Random Thoughts XIII

So top five countries with the most competing athletes-

1. Great Britain- 541
2. USA- 530
3. Russia- 436
4. Australia- 410
5. Germany- 392

The numbers fluctuate a bit, depending on what source your looking at, but the order remains the same.

Tuk17 wrote:

LOLOL my mom used to have "Candle parties" and Tupperware Parties". They are not in any way a party. There was always lots of food though.

eli_ wrote:

sorry if I'm an ignorant european, but what the hell is a tupperware party?

Mike` wrote:

Good ol' Wikipedia.

Quote :

Tupperware is still sold mostly through a party plan, with rewards for hosts. A Tupperware party is run by a Tupperware consultant for a host who invites friends and neighbors into his or her home to see the product line. Tupperware hosts are rewarded with free products based on the level of sales made at their party. Parties also take place in workplaces, schools, and other community groups.

Literally a person invites a bunch of others they know into their home to show off their tupperware and try and convince the guests to buy some as well. In all the old sitcoms they'd show a bunch of older women all gathering around to drink wine and look at tupperware.

Tuk17 wrote:

Omg that definition is EXACTLY what happened. Heh.

eli_ wrote:

Oh, I got it! We do that here too, only with a different name. LOL for some reason I was picturing a party where people bring food from home in their tupperware

LOL the hostess was too forcing so most of us went into the kitchen to escape her. I bought one thing though lol

Jugz da' Clown wrote:

So top five countries with the most competing athletes-

1. Great Britain- 541
2. USA- 530
3. Russia- 436
4. Australia- 410
5. Germany- 392

Would've expected something like that... I love seeing the countries with like 3 competitors haha.

Also who are the "Independent olympic participants" ??


China's already won a gold.

Two of them are from the former Netherlands Antilles which is officially part of Netherlands now.

The third is a refugee from Sudan now living in the US who wanted to run for South Sudan, but they don't have an Olympic committee, and he refused to run for Sudan/didn't qualify for the US team because he doesn't have American citizenship.

There was a big article somewhere on the internets about him.

So they're people who don't want to/can't represent a country?

They can't represent their (What they consider their country) country for whatever reason. Yeah.

I see i see

I think I should see a doctor about my arm. I've been having this pain in it for over a months, and it's getting more frequent. The pain's not too too bad, just disconcerting. It's like a hot pinching feeling (must be a pinched nerve), usually only when I'm lifting something, and I thought it just needed time to heal, but I'm getting the pain now when I'm doing nothing but typing. I tried to play volleyball at work yesterday, and each time I hit the ball my arm flared in pain. I just wanted to see if I could play volleyball, but it was stupid. I think I just aggravated an injury.

Good morning All.

Hope everyone's having a good weekend so far!

Sorry to hear about your arm Jugz. Hopefully the doctor can fix it pretty quickly for you.

I hate working Saturday...

I'm in Castro which is pretty cool. Its a lovely sunny day. I kinda wanted to take some pics but there's loads of guys just hanging around naked? There's so much junk on display here I'd feel like a bit of a perv just snapping away

Just read that 30 of the Aussie athletes are students at my uni. Cool beans.


Do not want to wake up tomorrow.

Hi guys! Just got back from my weekend at the mountains. It was lovely. It was actually cold in the evening. 38C in Islamabad and 15C in the mountains. Quite amazing. Here is the view from my room:

that's amazing Isa! what kind of trees are those?

Those are huge pines.

It's a shame it was a bit foggy, but the hills are huge. This is like 2,500m or 8,000 feet of altitude.

Beautiful picture, Isa.

It was very nice. I had a great time.

How was your weekend, Charlie?

It was great, thanks. I'm always sad when she goes back to London though.

Awww... I can understand that.

How is she doing, btw? Better adjusted now?

OMG My boss just said yes to the Berlin trip!

Now I just need to buy my tickets. Off to Germany in two weeks. Happy days!

Yeah, she's getting on much better now. Bless her. She still wishes we were closer though.

How exciting! How long are you going for?

Just had a desk assessment in work. So now I get my very own desk with a special keyboard and a special mouse. Lol. I'm also getting a fan and a micro desk. My stuff should arrive within two weeks.

Five days, I think. I'll have 3 full days there, not bad.

Congrats on your new things, Charlie. Sounds exciting.

My desk is going to look like a space ship.

That's awesome, Isa. It's going to be great.

Hope you have a wonderful time Isa!! And skills on the new desk equipment Charlie!

Oh.. My tickets are booked, but for some odd reason (probably because this country doesn't have a good record...) I can't pay through the internet. I have to go to one of their offices and pay there...