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Olympic Games Opening Ceremony

Started by exxile , Jul 27 2012 08:30 PM

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#1 exxile

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Posted 27 July 2012 - 08:30 PM

Christ on a bike!

A fitting finale to the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games would be Danny Boyle swinging from a scaffold.

I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full frontal lobotomy.

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#2 steef

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Posted 27 July 2012 - 08:35 PM

Why? I've found it to be great up to now, Stunning to look at and to listen to. I'd say only the British would have the stones to do a ceremony like that and to pull it off.

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#3 chuffer

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Posted 27 July 2012 - 08:36 PM

haha......as much as that would be an interesting spectacle, perhaps a little harsh?.........it's gone a bit whack now but I quite liked all the industrial revolution stuff

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#4 distantdog

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Posted 27 July 2012 - 08:47 PM

Christ on a bike!

A fitting finale to the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games would be Danny Boyle swinging from a scaffold.

Why? It may not be as visually stimulating as Beijing, arguably, but it represents what we should be proud of in our country, initiative and experiment, and isn't it great to see someone stand out and shout for the NHS. I bet Cameron loved that!!

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#5 chuffer

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Posted 27 July 2012 - 08:50 PM

isn't it great to see someone stand out and shout for the NHS. I bet Cameron loved that!!

quite

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#6 getdownmonkeyman

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Posted 27 July 2012 - 09:21 PM

Why? I've found it to be great up to now, Stunning to look at and to listen to. I'd say only the British would have the stones to do a ceremony like that and to pull it off.

This country is one of very few across the globe that has such a rich history, that it can undertake this kind of display.

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#7 steef

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Posted 27 July 2012 - 09:24 PM

Trevor Nelson with a RL related fact!

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#8 gingerjon

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Posted 27 July 2012 - 09:29 PM

Yup.

Understandable why exxile is choking on his Daily Mail subscription.

For everyone else: pretty much all that is good about this country.

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#9 Bedford Roughyed

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Posted 27 July 2012 - 09:29 PM

Been great so far!

With the best, thats a good bit of PR, though I would say the Bedford team, theres, like, you know, 13 blokes who can get together at the weekend to have a game together, which doesnt point to expansion of the game. Point, yeah go on!

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#10 exxile

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Posted 27 July 2012 - 09:39 PM

Yup.

Understandable why exxile is choking on his Daily Mail subscription.

For everyone else: pretty much all that is good about this country.

Unless you happen to be of Indian, Pakistani or maybe Bangladeshi 'heritage' (is that term still appropriate?). Not much in it for them, unless it happened whilst I went for a leak.

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#11 Bedford Roughyed

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Posted 27 July 2012 - 09:43 PM

So far tory MP's, exxile and the EDL seem to of been upset by it.

With the best, thats a good bit of PR, though I would say the Bedford team, theres, like, you know, 13 blokes who can get together at the weekend to have a game together, which doesnt point to expansion of the game. Point, yeah go on!

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#12 Garvers

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Posted 27 July 2012 - 09:56 PM

I'm annoyed by French having priority over English. FFS.

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#13 Steve May

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Posted 27 July 2012 - 10:03 PM

So far tory MP's, exxile and the EDL seem to of been upset by it.

A particularly vile Tory MP as well.

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#14 Bedford Roughyed

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Posted 27 July 2012 - 10:15 PM

A particularly vile Tory MP as well.

He quite liked the 1936 games...

With the best, thats a good bit of PR, though I would say the Bedford team, theres, like, you know, 13 blokes who can get together at the weekend to have a game together, which doesnt point to expansion of the game. Point, yeah go on!

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#15 Steve May

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Posted 27 July 2012 - 10:32 PM

First time a lesbian kiss has been broadcast in Saudi Arabia.

I take (almost) everything that I've written about the Olympics back.

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#16 Phil

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Posted 27 July 2012 - 10:53 PM

I'm annoyed by French having priority over English. FFS.

it's the official language of the olympics, it takes priority at every olympiad

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#17 getdownmonkeyman

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Posted 27 July 2012 - 11:00 PM

He quite liked the 1936 games...

Arf!

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#18 BJW

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Posted 27 July 2012 - 11:01 PM

Having heard extracts from the Dambusters March & Enola Gay, wondering when the theme from Zulu will be played ?

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#19 BJW

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Posted 27 July 2012 - 11:05 PM

Did I get the opening ceremony theme right - Isambard Kingdom Brunel was responsible for the industrial revolution ? :unsure:

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#20 exxile

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Posted 27 July 2012 - 11:09 PM

Having heard extracts from the Dambusters March & Enola Gay, wondering when the theme from Zulu will be played ?

No chance.

The crowning ###### from the land of Henry Purcell, Elgar, Holst, and Delius are some people called the Arctic Monkeys.

If the rest of the world didn't realise just how far the UK had sunk, they will be under no illusions now.

I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full frontal lobotomy.