French are whinging because they keep being beaten into second place by the Brazilians 
Then again the French are always whinging fuck em.
Have the French tested positive for soap?
No?
Thought not.
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Chris Hoy, Mo Farah, Jason Kenny and Steve Redgrave all born on March 23rd…
That is spooky.
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Also on the 23rd March
- 1657 France & England form alliance against Spain; England gets Dunkirk
Can we have Dunkirk back please we may need it for the Brexit withdrawl
Someone also said Mike Atherton was born on this date
You can add Roger Bannister to that list
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Here is the complete list of those born on March 23rd
First year is born, second year is dies
| 122 | Michael Williams | Great Britain | Figure Skating | 1947 | |
| 123 | Olive Wadham | Great Britain | Swimming | 1909 | 2004 |
| 124 | Chris Snode | Great Britain | Diving | 1959 | |
| 125 | William Scott | Great Britain | Athletics | 1886 | |
| 126 | Shelley Rudman | Great Britain | Skeleton | 1981 | |
| 127 | Steven Redgrave | Great Britain | Rowing | 1962 | |
| 128 | William Milne | Great Britain | Shooting | 1852 | |
| 129 | Michael McCready | Great Britain | Fencing | 1913 | 2008 |
| 130 | Ellie Koyander | Great Britain | Freestyle Skiing | 1991 | |
| 131 | Paul Klenerman | Great Britain | Fencing | 1963 | |
| 132 | Jason Kenny | Great Britain | Cycling | 1988 | |
| 133 | Chris Hoy | Great Britain | Cycling | 1976 | |
| 134 | Ron Howden | Great Britain | Cross Country Skiing | 1967 | |
| 135 | Frederick Hibbins | Great Britain | Athletics | 1890 | 1969 |
| 136 | Eric Harrison | Great Britain | Athletics | 1893 | 1987 |
| 137 | Clarice Hanson | Great Britain | Gymnastics | 1911 | 1956 |
| 138 | Grantley Goulding | Great Britain | Athletics | 1874 | 1947 |
| 139 | Ray Gilbody | Great Britain | Boxing | 1960 | |
| 140 | Mo Farah | Great Britain | Athletics | 1983 | |
| 141 | Gladys Davies | Great Britain | Fencing | 1892 | 1981 |
| 142 | Jerry Cornes | Great Britain | Athletics | 1910 | 2001 |
| 143 | Sarah Cooper | Great Britain | Shooting | 1949 | |
| 144 | Alan Cooke | Great Britain | Table Tennis | 1966 | |
| 145 | Katie Clark | Great Britain | Synchronized Swimming | 1994 | |
| 146 | Michael Beresford | Great Britain | Rowing | 1934 | |
| 147 | Roger Bannister | Great Britain | Athletics | 1929 | |
| 148 | Rose Anderson | Great Britain | Basketball | 1988 |
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Just checked on Wiki and Atherton WAS born on March 23
Seven 4ths in swimming 
Originally posted by @Bathsaint
Originally posted by @Dubai_Phil
Originally posted by @Bathsaint
It’s a story of almost but not quite. We’re becoming the nearly kids. 4th places abound.
4th in the men’s individual foil
4th in the women’s rugby 7s
4th in the men’s team gymnastics
Bed Wetting Prediction of the year award goes to…
Seven 4ths in swimming
Thats one and three quarters then.
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I suspect that Michael Conlan, the Irish boxer who lost his shit (rightly??) after he lost, may soon be drinking polonium tea!
I share a birthday with the great oarsman, Stanko Despot.
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Especially for Fatso as I know he is such a fan of the Olympics.
I particularly liked Downhill Existential Crisis
When BTripz announced a list of everyone born on March 23rd I thought we were in for a cut and paste of 300 million pages of text.
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And I can’t get excited about Atherton - that’s just another bloke who shares his birthday with some sporting legends.
I’ve tried to edit the post but I can’t, something to do with post being less than 6,000 characters
I was born on the 17th - which explains why I am shit at most sports.
See I must object to this sort of sterotyping - almost saponificationphobic statements. Simply not true. As evidence for this I site that back in around 1992 The student ferret was ferretting in Amiens, En France. A young lady called Nathalie, would enjoy nothing better than sharing a bath and allowing me to use lots of soap whilst washing her rigourously all over… This chore, is clear evidence that the French do indeed use and enjoy soap.
Does anyone else think of Carry On when they hear the name of the British gymnastic bronze medalist, Amy Tinkler?