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| Greeks urged to buy up Olympic tickets |
| 2004-07-14 |
| via Swiss Info (h/t Lucianne) - EFL By Daniel Howden - Wednesday 14.07.2004, CET 07:48 Athens Olympic organisers have called on Greeks to snap up unsold tickets to avoid greeting the world with empty stadiums when the world’s biggest sporting event comes home in a month’s time. With foreigners staying away and millions of seats unsold, Athens chief Games organiser Gianna Angelopoulos appealed to locals to pick up the slack and put on a good show in front of the world’s cameras. ...more... Bad juju in EuroLand. Big bad Merkans staying home. But that’s okay, right? They say they don’t want us - so fine, we’ll stay away. No bitchin’ allowed. |
| Posted by:.com |
| #14 I refuse to make snark about the legendary EU Discount. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-07-14 8:04:18 PM |
| #13 Yes! Aris! I'll chip in! Do you happen to have a rainbow wig? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-07-14 8:01:56 PM |
| #12 Aris, You should buy a ticket! Hold up a sign that says "Rantburgia" for us too. |
| Posted by: Charles 2004-07-14 6:17:00 PM |
| #11 Beijing Olympics preview... |
| Posted by: .com 2004-07-14 5:41:51 PM |
| #10 Or all of the above. I'm sure Salt Lake City is happy to lose the bribe money now either way. It would be intersting to see if Al Queda tries to screw with the Beijing Olympics when the time comes. Those commies can be so unforgiving. |
| Posted by: yank 2004-07-14 5:39:26 PM |
| #9 "It was this round of olympics that had the bribery scandals wasn't it?" You are probably thinking of the one before, yank. Or the one before that. Or maybe the next one after this one. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2004-07-14 3:54:36 PM |
| #8 The Greeks have got to be wondering if having the olympics this go round was worth the millions in bribes they probably had to pay. It was this round of olympics that had the bribery scandals wasn't it? |
| Posted by: yank 2004-07-14 3:43:47 PM |
| #7 are the enough greeks to cover the shortfall??? |
| Posted by: Dan 2004-07-14 3:42:54 PM |
| #6 I hope it's a good show. The Greeks have pulled their fingers out of their collective ass in the last few weeks, and as I understand it, just about everything should be up and running in time for the start of the games. It would be tragic (no pun intended) if Athens 2004 were spoiled by the Islamists, whether by an actual atrocity or simply by the threat of it. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2004-07-14 2:52:45 PM |
| #5 With foreigners staying away and millions of seats unsold, Athens chief Games organiser Gianna Angelopoulos appealed to locals to pick up the slack and put on a good show in front of the world’s cameras. If they want to put on a good show, turn loose a whole bunch of soccer hooligans in the stands. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-07-14 11:45:33 AM |
| #4 All of Africa? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-07-14 8:39:20 AM |
| #3 LOL Lucky! How about the Kiwis? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-07-14 7:54:00 AM |
| #2 Added venues include the exploding shot-put, diving for IEDs, and the 100 meter "run like hell there is a beheading going on" race. |
| Posted by: Capt America 2004-07-14 3:27:39 AM |
| #1 Pretty funny. What idiot thought that having the olympics in the terroists 90210 would be cool? The french will be tapped out after July. The Germans will come, to drink, the booze they bring. The blokes will come to riot, costing more than they spend. The Nords wont come any closer than the nude beaches and they'll spend big there. The Spaniards will come and dance (and sleep) in the streets but wont spend any cash. The Russians will come and steal cars. The Polish wont come as nobody asked them, plus they have no cash. The Canadieans will come after the games are over to take advantage of their pesos. The Mexicans never come they immigrate, so no cash no go. South Americans don't count, period! The Chinese are labor bound and wont be attending, plus their cash is in the state banks earning interest. The Japannese are way to smart to mess with the intangibles. Am I missing anyone? |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-07-14 2:16:21 AM |
