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mwooldri

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7. IMO he missed the mark entirely.

Reply to Initech (Original post)

Fri Dec 19, 2025, 04:06 AM

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He could have had a proper Olympic sized event. A delegation from every state. Not just two people.

Then again maybe he's trying to revive "Jeux Sans Frontières"... I'll let you search for the clips on YouYube... Particularly appropriate considering who the BBC commentator was for those pan-European shows. If only his administration was as funny as that show was.

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