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Boat Race Spoilsport

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bagitha Sun 08-Apr-12 07:03:35

What a spoilsport that swimmer in the Thames was during the Boat Race! What a dramatic race otherwise too, with an Oxford blade lost and then one of their team collapsing at the end!

Annobel Mon 09-Apr-12 16:02:22

Also 'nutter'.

Hunt Mon 09-Apr-12 15:56:23

Returning to original post, I think ''spoil sport'' absolutely sums it up.

glammanana Sun 08-Apr-12 19:27:23

I bet that there are a lot of GNers who could give her a head start in the "I am so beautiful" title.Talk about being big for your boots ?

Sbagran Sun 08-Apr-12 18:57:31

Miaow!!! She's my sister !!!!!

Only joking grin !!!

Have never heard of her but then I don't suppose she's heard of me either - hey ho!

jeni Sun 08-Apr-12 18:41:39

I just have! Yuk!

Anagram Sun 08-Apr-12 18:37:49

Google her, if you do!

Annobel Sun 08-Apr-12 18:37:16

And, by the sound of her, I don't think I want to know more about this woman.

Annobel Sun 08-Apr-12 18:31:40

Never heard of her.

jeni Sun 08-Apr-12 18:13:30

Who or what is she?

Anagram Sun 08-Apr-12 18:12:01

Yes, it's the smug, self-satisfied opinion she has of herself that people hate. What possessed her to write that article?

granbunny Sun 08-Apr-12 18:09:17

and her face! you forgot her face! flat, too round and lop-sided!

crimson Sun 08-Apr-12 17:11:59

I think the problem with Samantha Brick isn't what she said [which has an element of truth in it] but her perception of herself as being incredibly attractive to men [therefore despised by her own sex]. I mean, she's got a big bum and a flabby stomach; does she not own a mirror confused.....

jeni Sun 08-Apr-12 17:04:49

Who? confused

Greatnan Sun 08-Apr-12 17:02:38

He sounds like Samantha Brick!

gangy5 Sun 08-Apr-12 17:01:01

Absolute twit Probably mucked up the entire sequence of events for one and all.

jeni Sun 08-Apr-12 16:19:32

That was git not hit still angry

jeni Sun 08-Apr-12 16:18:59

Stupid hit! angry

Annobel Sun 08-Apr-12 15:51:45

I agree, bags but he really must be unhinged!

bagitha Sun 08-Apr-12 15:41:24

Anyone who describes himself like that is something I can't write on GN!

Annobel Sun 08-Apr-12 15:38:39

apps.facebook.com/theguardian/sport/2012/apr/07/class-warrior-boat-race

Annobel Sun 08-Apr-12 15:38:19

The irony is that this idiot has had a very elitist education and describes himself as "rich, open-minded, multidisciplinary, efficient, focused, intelligent, honest, unique".

http://apps.facebook.com/theguardian/sport/2012/apr/07/class-warrior-boat-race

bagitha Sun 08-Apr-12 15:21:27

I like the fact that you described the spoilsport as an anarchist, pogs. I think that fits him neatly. I'm surprising myself at being much more angry about this than I would have expected. I'm not really a sports follower. Perhaps it's the fact that I think selfish bastards like him are a waste of space and planetary resources. Gosh! I am very cross.

The thing is, there is a beauty in the skill of those team rowers. It is incredibly hard to achieve. I know this from firsthand experience as a team dancer. It's just hellish to go and wreck something beautiful and hard to achieve out of nothing more than spitefulness. What a nasty piece of work he is! angry

POGS Sun 08-Apr-12 15:06:01

Sorry if I have offended any communists it's just the theory and the practice do not function anywhere in the world. If it did I guess we could accept the priciple had a good basis. Really no offence intended.

POGS Sun 08-Apr-12 15:01:31

Very good point about the boats capsizing Sbagran. Who knows there are sailors who cannot swim, maybe that could apply to the teams, he would'nt know. The sad thing is he would view them as rich kids who would deserve to drown probably because of his dillusional world. I still think there is some sort of mental problem in the minds of these anarchists. I bet he would not go to Russia or China and tell them those at the top are elitist yet he probably likes communism given the point he was trying to make.

Sbagran Sun 08-Apr-12 14:01:37

Here here! What an idiot that swimmer was.
Could he not be charged with endangering life?
Obviously, if he is daft enough to risk his own life that is his decision but what if the rowers had overreacted at seeing him in the water - one or both of the boats could have capsized with possible fatalities.
I have no problem with anyone protesting but putting people's lives at risk is a different matter angry