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Johno
Hi all, I am doing a questionnaire for my A-Level Business essay on the London 2012 Olympics.

1. In Your Opinion what do you think customers are going to need for the Olympics? For example products, accommodation and so on.

Thank you
oolongcha
I've given this some serious thought. I think that customers are going to need:

1) A nice hot dog. One that tastes a bit rubbery, with sauce that has a distinct cardboard edge.

2) Cheap crap and tastles tat. Eg, key rings with "Paris 2012" on them (should be able to pick those up cheap!); paper weights of Bulgarian long distance runners on them (5 to collect!); action figures of Great British Archery Olympian Champions (limited edition); etc.

3) Processed cheese with funny faces and farm animals on the wrapping - and the words "London Olympics 2012" on them.

4) Bunting. Lots.

5) Miniature podiums so children can hold their own award ceremonies.
lordi rock
QUOTE (oolongcha @ Nov 29 2005, 06:58 PM)
I've given this some serious thought. I think that customers are going to need:

1) A nice hot dog. One that tastes a bit rubbery, with sauce that has a distinct cardboard edge.

2) Cheap crap and tastles tat. Eg, key rings with "Paris 2012" on them (should be able to pick those up cheap!); paper weights of Bulgarian long distance runners on them (5 to collect!); action figures of Great British Archery Olympian Champions (limited edition); etc.

3) Processed cheese with funny faces and farm animals on the wrapping - and the words "London Olympics 2012" on them.

4) Bunting. Lots.

5) Miniature podiums so children can hold their own award ceremonies.

So in other words crap merchandise that will be in the bin by 2013 wink.gif
Harlequin
We need (continuing Oologchas list)....

6) Some sort of grinning animal toy that can have a Union Jack T-shirt on. Bear, Lion, Armadillo something like that.

7) A really naff pop song that we can all sing along too, celebrating the UK hosting the games.

8) At least one potential English athelete getting caught coming out of a Soho nightclub with a hooker, or if it's a female athelete, having an affair with Sven Goran Erickson. I'm sure the "Sun" or the "Mirror" can arange the latter.

9) Working toilets for the spectators with "flags of the world" toilet paper.

Johno
Thanks guys, keep them coming if you can
Harlequin
QUOTE (Johno @ Nov 29 2005, 11:38 PM)
Thanks guys, keep them coming if you can

If you insist biggrin.gif

10) A commemorative beer (lager) that A.)makes fast food taste good. B.) Induces belligerence in the most mild mannered spectator. C.) Leaves a permanent stain on clothing when being vomited.

11) A car window sticker with the legend "I support London 2012" that once applied to the car window will NEVER come off again. The only way to get rid of it is to sell the car.

12) We need to make sure the Albanian team does not number 300 despite the fact they are only entered in the table tennis events...and that they all leave at the end of the Olympics. ph34r.gif wink.gif
oolongcha
13) Transportation vehicles all made slightly smaller, less frequent and with tametables that are more of a statement of intent rather than anything to with reality, thus ensuring an Overcrowded and Overstretched Public Transport Feeling in keeping with any London Experience.
lordi rock
14) Face painters that look slightly dodgy to paint flags of every participating county on peoples faces so they can go round looking like a plank for a number or day's. They will then realize within a week that no matter how hard they use sand paper, they won't come off.
oolongcha
15) Crazy Frog ringtones of participating countries' national anthems to download at extortionate rates.
Johno
Thanks guys, keep um coming
Harlequin
16) Balloons filled with Helium that have indestructable skins, so when the little kiddies loose them and they get sucked into the engines of a passing 747 trying to land at Heathrow, they kill the engine and cause a air disaster.
Harlequin
17) The people will feel the need to see some real security at the turnstiles nowadays. So there will only be two turnstiles (entrances) to the stadium, both of which will have...

X-ray scanners
Metal detectors
A team of rent-a-cops doing body cavity searches for knives, drugs, guns and thermonuclear devices.

Since it will take approximately 30 minutes to process each person for entry to the stadium the chances of actually getting to see any events is minimal. So we need large screens outside the stadium to televise the events for waiting spectators.
oolongcha
18) TV spin-off:

A group of C list celebrities are locked in the Olympic Village and have to train to Olympic standard; viewers will vote for the celebrities that will actually go forward to compete in the actual games, etc. It could be called "It's the Olympics, let me in, I'm a celebrity!"
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