Seems as if youre not allowed to take any fluid into the olympics greater than 100ml, even drinking water, so coca cola are going to make a lot of cash selling fizzy drinks then.
There are water fountains available inside the venues, so take an empty bottle and fill it up once you're in.
some of us dont want to drink water from a fountrain used by others and some like to drink tea, and coffee along with soft drinks.
over the top profiteering by the vendors of drinks.
Would you rather someone sumggled in a liquid bomb ?
If you have a water bottle with you,
please ensure it is empty before
you reach security as there are
no facilities to empty bottles at the
search tents. Free drinking water
is available inside the venue.
What's wrong with getting water from a tap that others have used?
or just fund a multinatioanl drinks comapny.
trolltastic......I cant wait to go to the Olympics, havent given a moments thought to what I'm going to drink.
Free drinking water is available inside the venue.
Ah, right, so no point in getting out my angry Anti-Olympic words for this thread then?
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over the top profiteering by the vendors of drinks
It'd be massively naive to expect anything different.
Just another reason to stay well away from the whole mad parade...
surely as coke are sponsoring it there'll be free coke products on tap too?
bit of a ballache about the tea/coffee but guess it's on par with airport security so fair enough.
What's so fair about aiport 'security'?
some of us dont want to drink water from a fountrain used by others
And some people have weird psychological issues which do a fine job of helping the proliferation of the utterly wasteful stupidity that is bottled water...
what's the tea/coffee ballache?
weeeeeell airports are [i]apparently[/i] a notorious terrorist attack target so they tend to have beefed up security. And [i]apparently*[/i] the olympics have a big terrorist bullseye painted on it too so by that reasoning I'd expect similar security.What's so fair about aiport 'security'?
As with airports you are choosing to go there so you have to abide by the security policy (as was not the case with the tower block SAMs)
*how true this is I don't know
EDIT BTW if everyone is refused bringing drinks in but someone still manages to sneak a liquid bomb in by some ingenious "look at that over there" distraction I'd be pretty peeved, the "illusion of security" just impeding normal lives but not actually stopping those pesky terrorists is bit of a downer.
erm you can't take anywhat's the tea/coffee ballache?
As you're not allowed to bring in bottles,
But you're not allowed to take in empty bottles either. 🙄
And also excluded:
? Flags of countries not participating in the games (this excludes the flags of nations under the umbrella of a participating country such as England, Scotland and Wales).
Does this badly written piece of text mean the Saltire is banned from football matches at Hampden?
Official info:
"Bring as little as possible with you: one medium-sized handbag or small backpack is allowed per person. There are no storage facilities available. You can bring food, provided it fits in your bag, and an empty plastic water bottle to fill up inside the venue. You cannot bring in liquids over 100ml."
I use bottled water sales to identify idiots 😉
Although, weirdly, my wife won't drink water from our bathroom tap even though she knows it's the same as from the kitchen 😕
Although she is from Brazil.
So how many olympic events do you have tickets for project? Let us know which ones and with the massed might of the stw combine we'll smuggle the component parts of a kettle and a tea bag into each event for you, along with a filter system to purify our own collected tears
I've seen homebrew liquid explosive go off. Jesus titty fricking Christ.
You can also bring in ten containers of 100ml to make up a total of a litre. Time to get your tupperware out!
But you're not allowed to take in empty bottles either
[i]The Locog spokesman said... If you've got a bottle of water you might be asked to empty it but you'll be able to take that bottle in and fill it up when you get to the other side[/i] [url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15110730 ]from BBC article[/url]
just aslong as it's not glass
Tempting to regard this as revenue protection rather than security protection, isn't it....
Regarding the comparison with airport security - it seems rather fallacious to me. Someone taking a liquid explosive on an aircraft has a good chance of taking down the plane.
what's the tea/coffee ballache?
erm you can't take any
Yes you can, if you desperately want to. In 100ml bottles, up to ten of them. Or i suspect you'll be able to buy it in the venue, even though CocaCola don't make it.
Shit's sake people, have we nothing better to do that argue about what to drink at the world's greatest sporting event happening right here, in two weeks time!
Joao - your wife's right - almost certainly your bathroom tap will come from a tank in the roof, which will have a dead pigeon and some rat shit in it.
yes but in light of all the other security measures being taken it's either all a very big ploy or they're pretty confident the event is going to be targetedTempting to regard this as revenue protection rather than security protection, isn't it....
Someone taking a liquid explosive on an aircraft has a good chance of taking down the plane.
Whereas a bottle of liquid explosive in say a stadium with 80,000 close packed people will be a minor annoyance?
Tempting to regard this as revenue protection rather than security protection, isn't it....
Regarding the comparison with airport security - it seems rather fallacious to me. Someone taking a liquid explosive on an aircraft has a good chance of taking down the plane.
With bottled water in most shops costing more per litre than diesel I suspect free drinking water will be more widely inside the Olympic venues than any other public venue in the country. How many public drinking fountains do you pass each day?
Actually, liquid explosive is cheaper than bottled water
ten 100ml bottles of tea doesn't = one thermos of the stuff does it? I was just saying it might be a pain for the tea drinking hardcore, I was actually agreeing with the measures - kindof
Agreed, but at least you can get it in. Now you need a heating device. Something solar clearly being out of the question, I shall attempt to rewarm mine to drinking temperature using the heat from the collective rage of the tea drinking, thermos wielding hardcore.
Just stoking what is turning out to be a good argument. it's not trolling if I admit it upfront, is it?
Why does anyone with any self-esteem actually pay money to be treated as a suspect rather then staying away and telling the organisation to do one?
pay money to be treated as a suspect
I'm paying money to see the greatest sporting event on earth.
I'm prepared to udertake some basic security checks / accomodate some security restrictions so that my fellow spectators and i can enjoy the event safely.
If I was going to pay someone to wear a uniform and frisk me, it would be far cheaper than i've paid for these tickets, wouldn't be a member of the same sex, and would last longer than the 15 seconds or so i reckon this will last.
Whereas a bottle of liquid explosive in say a stadium with 80,000 close packed people will be a minor annoyance?
Indeed.
Explosives need confinement to be effective (speaking as someone who studied explosives in mining...)
So a packed aluminium tube - be it bus or underground train, and the effects are likely to be devastating.
In an open arena - has to be very different.
Not saying that is good - just potentially a different scale of likelihood and effect
Security at sporting events is usually pretty lax, and the Olympics won't be any different. I was told i couldn't take a laptop into Wembley for a game a while back. I queried it, the security guy went to find his manager so i just walked off.
mleh whats your problem
just pick up a sporty supersized coke at MaccyD's!!
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illusion I was referring to, eg ticket checkers in train stations, I've seen people take ages rooting through their bags to find their ticket, eventually found it but in the meantime some scrote has just walked passed when challenged and none of the checkers made a move. SO you only stop the polite people then?I queried it, the security guy went to find his manager so i just walked off.
I've accidentally gone through airport security (greece iirc) with a 2l bottle of water and wasn't challenged.
you'll be able to take that bottle in and fill it up when you get to the other side from BBC article
That's an old article and differs from current information:
Explosives need confinement to be effective (speaking as someone who studied explosives in mining...)
So a packed aluminium tube - be it bus or underground train, and the effects are likely to be devastating.
Or in Warrington : a bin.
Hampden Park, StirlingCrispin? 🙄
It couldn't possibly be the case that there would be different rules for different venues?
You cannot bring in liquids over 100ml*, including water –but at most venues you can bring an empty plastic water bottle and fill it up at water points inside venues.
That was copied and pasted from the Olympic website, FYI.
I'll probably just take my camelbak mule with me and fill it when I get in there.
But what if someone is taking a baby and needs bottles of milk? Same applies to a plane. Is there an exception and you have to test it to prove it's okay?
You're only moaning beacuse you haven't got a ticket.
Someone taking a liquid explosive on an aircraft has a good chance of taking down the plane.
Would this be the same liquid explosive that requires lab conditions to manufacture in situ as it is non-transportable?
All they need to look for is the water baths and calibrated thermometers 8)
I can bet you won't be allowed to take anything more than a compact camera too!
Every music gig I've been to in the last 3-4 years that I've bothered taking a camera to I've been told to leave it outside/in cloths lockers as they aren't allowed due to exisitng obligations (to contracted photographers).
The fact its the only digital camera I have, and the fact I'm not affiliated with any tog/media contracts totally misses them.
But what if someone is taking a baby
don't take a baby to an event they will have no recollection of in the future?
Why does anyone with any self-esteem actually pay money to be treated as a suspect rather then staying away and telling the organisation to do one?
Probably the same reason that some people don't apply similar logic to forum threads about subjects they don't like.
