Retreat Australia fair...

So it’s a historic games for Team GB and the biggest medal tally since that ancient Olympic games when the Greeks mistakenly allowed competitive drinking, high street fighting and chariot rage into the games and perfidious Albion swept the board.

Still there’s been some talk doing the rounds about how it’s all slightly devalued because GB has dominated in the cycling, sailing and swimming and not the ‘prestige’ athletic events.

Frankly, what a pile of crap. Gold is gold. You look at your talent, target what you’re good at, develop your potental and put your resources where you'll win. Simple as.

Most hilarious has been some classic sniping and snidery from the Aussies, who, five golds off the pace on Wonderful Wednesday, have claimed Britain is only good at ‘sitting down sports’

And the call us the ‘Whingeing Poms?’

Even funnier was Aussie Olympics committee’s John Coates who said GB hadn’t done bad in the swimming ‘for a nation with no pools and not much soap.’

There’s nothing bitter and twisted as an Aussie in second or third place or what is it now? Oh actually fifth place with eight of their eleven golds being won by the Sheilas.

Tell you what Bruce, how’s about we introduce sheep shearing, bestiality and freestyle sister chasing for 2012?

Few guaranteed golds for the Aussies in that trio.