Friday, 6 June 2008

Utterly pointless comment of the day


So, we're all to have "free" swimming by 2012, thanks to the Olympics (well, "free" in the sense of costing £10 billion, that is).

Over-60s are to be given free admission to public swimming pools in an £80m first stage of the initiative. [...]

Sport minister Andy Burnham indicated future funding would allow free entry to under-16s, then to everyone by 2012.

Great. But it was the response from Help The Aged that was utterly fucking stupid:

The charity's head of healthy ageing Pamela Holmes said: "Free swimming for the over-60s will help those older people who like to swim, and local authorities will welcome the financial support for this programme.

"But for those people who don't enjoy swimming, or for those with problems such as poor strength, uncertain balance and weak bones, swimming classes offer nothing at all."

Well, no fucking shit, Pamela.

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// posted by Mr Eugenides on 6.6.08
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Free? Nothing's free - taxpayers will pay how many billions for this?

Why in the name of fuck should people who don't swim subsidize people who do???

Z.

# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : 06 June 2008 14:01
 
So that whingeing fuckers like you drown in the next bout of flooding and spare the rest of us from the tedious torrent of turd you seem to have an inexhaustable supply of.

# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : 06 June 2008 14:34
 
Why can't the Government also offer free not-swimming for those who don't enjoy it?

Why oh why oh why?

# posted by Blogger Mr Potarto : 06 June 2008 16:53
 
Ahhh, I wouldn't be where I am today without public sector employees thinking for me.

I remember the time I was hitting myself over the head with a piece of lead pipe and the chief executive of Help the One Armed Wankers came over to me and said...

# posted by Anonymous JM : 06 June 2008 18:03
 
They could win Olympic gold whinging for Britain in the Freestyle over-60s whinging, if there was such a sport.

Honestly, we deliver free lorryloads of cash to them, every hour of the fucking day, and they still whinge.

# posted by Anonymous Rob : 06 June 2008 18:24
 
It all cuts the heating bills, loads of incontinent oldies in the pool early...... and they are then not pissing in their chairs in the nursing home.... savings all the way!

# posted by Blogger haddock : 06 June 2008 22:10
 
I thought you realised that our dear Pamela was away the day that brains got handed out?

# posted by Anonymous whingeing, but still fit, over 60 : 07 June 2008 05:04
 
Um what if you would like to swim , but theres no swimmimh pool. Will they build us one

# posted by Blogger Valleys Mam : 07 June 2008 17:43
 
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