to think the Olympics have no right to ban the words "summer" and "London"?!!

[motherofallhangovers]

"Olympics organisers have warned businesses that during London 2012 their advertising should not include a list of banned words, including "gold", "silver" and "bronze", "summer", "sponsors" and "London"." source.

And they're actually going to police this!

"Almost 300 enforcement officers will be seen across the country checking firms to ensure they are not ... illegally associating themselves with the Games"

WTF?! I feel like I've just wandered onto the set of the satire "Twenty-twelve", it's so farcical.

But no, this is real!

Purple people? What we need is this...

A bra shop in the nearest town to us had a visit from Trading Standards after painting some hula hoops to resemble the Olympic rings and using them in a window display - so not only are our taxes paying for the Olympics,they are also paying for the word police too.

I'm sure that a small underwear shop in a sleepy market town over 100 miles from London,wasn't trying to con the locals that they were an Olympic sponsor.

Not entirely relevant, but as an aside, I did a bit of contract work for one of the major sponsors of the games on a communications project two years ago. Anything I wrote for publication that referred to the sponsorship or the games in any way, even if it was just one sentence, had to go to a special team to be checked over to make sure I was using exactly the right terms as approved by LOCOG. Was a right pain.

Ahaha I want a purple people eater more fun than the olympics atm

Seriously though, the olympics are getting further and further away from the people and as tax payers we are putting money into whilst having much needed resources cut. I know many who aren't bothering which is a shame for the athletes.

On the Spartacus theme, I think we should all wear T shirts with the logo 'I sponsored the Olympics' on them.

This sort of thing just invites you to defy them, doesnn't it? Sooo tempting.

"On the Spartacus theme, I think we should all wear T shirts with the logo 'I sponsored the Olympics' on them."

Brilliant! :)

it was in our local paper that one national store had let it's staff go out to watch the torch relay so they obviously went out in their uniforms

photos appeared in the local paper and they have now been fined for 'associating themselves with' that big sporting event that is goig on it the capital later this month :)

Brilliant, Solopower. I want one. With rings on it.

How about a t-shirt saying:

             Official Olympic Sponsor

                         My Arse

Genuine
Olympic
Taxpayer

this Huffington Post article is would be incredibly funny if it wasn't also sadly true...

it's all about the 'Swimmy Runny Jumpy Throwy Lifty Times Event'

for those with Facebook
ENJOY
www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151122068903619&set=a.10150332091343619.390910.10349463618&type=1&theater

It's all a crock of shite.

None of the Olympic fascism is new. Around 10 years ago I belonged to a health website where we formed virtual teams and competed against each other in health challenges. There was a challenge called the Olympic Challenge, until one day we were told the IOC had found out and threatened all kinds of horrors if the name of the challenge wasn't changed.

Bizarre that they really seem to think people can't tell the difference between real and fake Olympics!!

Very good, Zipzap.

So, who's going to dob Mumsnet in to the enforcement police? It could be SWMNBNgate all over again...

We should all change our nicknames to something Olympic. and illegal

SOlympicpower? Nah. Doesn't suit me.

Yes

Sorry that should be no

I'll admit I was just testing my name change and got muddles sorry

Ooh Saggy, that'd be terrible. :o

SaggyOlympicsPuss? OhdearOlympicshappened? Not really on message. GoldMedalOlympicsTeakozy on the other hand ...

I'm in! I'm even paying homage to Lord Seb Coe himself.

What about Little Chef's Olympic Breakfast? Will there be a forced temporary rename?

The other day I learned that, according to the small print on the bottom of a Royal Mail flyer, "the colour red" is a trademark of the Royal Mail. Er ...

Sits down and awaits arrest!