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# Olympics or ...


story: www.newstatesman.com/blogs/business/2012/07/no-chips-olympics-because-mcdonalds-says-so
(I helped save b3ta! beaubodor blogless, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 19:00, archived)
# I shall boycott the olympics in protest.
I might not have a ticket, but that's not the point dammit!
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 19:07, archived)
# Olympic rant time:
Bastards. There is a school local to me that caters for kids with 'problems'. Instead of kicking in bus shelters for the last few months they have been making pictures and dioramas in celebration of the Olympics. Some of them are really good and the kids are very proud.
The headmaster called me and asked if we could put them on public display for a while. I had heard the rumours so contacted the Olympic committee to check.
It doesn't matter that we are a registered charity. It doesn't matter that it is a special needs school.
We are NOT allowed to host the display unless we meet certain registration criteria and pay a hefty fee.
So as far as I'm concerned they can stick their synchronised swimming up their arses.
Wankers.
(I helped save b3ta! TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 19:30, archived)
# What absolute twats.
So even though no-one stands to make any money out of this display, you still have to give money to McLympics?
I knew they were all shits, but ffs.
(I helped save b3ta! 4Q just lurking, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 19:33, archived)
# We don't even
charge admission. So, yes, all we'd end up with is a few proud parents, a few kids with a sense of achievement they rarely get and the community perhaps spared some broken glass and graffiti.
True, we might get some pounds in the donations jar that I use to buy my Ferraris, so I suppose it is justified.
I didn't ask the OC how much it was, I just told them to poke it on principal.
(I helped save b3ta! TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 19:51, archived)
# Go ahead and do it without permission
Then when the Olympics lawyers write threatening letters, go to the tabloids. "Special needs school and charity told : ditch your free exhibition or we'll sue". Tabloids love that kind of shit.
(I helped save b3ta! Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 20:09, archived)
# It is tempting
but the tabloids are not tame and you can end up anywhere doing that.
(I helped save b3ta! TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 20:16, archived)
# yeah, that unfortunately has timebomb written all over it to be honest
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 20:17, archived)
# As much as I hate the Tabloids
This is a worryingly valid idea.
(I helped save b3ta! Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Wed 11 Jul 2012, 20:16, archived)
# ^This^
(I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 20:17, archived)
# this
there won' t any threatening letters. if there is, take down the display.
(I helped save b3ta! Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 21:10, archived)
# Unfortunately
I cannot run the place on ifs and maybes. I need to produce leaflets and timetables. I try very hard to be professional, so if i say there is an Olympic display, then there is one when someone turns up to see it, not a display of flower arranging and an apology.
(I helped save b3ta! TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 21:29, archived)
# bastards
..
(I helped save b3ta! beaubodor blogless, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 19:45, archived)
# Yet another reason...
...to add to a very long list of reasons for me to despise the Olympics. What repellent moneygrubbing vainglorious coldhearted parastical cunts. You should publicise this big time and embarrass the fuck out of the turds.
(Harry Webshiter Spiggley biggley bog., Wed 11 Jul 2012, 19:48, archived)
# I did try to take it higher; this is what I received back:
I spoke today to a representative of London 2012 Olympics about your
displaying the Olympic Rings-0845 2672012. I explained your role and
the fact that you were merely going to display work done by school
children. He was adamant that the rings could not be included. They
can only be displayed etc. by "commissioned bodies". He was reading
from a list of prepared questions and answers and said this question
is frequently put to them.

I am sure this will be a blow to the two schools involved. Can they
somehow omit them or cover them up? I would be willing to speak to
whoever if you wish.
(I helped save b3ta! TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 20:10, archived)
# How about...
...displaying the pictures but covering the Olympic Rings where they appear - as suggested by the Locog apparatchik - with stickers reading LOCOG ARE CUNTS? Or LOGOG = 'picture-of-classic-pink-b3ta-cock'? Or simply CENSORED DUE TO LOCOG DEMAND FOR FEES? I can't get over how despicable they are, every fucking day produces yet another example of how morally bankrupt and obscene these Games are.
(Harry Webshiter Spiggley biggley bog., Wed 11 Jul 2012, 20:36, archived)
# one correction
it's IOC not lococks
(I helped save b3ta! Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 21:17, archived)
# Tempting
but my visitors aren't the political type, and I think the message would be wasted. We try to cater for everyone but it is mainly schools, old ladies and grand old chaps with real medals. (not ones for running fast)
(I helped save b3ta! TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 21:20, archived)
#
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdwikHqH3xw&t=4m52s
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 21:27, archived)
# Fair point
well made.
But I don't half meet some characters. Some, admittitedly, like Rimmer.
(I helped save b3ta! TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 21:40, archived)
# I was in no way trying to take anything away from your good old boys with medals.
It just popped into my head and insisted I post it.
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 21:45, archived)
# I didn't take it
that way at all :)
(I helped save b3ta! TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 21:53, archived)
# The Olympics is a fucking corporate mutual masturbation festival.
Personally, I'm done with it.

Sorry about your situation
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 19:52, archived)
# The olympics stopped being about sport a long time ago.
It's only now that the commercialism of the whole thing shows through the cracks to such a degree.

And isn't it ironic that one of the main sponsors of an event based around health and fitness, is McDonald's?
(I helped save b3ta! Bourbon Fox Bourbon is a moron, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 19:55, archived)
# We should set up our own olympics.
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 20:04, archived)
# Ours would have all the great sports the 'lympics doesn't.
Like competitive drinking, or Street Fighter 2.
(I helped save b3ta! Bourbon Fox Bourbon is a moron, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 20:10, archived)
# The 100m faceplant
(I helped save b3ta! Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Wed 11 Jul 2012, 20:18, archived)
# Not to mention the Crywanking Championships.
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 20:33, archived)
# let's not forget power flouncing.
some folk can only do it once and burn out, some can fucking flounce HARD and often! They are truly Flouncemasters.
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 20:41, archived)
# Gold to Japan then.
(I helped save b3ta! TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 20:51, archived)
# :D
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 20:57, archived)
# It depends. If we unlock the seventh seal and perform the Infernal Ritual and sacrifice a white stag at a crossoads during midnight on a moonless night...
... we might be able to summon up Bou.
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 21:14, archived)
# Oh fuck, what have I said?
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 21:16, archived)
# I hear... demonic singing
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 21:34, archived)
# The new blood do not fear Bou. They have forgotten the old magicks.
Their Saccharine-Flounce God Moggy has their hearts now.
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 21:36, archived)
# Alas, death will only be their FIRST destination this evening.
(I helped save b3ta! Bourbon Fox Bourbon is a moron, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 21:46, archived)
# I can smell that podium now...
...smells like my room.
(I helped save b3ta! Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Wed 11 Jul 2012, 20:41, archived)
# with blackjack, and hookers
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 20:38, archived)
# Oh fuck yeah.
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 21:15, archived)
# everything's improved by blackjack and hookers
except perhaps blackjack
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 22:02, archived)
# It's their proprietary right, stop being such a jerk
the spastics can rename their shit after the commonwealth games, bet that licence fee is far cheaper. You need to be more of an objective thinker
(I helped save b3ta! Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 20:02, archived)
# The person you contacted is wrong
unless there's something important missing from your story.
Their FAQ is clear on this:
School project? check
Non commercial? check

Go ahead and display, forget who you talked to.

(I helped save b3ta! Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 20:07, archived)
# The difference is
a school project is not normally open to the public, as we are, even though we are not commercial.
(I helped save b3ta! TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 20:13, archived)
# is there an entry fee?
no? then it's fine.

(I helped save b3ta! Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 20:41, archived)
# See No.19
We, as a charity, are naturally fund raisers.
"Nor can the protected marks be used for fund raising purposes"

As we ask people to come and see the exhibition then ask for donations, we fall into this. That is what they told me.
(I helped save b3ta! TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 20:59, archived)
# tried to reply twice here but it's not posted
too much to type on phone thrice, amounted to interpret faq as you like and then just do it!
(I helped save b3ta! Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 21:19, archived)
# ^
i'd add, why not explicitly ask people not to donate "because otherwise our partners on the london olympics organising committee will sue us", and add a second advert for, i don't know, an exhibition of "non-olympic art" in a back room, which turns out to be a picture of a girl with blonde hair, a rude penguin, and a discreet donations box?
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 21:59, archived)
# While the Trustees
are vaugely aware of my 'art', I'm not sure they like it. I tell a lie, I know they don't, unless 'That's nice Dear' counts as critical acclaim.
(I helped save b3ta! TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 22:20, archived)
# Sink them in the fucking sea.
(I helped save b3ta! Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Wed 11 Jul 2012, 20:18, archived)
# Wankers.
There is no other private brand which is supported in this way.

Either it is a public event, in which case this shite stops, or it is not, in which case security is funded by the Games, not by us.

Fucking shite.
(I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 20:28, archived)
# go full outrage on them
seriously, go straight to the press with this
fuck all this torch carrying headline shit
show them up for the shitbags they are
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 20:37, archived)
# Much as I would like to
I have enough trouble running the charity as it is, without making enemies or deals with the Devil (tabloids).
Although I have a big gob sometimes, I generally don't pick fights.
Especially ones I might lose.
(I helped save b3ta! TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 20:49, archived)
# Just keep telling them it's about the children, the poor, heartbroken children :'(
The extra publicity wouldn't hurt, either.
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 21:32, archived)
# i agree
lets have some good old public outrage.
(I helped save b3ta! Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 21:20, archived)
# You're the mod toasty, can't you nawty step the Olympics or something?
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 21:34, archived)
# so it's chips then?
(I helped save b3ta! Ham o' Shatner -.-- --- ..- .-. / .- .-.. .-.. / --. .- -.--, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 21:02, archived)
# Bastards
i nearly choked on my £15 fish and chips.

can you not call it a jubilee sports event to celebrate the Queen?
(I helped save b3ta! Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 21:21, archived)
# Bureaucratic stupidity
(I helped save b3ta! FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Wed 11 Jul 2012, 22:49, archived)
# CHIPS
without a doubt.
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 20:00, archived)
# Logical solution : Serve portions of chips as usual
But enclose a tiny, separately-wrapped, deep-fried fragment of fish.

Reminds me a little of this :

www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/swedish-burger-chain-defies-mcdonalds-and-uefa.html
(I helped save b3ta! Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 20:15, archived)
# alas chips plus "fragment" of fish
is how most places seem to serve fish and chips these days
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 20:18, archived)
# This^^
..
(I helped save b3ta! beaubodor blogless, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 20:55, archived)
# exactly
last three olympics no chips at all. Lococks got special permission to have fish and chips
(I helped save b3ta! Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 21:21, archived)
# Did also hear through a related discussion on this point...
That since UPS are the Olympic Carrier of Choice, that any providers within the Olympic sphere have to pay a surcharge of up to £25 if they want their packages to be delivered by their usual carrier.

Putting the fun in fun and games.
(I helped save b3ta! barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 21:25, archived)
# Hold on a fucking minute
McDonalds serves fries, not chips
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 21:25, archived)
# Shhhh...
Otherwise they'll ban anything fried.
(I helped save b3ta! barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!, Wed 11 Jul 2012, 21:33, archived)