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Old 27-07-2012, 20:11   #75
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Re: Olympics have officially Begun - But...

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I don't think that is the meaning at the heart of the Olympic games.
Exactly, way back in the mists of time it was based around military skills & who could kick whose arse. Standing armies & bloody battles were a bit pricey & costly in bods, so they sort of agreed to sending several of their best arse kickers along every 4 years to do the proverbial kicking & just remind each other who exactly was the Doggies danglies in said kicking.

Now if they reverted back to that sort of performance I might well be interested.
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