, perhaps they are ticked that London won because that means more foreigners and tourists coming to crowd the subway/taxis, shops, etc. :laugh:

[madformac]

MFM, perhaps they are ticked that London won because that means more foreigners and tourists coming to crowd the subway/taxis, shops, etc. :laugh:

Yeah must of hit them that some crazy Texans might come over huh? :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[wondergirl9847]

Beware of the Crazy Texans. :]

I'm hoping my mom can come with me for my birthday, but she's more scared of airplanes than I am. She has claustrophobia. :(

[Hawkeye]

I wouldnt want the olympics anywhere near me! But if this news makes the people pf London happy then great for them :nod:

[amber]

It's in the air.....it's a plane.....it's an airplane! You crazy Americans speaking kiddie talk. It's an aeroplane, aerodynamics. Tsk.
You know what else is a bizarre one? Shut up. I mean, Shut your mouth is obvious, but what is "up" ?
Very mysterious.

[strandinthewind]

You know what else is a bizarre one? Shut up. I mean, Shut your mouth is obvious, but what is "up" ?
Very mysterious.


I think it is derived from the action of the mandible closing by moving upward and thus the talking - or writing in the intransitive sense - will cease. But, as long as the desired effect is achieved - that one indeeds shuts the fu*k up - who cares :cool:

[amber]

I think it is derived from the action of the mandible closing by moving upward and thus the talking - or writing in the intransitive sense - will cease. But, as long as the desired effect is achieved - that one indeeds shuts the fu*k up - who cares :cool:
I'm glad you see my point. ;)

[madformac]

I think it is derived from the action of the mandible closing by moving upward and thus the talking - or writing in the intransitive sense - will cease. But, as long as the desired effect is achieved - that one indeeds shuts the fu*k up - who cares :cool:

You learn something everyday on here don't you? :]

I'm sure our collective minds contain all kinds of wonderful yet totally useless information...

Ahh, Amber... "Invisible" Amber... :lol: I wondered where you where hiding.. I thought I was catching you up post wise.. I'm only about 13,500 posts behind you now!!!! :blob1:

[amber]

You learn something everyday on here don't you? :]

I'm sure our collective minds contain all kinds of wonderful yet totally useless information...

Ahh, Amber... "Invisible" Amber... :lol: I wondered where you where hiding.. I thought I was catching you up post wise.. I'm only about 13,500 posts behind you now!!!! :blob1:
Well, I didn't really post all weekend. :D

[madformac]

Well, I didn't really post all weekend. :D

I'm on a post spurt right now....

I tend to fire off a lot in a short space of time and then nothing for quite a while...

:laugh: :laugh:

p.s. I just re-read that and I think it came out a bit wrong.... :eek: :laugh:

[strandinthewind]

Well, I didn't really post all weekend. :D


It was your birthday :cool:

[strandinthewind]

I'm on a post spurt right now....

I tend to fire off a lot in a short space of time and then nothing for quite a while...

:laugh: :laugh:

p.s. I just re-read that and I think it came out a bit wrong.... :eek: :laugh:


Did you break a sweat :laugh: :wavey:

[madformac]

It was your birthday :cool:

Yes I wasn't around to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! :blob2: :woohoo: :blob1:

So there it is...... :thumbsup:

[strandinthewind]

I wouldnt want the olympics anywhere near me! But if this news makes the people pf London happy then great for them :nod:


I had a BLAST when they were here in Atlanta in '96 and I was in Athens last year. I like stuff like that though :cool:

[madformac]

Did you break a sweat :laugh: :wavey:

No Comment.... :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

I do have a habit of putting words in rather a dubious order... Such an order that they tend to sound just wrong...... :shrug: :D

[strandinthewind]

No Comment.... :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

I do have a habit of putting words in rather a dubious order... Such an order that they tend to sound just wrong...... :shrug: :D

You mean you weren't talking about coming on The Ledge?

[amber]

I'm on a post spurt right now....

I tend to fire off a lot in a short space of time and then nothing for quite a while...

:laugh: :laugh:

p.s. I just re-read that and I think it came out a bit wrong.... :eek: :laugh:
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Speaking of my weekend.....

It was your birthday
I know, and 4th of July weekend. What's yer point? :) It's weird, when I go on vacation, I'm incredibly busy. I guess because I always go on a "barbecue and party" holiday. Anyways.

[madformac]

You mean you weren't talking about coming on The Ledge?

I'm not quite sure now :confused: .. I thought I was coming on The Ledge but I tend to come and go in a lot of places these days.. You were saying about your birthday weekend Amber? ;) :lol:

Anyway, I'm not coming now, I'm going.... 'night dudes.... :wavey:

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

Hee! I'm still planning on coming over for my 30th birthday next May...but 2012 is far enough away that I may come over for that too. :) Any excuse to get to England. :nod:
You're coming over in May?! We must meet up!

Pip