Where Stones Are Set

Grand view

Dai Jakes is a trifle bored with all the whining about empty seats and security gaffs at these London 2012 games. By the Heavens, if moaning and griping were olympic events, some peole would be sure fire Gold medal winners, including my good self but I digress.
I want to talk about the venues. One thing these games have, and have in abundance are historic places to hold the events. Don't think so? Allow me to change your mind.

Wimbledon for tennis.
Lord's cricket gound: archery.
Horse Guards Parade: beach volleyball.
Earls Court: again for volleyball
Greenwich Park on the River Thames and London's oldest Royal park dating back to 1433: Equestrian events.
Hyde Park: Triathlon, 10k Open Water Swim.
Regents Park: road cycling
Royal Artillery Barracks: Shooting, Paralympic Shooting, Paralympic Archery
Wembley Stadium: football.

I don't think we're doing too badly myself. No disrespect to America and Australia but being younger countries, Sydney and Atlanta couldn't offer spots like the above for olympic venues. Yeah yeah that bridge in Sydney harbour is nice enough but its hardly London Bridge with all the class and elegance this old timer has. These places haven't simply been knocked up in the last few years, these are iconic venues which have made their mark on hundreds of history books.
Im willing to wager that every great British writer from Milton to Amis has walked through Greenwich Park. And Horse Guards Parade? The political HQ for the United Kingdom. I bet that place could name drop a few important folk if it were able to lay it stony hand on a tongue.
So while we have admittedly had a few mishaps, having these games in London has at least been visually pleasing. A lot of racing videogames have their circuits screaming around the capital city, and I always thought it cool to see Big Ben and Parliment in the background as I whizzed by in a modded Skyline. Always knew a major sporting event would look good there and now we know for certain.

Okay interwebz, continue with thy moaning. Dai Jakes has left the building.

Our Daley Bread

All this talk about who should light the flame for London 2012 is a nonsense. Everyone knows it ought to be Daley Thompson, if only for this computer game alone.

Experiment le Euro 2012

Dai's team

Dai Jakes is not a football fan but as there is no getting away from Euro 2012 will get involved in score predictions to see how accurate a non football fan with no knowledge of the sport whatsoever can be with the results.

Today scores according to Mr Jakes:

Poland 1 ~ Greece 1 (Actual score Poland 1 ~ Greece 1)

Czech Republic 2 ~ Russia 1 (Actual score Czech Rep Russia )

Wales Grand Slam Winners 2012

We did it! Wales grand Slam 2012 winners!

Mr Jakes 2012 Predictions

That sappy Nicholas Cage will die.

Executions will fall again.

Britain will bring back flogging.

Swansea will stay in the premier league.

North Korea will blow itself up.

England will finally become civilized.

Scarlets win the Magners league.

Videogames get accepted as the new film.

Slippers become cool.

Everyone suddenly starts spealking Welsh.

George Lucas dies.

Jesus makes good on his word and pops back for a visit.

So does Satan.

Sharks start to walk the earth.

The compact disc is gone.

Ditto penguins.

Whisky begins flowing from taps (faucets).

Football blows itself up.

Nintendo and Sega merge to form a superpower.

Uwe Boll makes a good film.

Nintendo and Sega merge to form a superpower.

Everyone finally understads British humour.

Colour is spelt COLOUR.

2012 Olympics will be a total disaster.