ready ... steady ...??

Well, there seems to be a plentiful supply of fireworks for this years Commonwealth Games in Dehli. Unfortunately they're not of the pyrotechnical / Guy Fawkes variety. With only days to go to the big opening, stadiums, accommodation and transport networks are still unfinished [according to the media]. I suppose you do have to bear in mind they've only had 7 years to get ready.lol. Rome wasn't built in a day you know.

serious head on for a moment!

These CWG's have been dogged by problems right from the start. Corruption, bribery, politicians taking back-handers [that would never happen in the U.K], workers living in sub-standard conditions and many deaths due to poor health & safety. I guess you have to wonder for who's benefit these games are being held. It almost seems like a repeating of the fiasco for the World Cup in South Africa. Billions of £'s splashed out on fancy venues for a 'knee's up' lasting a couple of weeks, but just a few streets away people are living in poverty with no jobs, no food or even clean drinking water. Yes, i'm sure a 80,000 seater stadium will come in very handy for a homeless child whose only source of income comes from picking up bits of recyclable plastic from the local rubbish dump. I guess someone, somewhere, is making a nicer little earner out of it.    

Normal service now resumed..

Top athlete's are now pulling out of the games due to safety fears over terrorist attacks, unfinished accommodation and not being able to source a decent cup of tea. And it's got so bad the officials are now starting to alter various events to cater to the conditions.

1. Pole vaulters will now be using scaffolding poles in their events.
2. Discus throwers will now be using roofing tiles, with medals being awarded to those who can get their tile closest to the 12 year old boy who's perched on the stadium roof with his hammer and nails.
3. Swimmers can't start a race by diving off the blocks because of a leak there's only 3 feet of water in the pool.
4. Instead of the weightlifters pressing barbells above their heads they'll be expected to hold up the ceiling instead.

In fact the only event that's guaranteed to go without a hitch is the long jump, mainly because supplies of building sand are endless.

And now access for pedestrians has become a big nightmare due to the footbridge linking the main car-park and the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium collapsing !! Apparently there's was too much rain last week!? Experts have been brought in to try and sort out the accessability problems...

... so far they've come up with a giant trampolene, unlimited use of Billy Smart's Human Cannonball and Evel Knievels stunt bike!!