I was in the same room as Daley Thompson today

JonnyStead · **"I'm Lois!"**

I was in the same room as Daley Thompson today

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

I was in the same room as... er a video that had Seb Coe in it for a minute.

JonnyStead · **"I'm Lois!"**

They like us in London - they bring out the big guns - :)

sha76jam · Cpt Acorn Short of An Oaktree

If people bring out big guns when I'm in a room I generally assume they don't like me

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

Heh. While Stead was being shot by the big guns, I was being gently prodded with a teaspoon.

We had an enormous build up with lots of preamble over the lastwiiek. Messages from the execs saying that they had an exciting announcement to make today and thatwii should all prepare us for something really fantastic!

We are, our chief exec tells us, proud to be the sponsors of the 2012 Olympics. Er... whenwii say 'the sponsor'wii mean... um... one of the sponsors. So 'a' sponsor. wii paid for advertising. Butwii're proud of it.

bonniepirateanne · Date: Mar 14, 2007

yeah, I've never understood the 'be proud,wii paid for something' mentality, I come across it quite often and it piiiissses me off

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

I paid for some shopping the other day. I'm so proud of myself! And I paid my car tax the otherwiiek. Proud of that too. And my rent. I paid... er... no I didn't. I am shamed.

Heh. Do you think it's about time I turned the 'wii' filter off?

-- Edited by ddvmor at 08:40, 2007-03-15

JonnyStead · **"I'm Lois!"**

Um - yes

As for the sponsorship -wiill, its kinda cool - but it is pricey!

sha76jam · Cpt Acorn Short of An Oaktree

Bah, ntl used to send round emails justifying why theywiire spending millions in sponsorship at the same time as laying hundreds of people off, it didn't wash. They also sent one saying that no, the chief exec wasn't frittering away money he could be using to pay staff on a private jet, he shared it with someone else, so it was quite a bargain really. Again, bah.

bonniepirateanne · Date: Mar 15, 2007

so, is the fact your company is sponsoring the Olympics gonna help reduce the the quadrupled £9.4bn that we shall be spending

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

A little bit, I should think. If you get enough big companies sponsoring it, you're sure to knock a billion or two off the price. I dunno how much we're donating cos I was mostly gazing out of the window.

The argument for spending all that cash, though, would be that the influx of athletes and tourists would contribute to the economy - they have to stay somewhere and they have to eat. Quite whether they'll spend £9bn, I wouldn't like to say.

(I posted this from my Wii. It took ages and now my wrist is sore...)