I you're fed up with the continuous hype coming out of the mouths of our BBC reporters on the Olympics, then don't worry, you're definitely not alone. Lots of my friends are sickened by it too. It's very difficult to prevent those inane reporters not ruining the whole games with their mindless chatter.
Over and over and over we get repeated a message of how such and such British competitor is about to work absolute wonders as they approach this or that event. It's all Team GB this and Team GB that, Gold gold gold. Isn't the games supposed to be a celebration of human endeavour - not just those from Britain. All the time we're made to hear how many medals are won or just missed. People who achieve 'only' bronze are made to feel disappointed even though realistically they knew from the start that they were up against world champions that had never been beaten.
Our reporters are a shambles. What they do achieve is a Gold every time for repeating and repeating a lot of crass verbiage.
I suspect that he only way one can really enjoy what is happening is to switch the sound off. Sadly I often turn away in disgust and find something 'sane' to do - like clearing out the rubbish that has been waiting to be tidied for weeks. Otherwise I'd be going insane with frustration of coping with all the emotional downside of the way I'm being made to view what I'm sure is really a great series of events with people from all manner of nations performing awe inspiring feats of will power and physical prowess.
Along with many of my age I can remember my amazement at watching in 1972 a slight young girl/woman perform very precise and scary manoeuvres on the Horizontal Bar - her name - Olga Korbut of the USSR. Would she have made the same impact if she had been accompanied by the present day crass reporting? - we'd be lucky to catch a glimpse of her nowadays - we'd be faced with in depth analysis as to why Team GB were at the bottom of the rankings - not a celebration of a truly amazing individual.
At this moment we are having Bradley Wiggins being rammed down our ear holes for the hundredth time who allegedly is to become the greatest British Olympian of all time. What will happen if he becomes a brilliant second?
True to form just now: Jonathan Edwards, to someone destined for Gold who came in 12th - after detailed psychoanalysis - "We'll tomorrow, you've a similar event - a chance to redeem yourself" - No wonder the country's in a mess ( sorry, I'm jumping the gun - disqualified - very few have admitted that we're in a mess - that has yet to dawn on most of us - meanwhile the Euro crisis rumbles on with more ultimatums to Germany and disaster for the UK is predicted round the corner).
Let's look forward to six weeks time when perhaps the real world has caught up with us and we can take real pleasure in the mundane. Yes Kite Making is definitely on the agenda - I'm already in the throws of making a Delta kite which will be ready to fly tomorrow at the latest.
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