# Olympics **URL:** \ **Category:** Chatting over the Back Fence\ **Created:** [July 31, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/olympics/22912 "2012-07-31T19:35:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![System1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/olympics/22912/1 "2012-07-31T19:35:38Z")
Seems a bit strange you can get a gold medal for pointing a gun at a target and squeezing your finger while others have to run over 26 miles or lift huge weights etc. … ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/olympics/22912/2 "2012-07-31T19:59:13Z")
Arthur sounds like they ‘said’: [color=blue] > Seems a bit strange you can get a gold medal for pointing a gun at a > target and squeezing your finger while others have to run over 26 > miles or lift huge weights etc.[/color] So my response to Arthur’s comment is… Or play over 540 minutes of ‘futbol’, 3 games to qualify for quarter finals, then gotta win 3 or 4 more. – Stevo ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 9:51pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/olympics/22912/3 "2012-07-31T21:51:56Z")
Arthur, [color=blue] > Seems a bit strange you can get a gold medal for pointing a gun at a target > and squeezing your finger while others have to run over 26 miles or lift > huge weights etc. > [/color] That’s nothing. The guy who’s considered the father of the modern Olympic games, Pierre de Coubertin, wanted to have Olympic competitions in the arts. [http://www.geekosystem.com/pierre-olympic-gold-medal-lit/](http://www.geekosystem.com/pierre-olympic-gold-medal-lit/) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 4:41pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/olympics/22912/4 "2012-08-01T16:41:33Z")
Never tried target shooting have you? On 7/31/2012 11:35 AM, Arthur wrote:[color=blue] > Seems a bit strange you can get a gold medal for pointing a gun at a target > and squeezing your finger while others have to run over 26 miles or lift > huge weights etc. > > . > > [/color] ---
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On 31/07/2012 19:51, Douglas Black wrote: [color=blue] > That’s nothing. The guy who’s considered the father of the modern > Olympic games, Pierre de Coubertin, wanted to have Olympic competitions > in the arts. > > [http://www.geekosystem.com/pierre-olympic-gold-medal-lit/](http://www.geekosystem.com/pierre-olympic-gold-medal-lit/)[/color] It actually happened. ## For example, in 1948, the last time the Summer Olympics were held in London, Alfred Thomson, a Brit, won Gold in oils & water colours whilst a fellow Brit, John Copley, got a Silver in engravings & etchings aged 73, at the time the oldest competitor (but now no longer considered so because Arts no longer part of Olympics). Simon Novell/SUSE/NetIQ Knowledge Partner * * * ## Do you work with Novell technologies at a university, college or school? If so, your campus could benefit from joining the Novell Technology Transfer Partner (TTP) program. See [novell.com/ttp](http://novell.com/ttp) for more details. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 5:45pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/olympics/22912/6 "2012-08-01T17:45:54Z")
On 8/1/2012 7:13 AM, Simon Flood wrote:[color=blue] > On 31/07/2012 19:51, Douglas Black wrote: > [color=green] > > > That’s nothing. The guy who’s considered the father of the modern > > Olympic games, Pierre de Coubertin, wanted to have Olympic competitions > > in the arts. > > > > [http://www.geekosystem.com/pierre-olympic-gold-medal-lit/](http://www.geekosystem.com/pierre-olympic-gold-medal-lit/)[/color] > > It actually happened. > > For example, in 1948, the last time the Summer Olympics were held in > London, Alfred Thomson, a Brit, won Gold in oils & water colours whilst > a fellow Brit, John Copley, got a Silver in engravings & etchings aged > 73, at the time the oldest competitor (but now no longer considered so > because Arts no longer part of Olympics).[/color] > [http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/When-the-Olympics-Gave-Out-Medals-for-Art-163705106.html#ixzz21kgMbSez](http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/When-the-Olympics-Gave-Out-Medals-for-Art-163705106.html#ixzz21kgMbSez) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 5:46pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/olympics/22912/7 "2012-08-01T17:46:45Z")
On 8/1/2012 7:13 AM, Simon Flood wrote:[color=blue] > On 31/07/2012 19:51, Douglas Black wrote: > [color=green] > > > That’s nothing. The guy who’s considered the father of the modern > > Olympic games, Pierre de Coubertin, wanted to have Olympic competitions > > in the arts. > > > > [http://www.geekosystem.com/pierre-olympic-gold-medal-lit/](http://www.geekosystem.com/pierre-olympic-gold-medal-lit/)[/color] > > It actually happened. > > For example, in 1948, the last time the Summer Olympics were held in > London, Alfred Thomson, a Brit, won Gold in oils & water colours whilst > a fellow Brit, John Copley, got a Silver in engravings & etchings aged > 73, at the time the oldest competitor (but now no longer considered so > because Arts no longer part of Olympics).[/color] Gotta say it makes sense (though I wouldn’t have stripped the winners from the record books - that seems a jerk move) on your marks gets set get ready SCULPT! ---
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On Tue, 31 Jul 2012 16:35:38 +0000, Arthur wrote: [color=blue] > Seems a bit strange you can get a gold medal for pointing a gun at a > target and squeezing your finger while others have to run over 26 miles > or lift huge weights etc. > > .[/color] Oh, I don’t know. Who’s John Galt? ---
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True, but you also get to choose what you want to train in, to try for the gold medal, so if you’re, shall we say “enthusiastic” enough to pick running the marathon, instead of target shooting, you’ve only yourself to blame! : ) – Susan Novell Community Chat Moderator [http://forums.novell.com/faq.php?faq=novfor#faq\_rules](http://forums.novell.com/faq.php?faq=novfor#faq_rules) [http://www.ncci.org](http://www.ncci.org) NCCIrregulars Web Site [https://www.facebook.com/groups/NCCIrregulars](https://www.facebook.com/groups/NCCIrregulars) Please read the following before posting in here: [http://preview.tinyurl.com/27zopdy](http://preview.tinyurl.com/27zopdy) ---
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LOL! How true. Tangent: I’ve been thinking how unfair life is for other athletes when Michael Phelps became the most decorated Olympian in history. To be fair they would have to have: Skeet shooting (1 skeet) Skeet shooting (2 skeet) Skeet shooting (4 skeet) Skeet shooting relay (4 skeet, 4 people, one gun) Skeet shooting facing backwards looking into a mirror One eyed skeet shooting Skeet shooting using live doves Skeet shooting using live pheasants Synchronized skeet shooting (doubles) Synchronized skeet shooting (team) etc. etc. – Kim - 8/2/2012 7:59:41 AM ---
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not to mention killing all the skeeters ## – Sewermonger Sewermonger’s Profile: [http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=63](http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=63) View this thread: [http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=458428](http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=458428) ---
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The Olympics seem to be going fairly smoothly, fingers crossed. ## – JAMES GOSLING ‘[www.jamesgosling.com](http://www.jamesgosling.com)’ ([http://www.jamesgosling.com](http://www.jamesgosling.com)) ‘[www.novellblog.com](http://www.novellblog.com)’ ([http://www.novellblog.com](http://www.novellblog.com)) jamesgosling’s Profile: [http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=9688](http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=9688) View this thread: [http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=458428](http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=458428) ---
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LOL! I read recently that the last London Olympics in the early 1900’s they used live birds. Times DO change, thank goodness. : ) – Susan Novell Community Chat Moderator [http://forums.novell.com/faq.php?faq=novfor#faq\_rules](http://forums.novell.com/faq.php?faq=novfor#faq_rules) [http://www.ncci.org](http://www.ncci.org) NCCIrregulars Web Site [https://www.facebook.com/groups/NCCIrregulars](https://www.facebook.com/groups/NCCIrregulars) Please read the following before posting in here: [http://preview.tinyurl.com/27zopdy](http://preview.tinyurl.com/27zopdy) ---
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Yes, from our perspective in California,they look great, the venues are fantastic, the athletes are doing a great job with just a few exceptions, and it’s been lots of fun to watch. And I don’t particularly like sports! LOL! – Susan Novell Community Chat Moderator [http://forums.novell.com/faq.php?faq=novfor#faq\_rules](http://forums.novell.com/faq.php?faq=novfor#faq_rules) [http://www.ncci.org](http://www.ncci.org) NCCIrregulars Web Site [https://www.facebook.com/groups/NCCIrregulars](https://www.facebook.com/groups/NCCIrregulars) Please read the following before posting in here: [http://preview.tinyurl.com/27zopdy](http://preview.tinyurl.com/27zopdy) ---
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Hey Susan, [color=blue] > Times DO change, thank goodness.[/color] Hey, with live pheasants, at least the athletes would have something fresh to eat instead of McDonalds after the competition. – Kim - 8/6/2012 12:45:57 PM