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Poms gloat over medal tally

Aug 26 11:05am

Gloating has been taken to new heights with English newspaper The Sun going to the time and expense to produce what UK correspondent Nuala Hafner has described as 'mobile gloating units'. They've even shipped one to Australia!

The trucks' giant posters compare our medal tally to theirs and throw our controversial tourism campaign right back at us.

It's caused an uproar in the Soapbox. Here are some of your comments:

Sandra did some quick research:
For every Olympics since Seoul (1988) (including Seoul to Beijing (inclusive also), the
Gold Medal Tally stands: Australia: 69 Great Britain: 42.
Where the Bloody Hell have the poms been for the last 20 year? Let's take out a billboard poster for that one!

From Shirley, a joke:

How many Brits does it takefor them to win at the
Olympics...

NON, just Australian coaches!

I think it's a compliment that the Brits compare themselves with us as a measure for success in sports! Andrea

How many Golds were won by Scots or Welsh? They are seperate identities in Commonwealth Games but become 'Great' Britain for the Olympics. Gil

36 Comments Report Abuse

11. woo4you - Aug 26 03:49pm

I've never gloated in my life!

12. woo4you - Aug 26 03:54pm

you want to go for it reply to theses coments! i'll be waiting Kotchie and Beretts waiting for you. Then we'll see more Aussies fail!

13. woo4you - Aug 26 08:36pm

john williams will love my song. Hey true blue, are you havin a spew? did you stuff up at the olympics and didn't win may golden trinkits? hey true blue, true blue was just bad shoes? did the bikes not go so fast when the pommies kicked your slow a**? hey true blue true blue was it just you?

14. woo4you - Aug 26 08:40pm

did you think you'd beat us at games? now you have to come home in shame! true blue true blue it's all over for you! Now before you go crying for more funding just remember how much money we plugged in! true blue true blue see you in 2012 and you'd better be prepaired as well cause we are going to

15. woo4you - Aug 26 08:44pm

smash you good just like we know peterson could! True blue truuueee bluueee! See you at the ashes Aussies we'll get them back don't forget who beat you at the last world cup and remember the war? yes we won two of them as well! oh and the racing hamilton beats webber every week! oh and tennis no no

16. woo4you - Aug 26 08:48pm

forget the tennis! but remember eddie the eagle he was a champ a silly sod but still a champ! come on Aussie come on put out the barbie, leave the shielas alone put down the tinny and grab the egg and spoon! you can do it. but always remember THERE WILL ALWAYS BE AN ENGLAND!

17. bebbybebb - Aug 26 09:05pm

Kotchie & Beretts you use the word 'gloat' when the Brits celebrate their Olympic medal wins, but describe the Aussie wins as 'sensational'. Come on guys show a bit of praise for the Poms, deep down you know they're brilliant. Don't let your inferior complexes get in the way of good & fair judgement

18. gsmith19772000 - Aug 27 06:21am

You are forgetting one thing here. Great Britain includes the total medal count of 4 countries. Australia is just 1 country. If the poms want to REALLY count medals then show us the figures for ENGLAND. :)

19. gsmith19772000 - Aug 27 06:43am

Maybe we should include the medal count for Australia, New Zealand and Asia just to keep things fair. That would put the Austrasian Gold Medal count to 97. Put that on a billboard you Great Brittish cheats.

20. arithon269 - Aug 27 07:35am

congratulation to the poms..just one question how much was spent to get the result ..australian do love to win at the games but money is not poured in to get the result

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