Steve Ovett on 'who's the greatest'

The Brits have taken our language and rendered it intolerable to the ear. I can't believe I listened to the whole thing.

what race is that like 9 seconds in? when he throws his hands up to show hes juss chillin... so badass

my favo(u)rite runner!

Check these:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlutJFSdAYk

(different parts)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txkz8VLO3iE&feature=related

+ Coe:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX-7bJazAZI&feature=related

Cram one somewhere as well

Those where the days!

The poms have ruined "your" language?

You do know that the US was discovered largely by poms don't you?

God yanks are ignorant.

You have made some contribution to the language though, such as taking out key vowels, ie favo(u)rite, colo(u)r and flavo(u)r.

And let's not forget your contribution in the wider context of the world:

- Iraq

- securitization of mortgage debt causing a global economic recession

- Lance Armstrong

Bush was mild by comparison wrote:

The poms have ruined "your" language?

You do know that the US was discovered largely by poms don't you?

God yanks are ignorant.

You have made some contribution to the language though, such as taking out key vowels, ie favo(u)rite, colo(u)r and flavo(u)r.

And let's not forget your contribution in the wider context of the world:

- Iraq

- securitization of mortgage debt causing a global economic recession

- Lance Armstrong

Wow! Ever misunderstood anything ever?

I apologise to all you yanks. I though it was only you who didn't get sarcasm. I guess you're spreading that this side of the pond too now.

The race 9 secs in was his heat in the '89 AAA champs. He didn't make the final though and Coe won it(final) after almost falling and getting run over.

Don't forget the yanks contribution in WW2 or your language would now be German.

try wrote:

Don't forget the yanks contribution in WW2 or your language would now be German.

you do realize our language largely IS German.

Don't you mean Russia?

anglo saxon wrote:

you do realize our language largely IS German.

The European Union Commissioners have announced that agreement has been reached to adopt English as the preferred language for European communications rather than German, which was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations, Her Majesty's Government conceded that English spelling has some room for improvement and has accepted a five-year phased plan to what will be known as EuroEnglish (Euro for short).

In the first year, "s" will be used instead of the soft "c." Sertainly, sivil servants will resieve this news with joy. Also the hard "c" will be replaced with "k." This will make English konform to German, a more proper language. Not only will this klear up konfusion, but typewriters kan have one less letter.

There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced by "f." This will make words like "fotograf" 20 persent shorter.

In the third year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. Governments will enkorage the removal of double letters, which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling. Also, al wil agre that the horible mes of silent "e"s in the languag is disgrasful, and they would go.

By the fourth year, people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" by "z" and "w" by "v." Vuns again mor in konformans wiz German.

During ze fifz year, ze unesesary "o" kan be droped from vords kontaining "ou," and similar changes vud of kors be aplid to ozer kombinations of leters.

After ze fifz yer, we wil hav a reli sensibl riten styl. Zer vil be no mor trubls or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi to understand ech ozer. Ze drem vil finali kum tru!

The worldwide jealousy of those towards the USofA humors me. Not everyone of course, some out there appreciate that we have been protecting their as*ses for 100 yrs or so. The haters on the other hand are like teenagers who hate their parents and appreciate nothing from them. And unfortunately you may get your wish as BHO continues to pull our country towards the European model...you know...since that has worked so well.

God damn that was hilarious.

huge wrote:

Wow! Ever misunderstood anything ever?

I apologise to all you yanks. I though it was only you who didn't get sarcasm. I guess you're spreading that this side of the pond too now.

Apology accepted (even though you misspelled "apologize," like most of your countrymen). You Brits are generally very good-humored [sic], but I guess our "securitization of mortgage debt causing a global economic recession" has left some of you a little touchy.

Brits are just jealous they don't have two studs like Derrick and German in their midst. Keep replaying that old documentary of Seb Coe...maybe he'll come back!!

hahaa

jsquire is the greatest!

jsquire, that made my day. thanks.

Standing ovation wrote:

jsquire is the greatest!

Yes, he is very good at finding funny things on the internet and reposting them.

SMJO wrote:

The race 9 secs in was his heat in the '89 AAA champs. He didn't make the final though and Coe won it(final) after almost falling and getting run over.

So Ovett was STILL ducking Coe even in 19 freaking 89 ???!? For the love of....