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dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts) Sat Jul 28, 2012, 06:40 PM Jul 2012

Check this out- Beach Volleyball game on Horseguards Parade.

Canada v Team GB earlier today.

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Check this out- Beach Volleyball game on Horseguards Parade. (Original Post) dipsydoodle Jul 2012 OP

Great pic. Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #1

ditto. eom ellenfl Jul 2012 #2

This is just too surreal. oldironside Jul 2012 #3

Like hearing "now serving from the Downing Street end" on the commentary (nt) muriel_volestrangler Jul 2012 #8

Exactly. oldironside Jul 2012 #10

So pardon my ignorance but shouldn't they play this on a ... er .... beach? non sociopath skin Jul 2012 #4

They imported the beach dipsydoodle Jul 2012 #6

With respect, that's a heap of sand. non sociopath skin Jul 2012 #7

How often is lawn tennis played on a lawn? muriel_volestrangler Jul 2012 #9

The sky is straight out of a John Constable painting fedsron2us Jul 2012 #5

I am so envious of people that can paint clouds... truebrit71 Aug 2012 #11

Warren Stupidity

(48,181 posts)

1. Great pic.

Reply to dipsydoodle (Original post)

Sat Jul 28, 2012, 08:24 PM

Jul 2012

ellenfl

(8,660 posts)

2. ditto. eom

Reply to Warren Stupidity (Reply #1)

Sat Jul 28, 2012, 10:16 PM

Jul 2012

oldironside

(1,248 posts)

3. This is just too surreal.

Reply to dipsydoodle (Original post)

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 01:31 AM

Jul 2012

Flashman must be turning in his grave.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,315 posts)

8. Like hearing "now serving from the Downing Street end" on the commentary (nt)

Reply to oldironside (Reply #3)

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 08:51 PM

Jul 2012

oldironside

(1,248 posts)

10. Exactly.

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #8)

Mon Jul 30, 2012, 06:46 AM

Jul 2012

Although (and I'm sure this has been said before) I'm shocked they aren't holding the shooting events in Moss Side. (Braces self for storm of Mancunian ire)

non sociopath skin

(4,972 posts)

4. So pardon my ignorance but shouldn't they play this on a ... er .... beach?

Reply to dipsydoodle (Original post)

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 06:00 AM

Jul 2012

I believe you do have one or two a bus ride away from the Smoke.

Or are they all too pebbly?

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dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)

6. They imported the beach

Reply to non sociopath skin (Reply #4)

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 07:00 AM

Jul 2012

non sociopath skin

(4,972 posts)

7. With respect, that's a heap of sand.

Reply to dipsydoodle (Reply #6)

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 10:58 AM

Jul 2012

A "beach" has to have water next to it, yes?

That's how we do it up here.

"Beach" .... "Building material"

"Building material" .... Beach

Seemples.

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muriel_volestrangler

(101,315 posts)

9. How often is lawn tennis played on a lawn?

Reply to non sociopath skin (Reply #4)

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 08:53 PM

Jul 2012

Wimbledon is grass, at least, but it's not the lawn of a building; and most of it is on the wrong surface altogether.

I suppose you could have got them to play on Maplin Sands, tides permitting ...

fedsron2us

(2,863 posts)

5. The sky is straight out of a John Constable painting

Reply to dipsydoodle (Original post)

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 06:53 AM

Jul 2012

truebrit71

(20,805 posts)

11. I am so envious of people that can paint clouds...

Reply to fedsron2us (Reply #5)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 10:12 AM

Aug 2012

....i dabble in oils once in a while, and am really good at dramatic skies, but I'll be buggered if I can paint a cloud to save my life...

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