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The 2012 Olympics
Silentbanksy:
If you buy a drink on an Olympic venue, like a Coke or a Sprite, they remove the caps and then give you the drink. You're not allowed bottle lids, as they are a "throwing nuisance"
The bottles are fine though.
:l
Blue Kitty:
--- Quote ---A timing error in the last second of the bout led to a 20-minute delay and a controversial decision in the women’s individual épée semifinal today between South Korean Shin A Lam and German Britta Heidemann, one that has the Korean refusing to leave the piste.
With one second remaining in the match, Heidemann needed to score a touch on Shin to win the match. (Shin would have advanced if they finished the round tied.) The clock then got stuck, allowing Heidemann several extra seconds to score, which she did. Officials then congregated for a long time discussing their options before finally awarding the win (and a chance at the gold medal) to the German.
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LTK:
--- Quote from: Silentbanksy on 31 Jul 2012, 13:17 ---If you buy a drink on an Olympic venue, like a Coke or a Sprite, they remove the caps and then give you the drink. You're not allowed bottle lids, as they are a "throwing nuisance"
The bottles are fine though.
:l
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I hear the same practice is used at the local summer festivals. To my sister they said that a bottle with a cap is more dangerous when you hit someone on the head with it. To the people working at the bar they say that if you give the bottle without a cap, the customer can't put it in their bag when it's full, or store tap water in it after they're empty, thereby encouraging them to buy more soft drinks instead. Rumours? Excuses? Corporate malice? I don't know, you be the judge.
valley_parade:
--- Quote from: Silentbanksy on 31 Jul 2012, 13:17 ---If you buy a drink on an Olympic venue, like a Coke or a Sprite, they remove the caps and then give you the drink. You're not allowed bottle lids, as they are a "throwing nuisance"
The bottles are fine though.
:l
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Olympics, concerts, sporting events..that's pretty standard practice, now.
Zingoleb:
--- Quote from: Silentbanksy on 31 Jul 2012, 13:17 ---If you buy a drink on an Olympic venue, like a Coke or a Sprite, they remove the caps and then give you the drink. You're not allowed bottle lids, as they are a "throwing nuisance"
The bottles are fine though.
:l
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When I saw Rammstein (amusing how you mentioned them in the other post, and now I'm here. Who's gonna bring them up next page?) they didn't even give you the bottle! They poured it into a styrofoam cup and gave that to you.
In hindsight, even that is dumb, 'cause if you throw it by the top so it spins around, it's still got a pretty good weight to it and now it also splashes a drink everywhere.
"I'm sorry! The dude was on fire, and I panicked!"
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