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"Ellen Mcarthur"

amongst the people i know, and we are a nice jovial happy bunch and into our sport, i have to say i don't know many people who like her. There is something about her that dosn't lend her to being liked and i hate all the false emotion round everyone celebrating one of the most poinless acheivements in sporting history. Nobody really cares ok well maybe the 2% of the population who regularly sail might care slightly but from those who i know, who do none of them seem to care either. I would go so far as to say shewould be the person i would most like to banish from the public eye. she annoys me greatly

And how wet the sea is?

Well then, by your argument, people who irrigate African villages do nothing for 'us' - it's not a 'national achievement'.

Stop talkig out your ass - I'm not blabbling about 'British hero' crap.

She sailed around the world. Faster than anyone before. Alone. Non-stop.

Can your brain even comprehend how BIG the world is? How dangerous it is?

...........?!!!

Mav wrote:
> "one of the most poinless acheivements in sporting history"
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> What she did was superb.
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> It was not pointless.

i fail to see a point to what she achieved, and if anyone says "a wonderful feat of human achievement and endurance" i may be forced to beat them.

a wonderful human achievement is: Irrigating african villages so people can eat, going over and helping tsunami victims reconstruct their homes

examples of human endurance: Bravo two zero, surviving on 1400 calories average consumption per capita a day and not bitching into a webcam about it (1400 is the average in most african nations).

EM has achieved nothing on a national scale, nothing for us to celebrate, however she has made a huge achievement on a personal scale and maybe for her friends and family, to me this is as far as it goes!

Let me see......sailing around the world - i.e, navigating ice fields while half asleep and in the middle of a storm.

OR

Scoring a goal in a football match.

Oh my god, the over paid nobhead wins again!

"one of the most poinless acheivements in sporting history"

What she did was superb.

It was not pointless.

She's a 'Great Briton' as they whine.

She deserves some form of recognition. One must remember, these names were not originally awarded to commoners, but to nobles and people of honour and prestige (supposedly). And, you never hear about the disabled workers/Aid people etc who get awards. My step-grandfather (wonderful person), has an OBE.

I think what she did was amazing, I also think it would not have been possible with out the team behind her and I also think it would have cost a lot of money from the sponsors! money that could have been possibly better spent? OK so she set a new record but was it really worthy of a Damehood? I know folks that work with disabled folk all day everyday and only earn the minimum wage and get little or no thanks, but a lot of self pride from their efforts!

That said it takes a lot to do what she did and I know that I could not do it, not that I would wish to :-)

Ahahaha 'I don't care, therefore she doesn't matter'.

She sailed around the world, by herself, non-stop, faster than anyone else ever.

Nah, she's not all that.

I liked Jeremy Clarkson's comment about her, about well we saw her leave and we saw her come back but we didn't see anything inbetween. How do we know she actually did it and didn't just go off to some nice tropical beach and laze around there for a few months :-D

Give it a week or so and she'll fade back into obscurity (maybe even by tomorrow if Wright-Phillips or Downing has a stormer)