Yes indeed. Whilst I admire what he did for London 2012(attending every single silly photo opportunity that might help the cause) he does have the propensity to use the wrong terminology at times.
His choice of words/analogy could have been better, but then we expect nothing less from him.
Odd though that it's often seen as buffoonery. Had it been Farage describing a similar scenario, he'd have doubtless been flayed by the Left, the media and everyone inbetween who is looking for a bandwagon to jump on.