A Matter of Avoidance

Putting curses on anyone who mentions the O word. Not watching TV. Asking Auntie Beeb if I can have my licence fee back. I hate sport and with that and Mrs the Queens jubilee, telly has been repeats and Big Brother. It's a good thing I've got lots of books. I might even try reading War and Peace, it can't be as boring as sport.

hahahahahahahaha you are an old grump today! I am afraid my chosen sport does not have any scantily clad people but it is a lot of fun...remind me to get my Niamh to demonstrate on you next time you visit! hahahahahahahahaha xxxx

i will watch some of it but only certain events. i will carry on like usual but i am sure most of the shows i like to watch will be exempted in favor of the Olympics.

Ha ha! If it is still hot I will be spending as much time as possible outside. And as it's the summer holidays we will probably be running after children. :)

I'm NOT a fan of the Olympics myself!!! I've WiFied my house & added a Roku to my TV. Anytime I don't like what's on TV, I turn on a movie of my choice or an old series of a show that I used to adore. I've now seen every episode of Major Dad & most of Kojak!!! Yes, they are simpler than current TV shows & more family driven; but I enjoy them more!!! So, there will be NO scantily clad young people exerting themselves on my tele!!!

EuroFootball, Wimbledon. Tour de France ... Does it ever stop? I don't know what you are complaining about. My TV has an OFF button - and it has been off for months!

No way! Ironically, when something big happens in London, I find myself at a Serbian restaurant, or sone other Serb cultural event, even though I'm not Serbian. Will & Kate's wedding Had to fill out firms with my accountant only a few blocks from a Serb restaurant in Kitchener. Queen's Jubilee Conference in Kitchener near Serb restaurant, so decided to eat dinner there. Opening ceremonies of Olympics Opening ceremonies at Serbian food festival! Three days of drinking, eating, drinking, dancing, drinking, music, and did I mention drinking!? lol If you want to avoid hype in London, move to Kitchener ON.

I don't know if she still does, but when my sister was swimming competitively, she watched all the swimming competitions she could - that was the year that Mark Spitz won all those golds. That he won the butterfly was special for her because that was her strongest event. I, however, only had eyes for the horse jumping events.

However it is great that now London is being focused throughout the world for Olympics. As a British you should feel proud.

i would rather read a book and yes like you i am not into sports as well...

Hello my friend p1kef1sh Ji, To be frank at this junction of mine, when I was never facinated with sports and I am not at all a research scholar on sports, having lot many pass-time alternatively, I will never restrict other than news covering up sports. It would be just sufficient for me to know about Medal tally. May God bless You and have a great time

Olympics really? This year? I had no idea! I will most likely be doing what I do the rest of the time which is avoiding the TV unless my football team is playing or the MotoGP is on. I will be competing in sport this weekend, watching my son compete and enjoying the sunshine, going for walks, reading books, chatting with friends online. Olympics...bah humbug! I would like to watch some of the archery as I do it as a sport, but realistically, it is not likely to get TV coverage as it is as boring as watching paint dry to watch! They would prefer to televise heat after heat of people swimming from one side of the pool to the other over and over and over and over again!

Two weeks? It's nearly 3 weeks, as it started today and ends on Sunday 12th. It didn't start in the East of London though, I think it started in Cardiff. As for scantily clad young people, I'm not sure what kind of boring sports you're thinking off, I prefer the ones with people with clothes on :-) Also helmet, boots and spurs, but hopefully not bow-ties. Many of them can't really be called young either, the oldest one is 71 I think. Don't care much for the sports were they run around on their own, especially not if the involve a team and a ball. I might be tempted to view some of the more unusual ones, just because we don't get to see them too often. As for what to do, as long as you don't live right in the middle of it (in which case it might get a bit annoying), then just continue with the "usual programming". Possibly avoid too much news sendings as they will be filled with sports. Also news papers, radio and your friends status updates, but that might be better than their usual complaints anyway :-)

This would be out of the topic. I just heard and read somewhere about a bomb attack in the olympics in london this year. I really do pray that this will never happen and that it was only a hoax. Anyway, may the 2012 Olympics be successful as always as in the last years!

Well we do not watch much tv now at all. We have no interest in the olympics and will probably watch dvd's instead. We have a growing collection of dvd's which gives us lots of choice to avoid anything on tv.

`hi pikey I love t o watch most of the olmypics but the old duffers get hold of the rem ote and we get to watch re reruns oh joy. I like the swimming and boating but doubt if we will get to watch any of t he olympics at all. these old gru mps have no interest inanything modern.

i am into sports but not one hundred percent into Olympics. i should be watching the events only on tv but not in the venues physically. but anyway, instead of watching the sports fest as you asked, i should only be spending my time with my kids and my wifey, beach picnic i guess.

Hi, p1ke......I will most likely be reading. I just started Mudwoman and have a stack of other books to get to. I'm not certain how much of the olympics will be broadcast here in the states but I'm only interested in a few of the games. I do hope and pray that things there stay safe and without incident. I know a lot of $$$ has been spent on security.

I actually have to admit that I am very much so looking forward to the start of the Olympics. Now for me it isn't that I am only interested in sports every fourth year. I was raised in a family that was very sports oriented and because of that, I love sports. I was a swimmer when I was a child and swam on the high school swim team, so swimming is something that I always enjoy. Both of my children are gymnasts and though they will never reach the elite level, they both love watching elite gymnasts. We will be watching the Olympics, not avoiding them.

I am definitely one of those people that is "eh" about the Olympics. When I was younger I enjoyed the ice skating bit of the winter Olympics but that's about it. It's become more about politics than sports and athletics in some cases that it's not even remotely interesting to me anymore. I, personally, will probably be making use of Netflix to avoid all the OMG GOLD FOR OUR COUNTRY fest on the television, either that or leaving my husband to enjoy it and holing up in my bedroom with a book, or on my computer with the Sims 3.