See, there's our first Olympic event - Loudest snoring in a caravan. Perhaps we should follow London's lead and not allow married couples to sleep together.
Oh am I in sooo much trouble!
My hubby Ray would win the damn snoring event by a nose
You are in soooooo much trouble now Grahame.
But I think you might be onto something here although the logistics would be hard to organise but in saying that they organise the olympics don't they?
Michelle
-- Edited by BohemianGypsy on Thursday 19th of July 2012 02:52:09 PM
Grahame Readwin said
03:37 AM Jul 19, 2012
For the next few weeks we are going to be inundated with the greatest sporting spectacle the world has ever seen. Yes, Im talking about the Olympics. Now I get as patriotic as the next man (or woman) when I see the green and gold on the podium, but lets be perfectly honest most events when viewed on TV are just plain bloody boring - beach volleyball being the exception (Ill try to get this posted quickly before the wife edits that last comment).
With this in mind, I was wondering if a caravanners Olympics could be organised. There would obviously need to be a lot of discussion and I look forward to readers suggestions on the events and where it could be held. We would have to avoid places like Victoria and South Australia as the Queenslanders wouldnt turn up too cold! Mind you, it could be a winter Olympics.
To get things moving I was thinking of events such as the van levelling time trials, nearest the ball hitch and the old classic first to empty the toilet cassette without getting any splash back!
... and lets face it we all know how to use GPS so we wont have the problems they seem to be having in London.
Cruising Granny said
04:27 AM Jul 19, 2012
So far the Olympics looks to be a comedy of errors. Buses getting lost by GPS, not enough security provided by the over-paid security organiser, and competing couples of the hetrosexual husband and wife kind not allowed to sleep together, yet the homosexual couples can. What's wrong with this picture?
Grahame Readwin said
04:47 AM Jul 19, 2012
See, there's our first Olympic event - Loudest snoring in a caravan. Perhaps we should follow London's lead and not allow married couples to sleep together.
Oh am I in sooo much trouble!
_wombat_ said
01:54 PM Jul 19, 2012
the fastest person to fold up a toilet/shower tent, that would be fun to watch
Grahame Readwin said
02:30 PM Jul 19, 2012
How about the snatch and grab section of the weightlifting. We could do it tensioning sway bars.
-- Edited by Grahame Readwin on Thursday 19th of July 2012 04:46:55 PM
kandagal said
04:59 PM Jul 19, 2012
Don't forget to add a caravan reversing competition
Hylda&Jon said
06:31 PM Jul 19, 2012
These are my suggestions:
Awning folding out and in.
Annex erection (yes! I did say annex).
Tallest tale told at a happy hour (with & without alcohol).
-- Edited by Hylda&Jon on Thursday 19th of July 2012 06:32:08 PM
gypsy rover said
06:39 PM Jul 19, 2012
Cruising Granny wrote:
So far the Olympics looks to be a comedy of errors. Buses getting lost by GPS, not enough security provided by the over-paid security organiser, and competing couples of the hetrosexual husband and wife kind not allowed to sleep together, yet the homosexual couples can. What's wrong with this picture?
....and now they've poisoned our badminton team.
Cheers!
Chris
_wombat_ said
07:15 PM Jul 19, 2012
gypsy rover wrote:
Cruising Granny wrote:
So far the Olympics looks to be a comedy of errors. Buses getting lost by GPS, not enough security provided by the over-paid security organiser, and competing couples of the hetrosexual husband and wife kind not allowed to sleep together, yet the homosexual couples can. What's wrong with this picture?
....and now they've poisoned our badminton team.
Cheers!
Chris
I had to laugh this morning on Ch9 the news report was the security people are low on employee's and now they have arrested some of them for being illegal imigrants
valnrob said
11:49 PM Jul 19, 2012
ahhhhh the mind boggles !!!!! fold up the toilet tent would be a beauty !!
Cruising Granny said
06:25 AM Jul 20, 2012
Erecting an awning, then pulling an awning down. Reversing to hitch up accuracy. Levelling accuracy. Leg winding speed. Leg winding noise, squeak, screech, grind - oh, you get it. Night annexe zipping - up AND down. The time between the up and the down. That leads to the dunny marathon, quickest time over set distance. Whizz bang decibels count. The number of whizz bangs in 24 hours. Oooh, this is fun.
_wombat_ said
02:28 PM Jul 20, 2012
the fastest person to cut the wood, set the fire, light the fire and boil the billy
Cruising Granny said
05:50 AM Jul 21, 2012
That's ok when bush camping but some parks get a bit miffed if one sets a fire if there's no fireplace.
_wombat_ said
02:39 PM Jul 21, 2012
Cruising Granny wrote:
That's ok when bush camping but some parks get a bit miffed if one sets a fire if there's no fireplace.
CG, our local council would get upset if I lit a fire in the park.
Grahame Readwin said
05:52 PM Jul 21, 2012
Our local council needs a fire set under them!
pricey43 said
06:02 PM Jul 21, 2012
_wombat_ wrote:
the fastest person to fold up a toilet/shower tent, that would be fun to watch
This would definately take a huge amount of training.
Probably have to be listed as an 'ELITE' event.!!!!!!
My hubby Ray would win the damn snoring event by a nose
You are in soooooo much trouble now Grahame.
But I think you might be onto something here although the logistics would be hard to organise but in saying that they organise the olympics don't they?
Michelle
-- Edited by BohemianGypsy on Thursday 19th of July 2012 02:52:09 PM
For the next few weeks we are going to be inundated with the greatest sporting spectacle the world has ever seen. Yes, Im talking about the Olympics. Now I get as patriotic as the next man (or woman) when I see the green and gold on the podium, but lets be perfectly honest most events when viewed on TV are just plain bloody boring - beach volleyball being the exception (Ill try to get this posted quickly before the wife edits that last comment).
With this in mind, I was wondering if a caravanners Olympics could be organised. There would obviously need to be a lot of discussion and I look forward to readers suggestions on the events and where it could be held. We would have to avoid places like Victoria and South Australia as the Queenslanders wouldnt turn up too cold! Mind you, it could be a winter Olympics.
To get things moving I was thinking of events such as the van levelling time trials, nearest the ball hitch and the old classic first to empty the toilet cassette without getting any splash back!
... and lets face it we all know how to use GPS so we wont have the problems they seem to be having in London.
What's wrong with this picture?
See, there's our first Olympic event - Loudest snoring in a caravan. Perhaps we should follow London's lead and not allow married couples to sleep together.
Oh am I in sooo much trouble!
the fastest person to fold up a toilet/shower tent, that would be fun to watch
How about the snatch and grab section of the weightlifting. We could do it tensioning sway bars.
-- Edited by Grahame Readwin on Thursday 19th of July 2012 04:46:55 PM
These are my suggestions:
Awning folding out and in.
Annex erection (yes! I did say annex).
Tallest tale told at a happy hour (with & without alcohol).
-- Edited by Hylda&Jon on Thursday 19th of July 2012 06:32:08 PM
....and now they've poisoned our badminton team.
Cheers!
Chris
I had to laugh this morning on Ch9 the news report was the security people are low on employee's and now they have arrested some of them for being illegal imigrants
Reversing to hitch up accuracy. Levelling accuracy. Leg winding speed. Leg winding noise, squeak, screech, grind - oh, you get it.
Night annexe zipping - up AND down. The time between the up and the down. That leads to the dunny marathon, quickest time over set distance.
Whizz bang decibels count. The number of whizz bangs in 24 hours.
Oooh, this is fun.
the fastest person to cut the wood, set the fire, light the fire and boil the billy
CG, our local council would get upset if I lit a fire in the park.
Our local council needs a fire set under them!
This would definately take a huge amount of training.
Probably have to be listed as an 'ELITE' event.!!!!!!
I think that is the rule for most councils