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Ex olympic gold medalist in the 400m Hurdles, Sally Gunnell is visiting my place of work today for a breast cancer charity.
How random (!)
Very nice. I have never heard of her. I suspect that most olympic gold medalists wear their medal or carry it around like a kid takes a turtle to show and tell. I had a friend that went to West Virginia University. He told me that James Jett a former football player and olympic relay gold medalist would wear his gold medal while walking around campus and drinking in bars.
I just went to her site.....http://www.sallygunnell.com/
She now makes her living schluping around with her medal giving inspirational talks. She is fast so now she can motivate others to succeed. I am sure by tomorrow you will be able to go to the xerox machine and back to your desk in 2.2 seconds.
na§tee
03-13-2007, 08:30 AM
aaahaha, yeti, you made me laugh - "very nice. i have never heard of her." :cool:
camo, um, thanks for sharing!
sally gunnell. i just remember a show about women and sexual motivation or something years and years ago and she was talking about how she exercised her pelvic floor muscles on the bus :( :( :( or was that sharon davies? fuck, i cannae remember.
Motivational speakers and consultants are the snake oil salesmen of the new millenium. The sad part is that companies pay them serious cash to spread their propaganda.
na§tee
03-13-2007, 08:48 AM
joe simpson (http://www.noordinaryjoe.co.uk/) is a motivational speaker now. he can motivate me any day he likes.
is it just something over the hill athletes/people with one massive traumatic story to tell do nowadays? can you imagine being a professional motivational speaker? i always liked people who described themselves as cultural commentators on the tv. mum, when i grow up, i want to be a cultural commentator. lolz. who the fuck isn't a cultural commentator?
roosta
03-13-2007, 08:50 AM
Go up to her and go "Hey Sally, im a big fan of RACEYA!!!!" Then leg-it down the corridor. When you get to the bottom start walking around chanting "EASY! EASY! EASY!" then demand her medals.
I made her a foamboard hurdle and found a really embarrassing photo of her which she signed 'piss off mark and rob love sally gunnell'.
Made my day!
Did she inspire you to whip out reports at warp speed?
Did she inspire you to whip out reports at warp speed?
nah, she inspired me to not get breast cancer (y)
When I worked at the local NBC affiliate Bob Denver (Gilligan) visited the noon show. After his appearance they had snacks in the green room and he gave some words of advice. The same thing happened when Richard Simmons visited. I could not help but laugh in my inner-being when these men were telling me that anything in life is possible. I now wear tight red short shorts and a sailor hat.
Other notable guests---Earl Campbell (former football player and victim of manic depression) & Bert and Ernie (gay rights)
I have photos of me with all these guests but I still can't find my photo with Gilligan. It is somewhere in my photo books.
I'd post it up but I can't access image hosting websites here at work :mad:
Can you do it later when you get home? Is she wearing her gold medal?
I haven't got the internet at my pad (n)
Pres Zount
03-13-2007, 11:07 AM
I haven't got the internet at my pad (n)
AHAHAHAH Why not? AHAHAHHAHAHA.
Also; hats off to roosta and yeti in this thread.
AHAHAHAH Why not? AHAHAHHAHAHA.
Also; hats off to roosta and yeti in this thread.
because I don't want to be spending all of my day sat infront of a monitor
trailerprincess
03-13-2007, 11:15 AM
She opened the Chase Corporate Challenge last time I did it.
And then I saw her at the airport about 2 months later
*stalker*
She opened the Chase Corporate Challenge last time I did it.
And then I saw her at the airport about 2 months later
*stalker*
everyone today wore pink for the breast cancer chairty. Pink, Pink like you're
BATHROOM MWAHAHAHAHAH!
Have you started the redecoration yet?
trailerprincess
03-13-2007, 11:31 AM
I went to bathstore on Saturday but I am refusing to pay £300 for a cabinet and another £300 for a vanity unit!! Rip off!! So I am going to pick stuff from a catalogue and my brother knows someone in the trade so I'll get it at cost price hopefully.
Other than that, no progress made.:p
I went to bathstore on Saturday but I am refusing to pay £300 for a cabinet and another £300 for a vanity unit!! Rip off!! So I am going to pick stuff from a catalogue and my brother knows someone in the trade so I'll get it at cost price hopefully.
Other than that, no progress made.:p
lazy bird (y)
trailerprincess
03-13-2007, 11:36 AM
I like to think of it more as 'energy efficient'
I like to think of it more as 'energy efficient'
bravo, well said
AHAHAHAH Why not? AHAHAHHAHAHA.
Also; hats off to roosta and yeti in this thread.
Takes a bow.
If it were not for the inspiration of Sally Gunnell and my gold pinky finger I would not have been able to type the 2 lls in Sally's first & last name.
mp-seventythree
03-13-2007, 02:42 PM
When I was doing a course for work last summer and living at the Radisson SAS hotel at Stansted Airport, I sat next to Sally Gunnell and Ruby Wax at breakfast one morning. It was a bit surreal really, as all these semi-famous people were in the restaurant having breakfast together. One morning while waiting for the lift I was telling my mate Nick about how I'd seen Suzy Perry at reception and how gorgeous she was in the flesh, the lift doors open and the only space in there was standing right next to Suzy. Nick and I just stood there like a pair of teenagers grinning to each other.
Good times(y)
thegoodmrbrodie!
03-13-2007, 03:30 PM
sally gunnell is amazing. well done to everyone involved.
the pic (http://farm1.static.flickr.com/221/465940330_7cc90ea422_b.jpg)
Andrew W.K. is a motivational speaker. Just my input.
Party Hard Joel, Party Hard.
na§tee
04-20-2007, 04:04 AM
sally gunnell's crotch and her scrawl telling you to 'piss off'. fantastic. i am glad our country has given her an OBE.
sally gunnell's crotch and her scrawl telling you to 'piss off'. fantastic. i am glad our country has given her an OBE.
I'm liking the michael schumacher hair cut too. Smooth
the picture is on the cabinet next to a large cardboard borat cut out (with a photo of my bosses face taped over borats).
na§tee
04-20-2007, 04:21 AM
i am confused as to why you had a picture of her 'lying around'. did you actually purchase it? or did you print it off from tinterwebs?
i have a picture of a drowning rabbit (an illustration, moreover, not, like, a real bunny, which would be sick) as my desktop. people always ask "er, why?" and i say "BECAUSE IT'S HOW I FEEL INSIDE".
on my noticeboard i have a cartoon cut-out from the times or the independent, i forget, of someone being tortured-chamber-lowered into a pit (the IT department) and another shouting "DON'T FORGET TO SCREAM IN COMIC SANS!" so the guy is going "AAARGH!" in comic sans. it is funny in my office. not irl.
also i have a post it note from my boss with a miniature time out bar wrapper stuck to it saying "i owe you" to remind her of her constant chocolate non-replacement.
Pres Zount
04-20-2007, 04:34 AM
I have a collection of dead wasps, and a very large rubber band ball on my desk at work. By "my" I mean, I am often found near it.
So you got internet then, camo?
i am confused as to why you had a picture of her 'lying around'. did you actually purchase it? or did you print it off from tinterwebs?
when we found out that she was visiting, we printed out a few images for her to sign. That being one of them.
I have a collection of dead wasps, and a very large rubber band ball on my desk at work. By "my" I mean, I am often found near it.
So you got internet then, camo?
nah I found that my web filter doesn't stretch to blocking flickr. Hence my recent attack on the arts thread in sure shots. I can only view flickr images too.
Parkey
04-20-2007, 08:07 AM
I like the fact that Gunnell smoked liked a chimney throughout her athletic career. There's a great clip from the Olympics with her puffing away after a race.
I like the fact that Gunnell smoked liked a chimney throughout her athletic career. There's a great clip from the Olympics with her puffing away after a race.
good point. maybe this is why she does the cancer charity work.
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