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Synthbuttrange
May 6, 2007

https://twitter.com/LieslTesch/status/744879791279603712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Good start.

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Synthbuttrange
May 6, 2007

blowfish posted:

Major asteroid strike cratering half the country?

Yeah but then we'll have space bugs to worry about.

Synthbuttrange
May 6, 2007

quote:

Parts of a mutilated body have washed up on the sands of Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro just meters from where beach volleyball athletes will compete in the upcoming Olympics.

Synthbuttrange
May 6, 2007

A New Zealand sportsman was forced into a car by armed police and made to withdraw the equivalent of $800 in Rio de Janeiro over the weekend, just 13 days before the Olympics are set to start in the city.

The police, who warned him not to report the incident and made efforts to avoid being seen, detained Jason Lee after pulling him off a highway into the city on Sunday.

:allears:

Synthbuttrange
May 6, 2007

Elias_Maluco posted:

It reminds me, early in the XX century an austrian thinker living in RJ wrote a book called "Brazil: The country of the future" , and this phrase was kinda of adopted like a national slogan

To this day some people here still expects it to become true, but for most is just an old inside joke

EDIT: a group of transexuals tried to mug an australian reporter in Rio http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2016/07/26/channel-nine-reporter-christine-ahern-mugged-in-rio/

Good, channel nine are scum.

Also we'll have our own games! With blackjack! And hookers!

quote:

Russia's banned track and field team are to compete in their own event in the wake of their Rio Olympics ban.

Synthbuttrange
May 6, 2007

Lucy_Cominato posted:

And yesterday night,in Angra dos Reis, some people stole the torch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N64qg1-zRE8

Olympic Torch Is Stolen and Flame Extinguished In Rio By Angry, Protesting Government Workers Who Haven’t Been Paid In Months

“Protests have continued to roil the lead-up to the 2016 Summer Olympics, with the opening ceremony just over a week away. On Wednesday night, government employees angry over delayed salary payments took to the streets in Angra dos Reis, a city near Rio de Janeiro, and confronted the procession carrying one of the Olympic torches.

“Chaotic scenes caught on amateur video show a crowd of young people appearing to steal the torch from the procession and then extinguish it. Local news reports said that the Brazilian military eventually disbanded the protests using tear gas and rubber bullets, and in return were showered with rocks and bricks by the crowd. One child was reportedly injured. The torch relay was temporarily halted.”

Noice.

Synthbuttrange
May 6, 2007

The Chef de Mission of Australia's Olympic team Kitty Chiller is meeting with Olympic Village and IOC officials after a small fire at the team's accommodation revealed fire alarms had been silenced.

Lmao

Synthbuttrange
May 6, 2007

Kitty Chiller is now claiming that Australian athletes got their poo poo stolen while evacuating from the dumpster fire. :allears:

Synthbuttrange
May 6, 2007

Yeah I'm in a large apartment block and it regularly gets tripped. We have a few stages of alarms. 1st one is 'get out if you need exercise or have nothing better to do'. 2nd is 'maybe get your valuables together, we're going to do an warning over the building intercom. 3 is the actual fire.

Synthbuttrange
May 6, 2007

Two Australian Olympic rowing coaches have been robbed at knifepoint while walking to their hotel in Rio de Janeiro.

They then had their citizenship cancelled for not knowing how to play This is a knife.

Synthbuttrange
May 6, 2007

Lmao he fled the country

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Synthbuttrange
May 6, 2007

Mr. Nemo posted:

So, all in all, better than expected, right?

Pretty much. Biggest fuckup was Lochte :haw: Honorable mention to the green fart pool.

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