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    Posted: 20 May 10 at 9:09am
Here they are, Wenlock and Mandeville.  Will we see them do any sailing?



Video intro (a bit cutesy)
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Forgettable Fact: Weymouth has a Mandeville Road and a
Mandeville Close.

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Think Wenlock is a great name, but then I'm bias, living in Little Wenlock.

To be fair they still run a set of games every year in Much Wenlock. See http://www.wenlock-olympian-society.org.uk/ 

 
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my favourite news sp**f site is on the money again

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I wonder how much they cost?  Mascots are pretty pointless at the Olympics - who remembers any of them???................que lots of people now googling and trying to prove me wrong

Anyway, I bet they cost an absolute fortune.  Some new age marketing company probably tossed off a fortune brainstorming ideas.  Why couldn't they use something already established?  I'm thinking Wallace and Gromit do the Olympics or bring back Morph!

 
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Originally posted by ASok

  Mascots are pretty pointless at the Olympics - who remembers any of them?

merchandising my boy, merchandising. Doting Aunts and Grandparents desperate to think up some kind of Christmas or birthday present...
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Originally posted by Mark Jardine

Ah, it wasn't spoof that was banned... it's now sorted though.

Figured it wasn't actually that- the Sc**thorpe problem rearing its head.

 

Edit: Essex?



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