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Here's what some nations pay their athletes, if they get a gold at the Olympics.

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K@:
Singapore - $800,000 (£515,000)

Kazakhstan - $250,000 (£160,000)

Kyrgyzstan - $200,000 (£130,000)

Uzbekistan - $150,000 (£95,000)

Russia - $135,000 (£90,000)

Tajikistan - $63,000 (£40,000)

US - $25,000 (£16,000)

Australia - $20,000 (£13,000) plus face on a stamp

UK - Face on a postage stamp. :)

Arantor:
Eh, when did they change that then?

The rule used to be that you either had to be the Queen or deceased to get your face on a UK stamp. (I know this because there was a stamp of the band Queen, and it was taken from a 1984 show, where you could just see Roger Taylor in the background and it caused a lot of stink)

Yoshi:
Lol, ridiculous amounts of money at the top and...wait, are they going to take a picture of your face and put that on a postage stamp? D:

K@:

--- Quote from: Arantor on August 03, 2012, 04:12:43 PM ---Eh, when did they change that then?
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Ages ago, grandad. ;)

Like this, Yosh:

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/bradley-wiggins-stamp-available-from-royal-1203005

Yoshi:

--- Quote from: K@ on August 03, 2012, 04:15:44 PM ---
--- Quote from: Arantor on August 03, 2012, 04:12:43 PM ---Eh, when did they change that then?
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Ages ago, grandad. ;)

Like this, Yosh:

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/bradley-wiggins-stamp-available-from-royal-1203005

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Oh that way, that's less worse :P

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