Comments on: The Beijing Limp Pix – Auf Wiedersehen.

By: justrecently

justrecently — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:24:42 +0000

OK, it’s nice to see the back of the games, but haven’t we all come to know each other better? The Laowai world and the Middle Kingdom? Who can claim that knowing one another better always leads to love and admiration?
As for the Games themselves, I enjoyed the Games, i. e. soccer, table tennis, hockey (a bit), and basket ball (a bit). Marathon, steeple chase runs etc. look boring to me. Matches are no less hard work and training, but they are exciting. What’s meant to be exciting about marathons is beyond me. About as great as excuse-me dances.

By: MyLaowai

MyLaowai — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:51:03 +0000

On a pro rata basis, y’all got yer arses handed to you.

Please find below the top 10 nations, listed on a pro rata basis by population:

1st Jamaica
2nd Bahamas
3rd Iceland
4th Slovenia
5th Norway
6th Australia
7th Bahrain
8th Mongolia
9th New Zealand
10th Estonia
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22nd Great Britain
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44th United States
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65th Red China

Of course, if you measure it by GDP, on a pro rata basis, then 1st place goes to North Korea (2nd place to Zimbabwe – so looks like all of Red China’s friends are there).

Sux to be fair…

By: Pro-rata, you got your arse kicked

Pro-rata, you got your arse kicked — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:02:18 +0000

Hmmmm.

Australia – 21.3 million people:
Result – 14 Gold / 15 Silver / 17 Bronze / 46 Total

“Great” Britain – just under 61 million people:
Result – 19 Gold / 13 Silver / 15 Bronze / 47 Total

2.86 times the population = 1 extra medal. Sounds like a crap performance to me.

Given population equal to Britain’s, Australia would have won:
40 Gold / 42 Silver / 48 bronze / 130 Total

Face it – the average Australian is well over twice as good as every (very) average Pom at sport.

And this is your country’s best result since 1908!!!