Yet Another Cycling Forum
Off Topic => The Pub => The Sporting Life => Topic started by: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 12 August, 2012, 09:07:25 pm
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Here's Prince Harry in a suit.
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They appear to have molished a papier mache M25...
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And you can listen commentary-free. Bliss!
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Madness on a lorry!
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You know you're a bike nerd when you notice the one folding bike in the ceremony isnt a Brompton . ;D
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Radar invisible stealth magic hats!
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The Pet Shop Boys have finally surpassed their late 80s Brit award outfits where Neil Tennant went as a hot water bottle and Chris Lowe went in waders.
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Were those
Maximusses Maximi?
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http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/08/12/sports/olympics/olympics-closing-ceremony.html?hp
'Royals in the House
We are asked to rise for Prince Harry and Jacques Rogge of the I.O.C. Didn’t know Rogge had reached “please stand” status. The former Kate Middleton is here and some lesser royals are also spotted. “God Save the Queen” follows. And then a car explodes and Batman and Robin come out. It’s apparently a dual reference to the movie “The Italian Job” and a British TV show called “Only Fools and Horses.” This is going to be absolutely inexplicable to the vast majority of international viewers, but it gets a huge cheer. Apparently, “Del Boy,” a character on the show, is as popular over here as, say, Fonzie or Alf.'
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Is it me, or is the sound mix all to cock?
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Yeah it's a bit shit.
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Is it me, or is the sound mix all to cock?
Mix is okay, sync seems to be all over the place...
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Sounds like the 5.1 centre stems didn't make it to the commentary-free feed. Looks like they found the centre faders just in time to go back to the 60's. Again. ::-)
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please god don't leave paul mcartney sing tonight he ruined my jubilee he murdered the opening ceremony please please please tell me he is still in the house watching it on his portable
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Someone on twitter says the most British way to finish this would be with a giant Bagpuss going back to sleep.
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Sounds like the 5.1 centre stems didn't make it to the commentary-free feed. Looks like they found the centre faders just in time to go back to the 60's. Again. ::-)
Ah. I'm on the web stream in good old-fashioned dubious bitrate stereo...
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Someone on twitter says the most British way to finish this would be with a giant Bagpuss going back to sleep.
That would be fab! :thumbsup:
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I've still got my hopes up that Led Zep are going to be dropped from a helicopter. To perform, natch
Did you clock the branding under Ainslie's union flag arm patch? Next must have bunged him a decent wedge. I hopes heads will roll.
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The commentary-free feed appears to be stereo only, so there's a lot of stereo|stems|upmix routing going on. I wouldn't worry about sync, it'll be a nightmare through the whole chain.
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Someone on twitter says the most British way to finish this would be with a giant Bagpuss going back to sleep.
<Like> ;D
Alternatively...
"Time, ladies and gentlemen, please!!!"
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Or John Cleese walking through, waving his arms, while exhorting 'Stop that. It's silly'
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Uganda has a very jaunty anthem.
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I hope you are all standing up right now
RIP John
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please god don't leave paul mcartney sing tonight he ruined my jubilee he murdered the opening ceremony please please please tell me he is still in the house watching it on his portable
You're safe; John Lennon did "Imagine". And quite well too. Just how I remember it.
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I reckon "Imagine " would be an ideal Olympic anthem.The words echo the ethos.
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George Michael though...
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I love George. Absolutely and unconditionally. If I win Euromillions I am going to pay him to walk next to me for the rest of my life, singing to me.
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Mods rule :thumbsup:
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I'm also partial to a bit of George. But....
a) what was the second song he sang ???
b) he can't dance
And surely the purpose of Macca at the closing ceremony was to empty the stadium as quickly as possible?
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Watching the Kaiser Chiefs, and that's almost exactly how I dressed thirty years ago! Good version of Pinball Wizard mind. .
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I'm also partial to a bit of George. But....
a) what was the second song he sang ???
b) he can't dance
And surely the purpose of Macca at the closing ceremony was to empty the stadium as quickly as possible?
His new song, White Light. R2 play it a lot. It's not my favourite.
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Watching the Kaiser Chiefs, and that's almost exactly how I dressed thirty years ago! Good version of Pinball Wizard mind. .
Yeah, I liked that.
They're making great use of those LED pixel things.
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Oh Please no. (Annie Lennox gets wheeled out as much a Sir Paul - being a nashnul institushon and whatnot. Has she actually recorded anything in twenty five years?)
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the sound is toss :(
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the sound is toss :(
Don't listen! I'm watching it via what is said on here and twitter - it's quieter and probably just as clear! :)
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Ooh. Just gone all tingly.
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Oh dear a floyd cover, nick mason should hang is head in shame
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Serious bit of knob-twiddling needed now...
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It's all a bit "dad-rock".
Danny Boyle, we need you now!
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Please no Cliff Richard! He has even less voice left than Macca.
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god it really has gone down hill now
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some one shoot him please
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Russell Brand ???
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Russell Brand aside, the older I gets, the more I appreciates the Beatles.
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It's the visual equivalent of one of those old "Top of the Pops!" cover albums.
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it will get worse, spice girls next, think I'll go and unblock the outside carzy
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Is Norman Cook actually doing anything, or are we reduced to the level of a DJ miming?
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He seems to have brought a giant octopus with him
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There's an urban legend that it's Jack White's voice on that record (it isn't).
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Giant octopus type thing, it's like the thing from the Watchmen! (comic)
Ever since the Jubilee concert, there's been a running joke on social media about how the next act would be Russ Abbott's Atmosphere, I finally googled it on youtube, and noticed that Russ Abbott rides a bickerton. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFPLk5mJ1D4
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Jessie J doing Elton John's "Nikita" video.
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I think it's awful, even after two x large g&t. Given up and going to bed with a book.
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Test card and close up on floor - editor's falling asleep :)
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are any of the athletes old enough to remember any of this :)
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Is that Mo Farrah rapping?
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who's jack white
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wrong key, love...
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Is this a Brazilian?
And no, I'm not referring to Jessie J.
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who's jack white
mrs. white's boy.
fooked if I know
hth
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I take it all back.
Bring back the dad rock.
Please.
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Too many vehicles involved, right from the outset. It sits really oddly.
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I'm quite enjoying this ;D
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But not Cliff Richard, for the love of God, no. Or Elton John, he's lost it too.
The dancers look like the Kids from Fame.
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I think jessie j should get a gold medal for the longest legs ;)
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I'm quite enjoying this ;D
So the fuck am I, brother!
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I'm quite enjoying the Jessie J, but anyone who actually has to be introduced surely isn't a big enough name.
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Too many vehicles involved, right from the outset. It sits really oddly.
it stops the limelight huggers over running their alloted time.
Drive-by giging ftw
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Oh shite.
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Oh God not the spice girls :sick:
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jeezus
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That's ferret's fault that is.
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Is this the first time Posh has "sung" for the last 15 years?
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could be the first time any of them have sung
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Hang on...Ginger Spice isn't ginger.
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My guess is that they're not singing - well nothing that's amplified. ICBW.
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Boris dad-dancing. Christ.
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I could have done without the shot of Boris Johnson dancing.
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This is awesome, it's like a chariot race with singing
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you've got good eyesight
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Bring on the savage beasts!
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I remember when Liam could sing.
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beatle sound alikes
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Hang on...Ginger Spice isn't ginger.
is this a collar & cuffs thing?does your tv have a sharper angle than mine then?
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get some decent music on please,
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He's atrocious. Do they have no monitor speakers?
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and we still have Take That (with or without Gary Barlow) to look forward to!
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was that a bat city roller
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Liam - blow your bloody nose. It sounds like you've got a heavy cold
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beatle sound alikes
he/they have never sounded anything like the Beatles.Chalk & cheese.
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Whatever they thought, Oasis (and now Beady Eye) have never sounded like the Beatles
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and we still have Take That (with or without Gary Barlow) to look forward to!
Without. He's being replaced by George Michael for the ultimate boyband ever.
I like a bit of ELO. Vastly underrated.
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Helibike ???
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oh ok I'll take your word for it, :)
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I shudder to think who's gonna come out of that cannon
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I like a bit of ELO. Vastly underrated.
:thumbsup:
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Helibike ???
Chain's a bit...
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They'll change the words to this one...
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now we're talking
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Rollerblading nuns - what's not to like? :D
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Good verse (and gets round saying shit)
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80 thousand people trying to whistle along.. genius
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I like a bit of ELO. Vastly underrated.
I was sat on a minibus a couple of years ago with Susan Tully (of 'Stenders fame) after filming, and me and her were belting out Mr Blue Sky. I used to adore ELO as a kid, but was too ashamed to admit it at the time!
Ooh Indian dancing! Mr Cameron!!!
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Good verse (and gets round saying shit)
No they didn't.
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Good verse (and gets round saying shit)
80 thousand people trying to whistle along.. genius
That should totally be our national anthem.
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Oh, he did sing that line ;D
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I like a bit of ELO. Vastly underrated.
:thumbsup:
:thumbsup: +1
Not my favourite song of theirs, but a welcome relief.
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the best yet
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Muse :-\
Might as well get Fields of the Nephilim or Nick Cave for some uplifting tunes.
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getting better
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what about Joy Division good 80's sound
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From the Guardian live blog:
"Just to think, two weeks ago the rest of the world thought we were rubbish at sport and good at music"
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Freddie's back from the dead too
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From the Guardian live blog:
"Just to think, two weeks ago the rest of the world thought we were rubbish at sport and good at music"
;D ;D ;D
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Normally this is where Freddie calls the crowd "fuckers".
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tingles
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May needs Just For Men.
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Shouldn't Brian May be out looking at Perseids?
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The annoying thing is that Queen have zero credibility yet May is one of the best guitarists, still.
And this is "Brighton Rock". Awesome.
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he's still got it though
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Costume by Jimmy Page's 1970s tailor ;D
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May needs Just For Men.
your hair would be that colour if you were married to a neater dob's son
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Even a 25 year old bit of video of Freddie can work the stadium like nobody else.
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Roger Taylor looks a bit like Dolph Lundgren in those glasses.
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even I can tell her coat's too big
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Noooooo!!!!!!!!!
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Queen rules :thumbsup:
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I think I'd have preferred the Kaiser Chiefs filling in for Freddie
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Can the Greeks afford a national anthem?
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How many of you were not playing your air guitar?
;D
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oh thats it then no iron maiden or ozzy
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Can the Greeks afford a national anthem?
'cause they can,some one else is paying for it
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The annoying thing is that Queen have zero credibility
hahahahahahahahaha
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Oooh Rugby Songs
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Nice seamless segue from We Will Rock You into the jaunty Greek national anthem.
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not that sort of rugby song :(
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I thought Prince Harry was the Queen stand in for tonight..
Don't think Jessie J did too bad a job though.
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Wonder if Boris has worked on his flag waving skills?
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Have you noticed that "maire de Londres" sounds like the French for "London shit"? And they were talking about Boris.
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It sounds very Gilbert and Sullivan
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The hardest flag to draw, probably
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I read some where that each nation will be taking a bit of the torch thingy home, better wait till it cools down ;)
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How do you sing that one in a drunken stupor?
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Is that Mo Farrah sweeping up?
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mo's a bit of a mover
bugger beat me to it ;D
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Brazilian National Anthem sounds just as colonialist as everyone else's, except maybe a proper composer has tidied it up a bit.
SAMBA !!!!!!!!!!!
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Here come the trannies and floats!
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This is like a scene from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
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ELVIS LIVES!
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HAPPY DAYS PAUL McARTNEY has not tormented us again :thumbsup:
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Brazil's not as good as Britain, is it?
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And we get a sneak preview of the next series of Dr Who monsters.
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there's time yet,
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I'd say this beats the bus in Beijing (where an X factor winner sang the theme to Cheggars plays pop)
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HAPPY DAYS PAUL McARTNEY has not tormented us again :thumbsup:
Careful. Apparently there's still an act to come yet :-\
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Cut to Luke Campbell the boxer chewing his medal. 'Go on Hull!' Brilliant!
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I think the Brazilians might need Danny Boyle.
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No girl from ipanema or gratuitous bikini shots. Not impressed
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Now the star of the erectile dysfunction adverts
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HAPPY DAYS PAUL McARTNEY has not tormented us again :thumbsup:
Careful. Apparently there's still an act to come yet :-\
it's o.k.,I'm watching The Community Shield football highlights on ITV :)
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OK, Beckam in Beijing upstaged by a legend in London.
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Oh, someone blow the bugger out, I need to work tomorrow.
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Maybe they could have a huge Gerald Scarfe caricature of Thatcher to snuff it out.
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Come on Seb, get on with it.
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Maybe they could have a huge Gerald Scarfe caricature of Thatcher to snuff it out.
Best suggestion I've seen would be a big Monty Python foot
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miserable bugger could crack a smile
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"And thanks to G4S for nothing"
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Thankyou to the millions of taxpayers...
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& displaced businesses
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Well, he's pissed on his chips if he wants an after-dinner speaking career after politics.
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"And thanks to G4S for nothing"
Mrs W said that she found it reassuring to see troops at the 'lympics, and not G4S yobs.
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He should have told Mitt Romney to go f**k himself
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I think this guy was in "Iron Sky".
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who's coming in on the helicopter
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who's coming in on the helicopter
Hopefully a giant foot.
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who's coming in on the helicopter
Quite possibly
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paul mcartney :facepalm: all together HEY JUDE
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not macca
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They still have those missiles ready, don't they?
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It's like the boring part of sports day where the head gives his speech
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Jeremy Hunt's wife gets in a lot of the shots
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Time to turn the stopcock
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Arse. No Led Zep. Rogge knows how to work a crowd though.
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Gary made it! + No Robbie!!!! ;D
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I thought that was a 1936 eagle for a moment...
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oh god !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Ohjeezuschristno.
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the pub singer would be better than this lot
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Kirst must be <rest of post deleted for the sake of decency>
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Push him into the cauldron
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Blink 182
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I seen the goals so I'm watching again.
There'a bunch of no talent blokes taking the piss.Have I missed macca?
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Talk about dragging it out.
This sounds a bit like "Duel Of The Fates"
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Take that & now ballet? They're really spoiling us now...
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Isn't Darcey long-retired? i thought she wrote kids' books now.
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ooooo darcey
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The phoenix has gone out.
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Darcey Bussell? This must be the formal bit of the ceremony where they hand over Saturday prime time telly to Strictly Come Dancing.
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What no Lesley Garrett
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That was one hell of an entrance.
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Crikey. What's she been up to for the last twenty years? seems that if you had it made in the early 90s, you're good to go in London 2012
(Can't post dammit !!!)
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AT LAST
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Centrica shares fell 10p today
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Trumpettty noises
:'( :'(
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Is this just for Wiggo?
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could have been worse
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Wasnt he going to die before he got old?
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I think they should have tuned down a bit to give Roger a chance
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So did anyone believe Pete Townsend's 'I was just researching child porn excuse?'
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Is Roger going to do a Kaiser chiefs cover?
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I've seen enough. Goodnight all.
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So did anyone believe Pete Townsend's 'I was just researching child porn excuse?'
I wasn't going to say anything
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I'll get my fish-tail Parka
& my Lambretta SX200 with all them mirrors & crash bars,my white lid & sunglasses & a backrest with a headrest for Marj :-*
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I see they've taped over the Marshall logos
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I'll be firing up the triumph then and sod the lid
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Please camera/director team, pick out Brad!
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apparently there were 100,000 condoms issued or available donated by durex in the village
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Did they do the second world war trick of getting them made extra large and printing 'extra small' on the packet?
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where's this going
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well I must admit that was fantastic, not the closing thing but the sport the athletes big success, and sooooo lucky with the weather
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Back to ELO -the way the stadium was lit reminded me of the Out of the Blue album cover.
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It was just fantastic. Anyone involved in any way at any stage should feel proud of themselves.
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It was just fantastic. Anyone involved in any way at any stage should feel proud of themselves.
Agreed. Thank you London. That was an unforgettable two weeks. :thumbsup:
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life goes back to normal tomorrow, crap weather crap tv, I'm off to bed
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It was just fantastic. Anyone involved in any way at any stage should feel proud of themselves.
I'd agree with that
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<Vinnie Jones> It's been emotional. </Vinnie Jones>
<Homer Simpson> Now I have to face stupid reality again. </Homer Simpson>
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Splendid stuff. Happy and glorious indeed. Humungous medal haul doesn't hurt, but our losers lost with pluck too.
Flamey go bye-bye. Sniff. :'(
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Yeah, but the really cool stuff starts in a couple of weeks... :thumbsup:
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Happy and Glorious.
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Muse :-\
It's a mash-up of Andy Williams and ELO, given the full-on Matt Bellamy histrionic treatment. Live, it sucked goat balls.
They should have got Emeli Sandé to sing The Impossible Dream instead.
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I was waiting for Heather Small with 'Proud', and when Bowie was flashed up I expected 'We could be heros'
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Splendid stuff. Happy and glorious indeed. Humungous medal haul doesn't hurt, but our losers lost with pluck too.
Flamey go bye-bye. Sniff. :'(
I'm with you, Andy. I loved the whole thing from beginning to end. I cried at all the teary bits, cheered at all the 'wewon' bits, got all reminiscent about the music, gobsmacked at the effects and lights and fireworks, and I have fantastic memories of a wonderful two weeks of incredible achievement and dedication. And if Mr Ball wants to pretend to play records on top of a see-through giant octopussy thing, that's fine by me. It was real and emotional, and I loved it.
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The funniest bit was the inclusion of the bad Oasis tribute band.
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I wonder if Noel G, rather than Liam, could have performed Wonderwall, I guess he still has the right to...
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I thought it was superb but with a few "meh" moments. Overall though it had less "meh" moments than most such ceremonies.
Using Eric Idle was inspired.
The real star of the show for me was the stadium with it's pixel displays working in overdrive, a genius idea., all stadiums should be able to do that. I wonder what that looked like on final approach to Heathrow.
I thought the whole Olympics, from opening ceremony to closing ceremony was superbly well done.
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I have a nasty feeling that a Large Budget Overrun will be revealed in the next couple of weeks. Nothing that good could be done without throwing a lot of cash at it.
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Using Eric Idle was inspired.
Did they leave out the song's most important and truthful line ("Life's a piece of shit, when you look at it")?
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Nice to see a depiction of congested roads to start off, and then to see the athletes 'kettled'.
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Using Eric Idle was inspired.
Did they leave out the song's most important and truthful line ("Life's a piece of shit, when you look at it")?
No.
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Yeah, but the really cool stuff starts in a couple of weeks... :thumbsup:
I really like Channel 4's trailer for that. And also the slogan they're using on Tube ads: 'Thanks for the warmup'.
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Highlight for me was Freddie M back live on stage (or so it seemed). Genius hair standing up on neck moment.
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Yeah, but the really cool stuff starts in a couple of weeks... :thumbsup:
I really like Channel 4's trailer for that. And also the slogan they're using on Tube ads: 'Thanks for the warmup'.
Except that everything is now winding down. The press/TV coverage for the paralympics will be a fraction of that for the main games. The paralympics will be treated as second rate - e.g. Olympic winners get a stamp each, paralympic winners won't.
The Commonwealth Games manages to include disabled athletes as full members of their national teams. Why can't the Olympics?
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Splendid stuff. Happy and glorious indeed. Humungous medal haul doesn't hurt, but our losers lost with pluck too.
Flamey go bye-bye. Sniff. :'(
I'm with you, Andy. I loved the whole thing from beginning to end. I cried at all the teary bits, cheered at all the 'wewon' bits, got all reminiscent about the music, gobsmacked at the effects and lights and fireworks, and I have fantastic memories of a wonderful two weeks of incredible achievement and dedication. And if Mr Ball wants to pretend to play records on top of a see-through giant octopussy thing, that's fine by me. It was real and emotional, and I loved it.
I think that it was superb.
It is impossible to please everyone, but there were a few bits that definitely could have been left out.
Jesse J proved to have a wonderful voice and so did Taio Cruz, though the efforts of Tinie Tempah were embarrassing. Particularly when the three of them were on stage together, Jesse J and Cruz singing whilst Tempah stood there looking like a muppet before opening his mouth and confirming it.
I was upset that Brian May didn't blast out his version of God Save the Queen!
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Yeah, but the really cool stuff starts in a couple of weeks... :thumbsup:
I really like Channel 4's trailer for that. And also the slogan they're using on Tube ads: 'Thanks for the warmup'.
I still think it should be on BBC though, but I guess they weren't interested - do OBC provide images for the paralympics I wonder, or is it down to the broadcaster?
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Were those Maximusses Maximi?
In case no one else has answered yet (I've only just started reading the thread):
Yes.
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The funniest bit was the inclusion of the bad Oasis tribute band.
That was singing? I thought it was someone whining in mancunian. I was trying to get subtitles but they weren't available.
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Yeah, but the really cool stuff starts in a couple of weeks... :thumbsup:
I really like Channel 4's trailer for that. And also the slogan they're using on Tube ads: 'Thanks for the warmup'.
Except that everything is now winding down. The press/TV coverage for the paralympics will be a fraction of that for the main games. The paralympics will be treated as second rate - e.g. Olympic winners get a stamp each, paralympic winners won't.
The Commonwealth Games manages to include disabled athletes as full members of their national teams. Why can't the Olympics?
I think the Paralympics is a wonderful thing, but its requirement to identify and cater for each subset of disabilities seems to result in an incredibly complex and unwieldy structure that isn't that easy to follow and produces a very large number of medal winners from a relatively small field - for instance, there are 10 men's and 7 women's (and one mixed) road cycling classifications, presumably producing 18 medal sets where there are two in the Olympics. There's no way that all these medallists can be recognised in the way that Olympians are; there are just too many! But it will be a wonderful spectacle, for all that, and I shall watch as much of it as I can.
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Please camera/director team, pick out Brad!
He's not in the UK at present, so it may be difficult!
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This thread is, in parts, better than the actual ceremony. Excellent work to all.
I thought it was brilliant. I am converted to GB and feel prouder than I ever have of our people. By nature a cynic I have been genuinely inspired by the athletes, especially ours, in victory and defeat. I have bee inspired by the volounteers and the people in teh park itself which is actually lovely.
I never liked football anyway but the olympic athletes put them in deep shade as overpaid and unsporting - what a legacy it would be to see less emphasis on watching millionaires play footy, and more handball! Girls boxing is going to be big I think.
I had hoped that Gary Glitter would be rehabilitated for the final ceremony for My Gang, but the bloke pretending to play records in the octopus was pretty good.
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Highlight for me was Freddie M back live on stage (or so it seemed). Genius hair standing up on neck moment.
Me too. It's sad that nobody who was actually there and still alive had the ability to electrify the crowd like that.
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Me too. It's sad that nobody who was actually there and still alive had the ability to electrify the crowd like that.
+1
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But it's so awesome that a gay immigrant who followed a "peculiar" religion is such a fantastic part of British cultural history. I hope he knows and I hope he's proud. *gets a bit teary again*
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On reflection, it was as if punk never happened though.
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Well, that's John Lydon's fault for selling butter.
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On reflection, it was as if punk never happened though.
There was a nod of acknowledgement to Lydon et al in the OC - or at least there was at the dress rehearsal.
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Didn't they have a mosh-pit of skinhead/punks on Pistorius-style bouncy metal leg-springs (in the OC)? That was a cool bit!
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I want an octobus for Christmas.
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But it's so awesome that a gay immigrant who followed a "peculiar" religion is such a fantastic part of British cultural history. I hope he knows and I hope he's proud. *gets a bit teary again*
I didn't know George Michael was religious, and frankly it sounds improbable. He did a good job for men's corsetry last night though.
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Yeah, but the really cool stuff starts in a couple of weeks... :thumbsup:
I really like Channel 4's trailer for that. And also the slogan they're using on Tube ads: 'Thanks for the warmup'.
I still think it should be on BBC though, but I guess they weren't interested - do OBC provide images for the paralympics I wonder, or is it down to the broadcaster?
Channel 4 seem to have put quite a bit of effort into paralympic sport over the last few years, with coverage fo a few different events. I think that's probably why they are the broadcaster for the games. I don't think that any commercial broadcaster would be able to match the amount of content that the BBC broadcast on air and online though.
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The bloke who handed the flowers to the Marathon winners was incredible. I thought that he'd lost the coin toss and really wanted to hand out the medals.
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I'm extremely jealous of all you lucky people who were able to watch it. Did anyone on here,by chance, record the whole ceremony and would be kind enough to email it to me?
Thank you and hoping.
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One of our number here was singing along to the last number : -
"Talking 'bout my old age pension"
;D
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I'm extremely jealous of all you lucky people who were able to watch it. Did anyone on here,by chance, record the whole ceremony and would be kind enough to email it to me?
Thank you and hoping.
Can you iplayer it?
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Usually not available when overseas.
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It's out there in torrent-land.
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The Commonwealth Games manages to include disabled athletes as full members of their national teams. Why can't the Olympics?
The South Africans did.
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The Commonwealth Games manages to include disabled athletes as full members of their national teams. Why can't the Olympics?
The South Africans did.
The South African Paralympians were not officially counted as part of their Olympic team, with the exception of Pistorious who is a member of both squads - but there are still two different squads. The medals that paralympians might win will not be added to the official medal tallies for their national Olympic teams, whereas they count in the Commonwealth Games.
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I quite enjoyed it.
Much better than the opening ceremony
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It's out there in torrent-land.
Can you point me to a suitable Linux site that works? I haven't used a torrent for years but have bitorrent on my computer re-installed.
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https://isohunt.com/torrent_details/403283249/olympic+2012?tab=summary (https://isohunt.com/torrent_details/403283249/olympic+2012?tab=summary) << Opening
https://isohunt.com/torrent_details/405955305/olympic+2012?tab=summary << Closing
(http://i.imgur.com/bKCUN.gif)
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Thanks but those links are Windows files not Linux.
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Why does it matter what the formats are?
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The twitterati have probably already seen this one, but doing the rounds during the closing ceremony:
Danny Boyle is currently going through his CV bolding and underlining the word “opening”.
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My Linux Torrent reports an error when I try to use it. Not really sure how to get around it?
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That boris is a bit of a mover isnt he. He's outdancing the PM just like I remember Morris Junioor did to me at the school disco, and he got to snog the French exchange girl I was trying to impress.
Id say hes played a blinder with his antics and is a cert for PM now.
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My Linux Torrent reports an error when I try to use it. Not really sure how to get around it?
Works fine on this Ubuntu box. Click the link which opens a browser window then go and download the torrent file, which automagically fires up Transmission (torrent client)
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Also works in rtorrent, which is by all accounts the most Linuxy[1] torrent client out there.
What's the error you're getting?
[1] Read: finicky and hard to use.
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I had to install Wine first and then the torrents started working ok.
Thanks for the assistance provided, I searched for an answer which reminded me of the Wine Programme which I have never used for years and my computer now has a Windows virtual C drive on it. I downloaded the link yesterday, clicked the icon on my download page and it sprang to life as it should do.
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a heads up to anyone who hasn't seen the stunning rings hanging from Tower Bridge;
they are coming down next Tuesday to be replaced by the Paralympic logo (which also looks fantastic)
definitely worth going at night too when the bridge is all lit up :)
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Useful fact: the Paralympic logo is called the "Agitos", from the Latin for "I move".
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I didn't know 'Possum' (in Latin) means 'I can', either, until a couple of days ago.
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Just want to say a special thanks to Sam for those Olympic Ceremony links which I have thoroughly enjoyed watching once I got them working :D
The closing Ceremony was, I feel, the better one.
Thanks again.
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The two ceremonies worked well as a pair. I enjoyed the Danny Boyle effort, but I was left feeling that it suffered from 'Jerusalem Syndrome'. There aren't any Satanic Mills left, except as tourist attractions, and 'Was Jerusalem founded here, among these light industrial units and highly-automated distribution facilities ?' wasn't going to be articulated.
I liked the trucks, cars, taxis and indeed bicycles of the closing ceremony for that reason, it was about the present, not about a dismal past which justifies a dream of a perfect future.
I liked the 'Imagine' segment, people of all nations and religions had been competeing against each other, yet most of their time was spent just being with each other, so I liked the apparent contradiction of the idea of no countries and no religion too. It's the barriers between countries that forms the basis of the Olympics, but it's an experience which breaks down those barriers.
I also liked Ed Sheeran doing 'Wish You Were Here', and who were those Ukrainian girls doing an impromptu dance number? They looked fun.
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The two ceremonies worked well as a pair. I enjoyed the Danny Boyle effort, but I was left feeling that it suffered from 'Jerusalem Syndrome'. There aren't any Satanic Mills left, except as tourist attractions, and 'Was Jerusalem founded here, among these light industrial units and highly-automated distribution facilities ?' wasn't going to be articulated.
The opening ceremony was about the history of Britain and the transition from a pastoral life to an industrial life. The industrial revolution was a large part of our, and the world's, history. There are a lot of things that aren't there any more, should we therefore just forget our history?
I thought the opening ceremony was light years ahead of the closing ceremony. The closing ceremony was what it should be, a party with not a lot to say except to have a good time and enjoy yourselves laughing at ageing rockers. As for the traffic, great, let's celebrate gridlock and dangerous roads. ::-)
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I got bored after 45 minutes so didn't see anything beyond the athletes filing in, but thought I'd catch it on iplayer.
I thought the opening ceremony was pretty good, but the closing ceremony was undoubtably a bit crap and not really thought out. I see that there was a massive balloon release :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm:
The opening ceremony had symbolic doves (the cyclists with wings) which was a fantastic environmentally friendly action. In comparison, the closing ceremony released a load of balloons which will inevitably lead to bird & mammal deaths. >:(
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The two ceremonies worked well as a pair. I enjoyed the Danny Boyle effort, but I was left feeling that it suffered from 'Jerusalem Syndrome'. There aren't any Satanic Mills left, except as tourist attractions, and 'Was Jerusalem founded here, among these light industrial units and highly-automated distribution facilities ?' wasn't going to be articulated.
The opening ceremony was about the history of Britain and the transition from a pastoral life to an industrial life. The industrial revolution was a large part of our, and the world's, history. There are a lot of things that aren't there any more, should we therefore just forget our history?
I thought the opening ceremony was light years ahead of the closing ceremony. The closing ceremony was what it should be, a party with not a lot to say except to have a good time and enjoy yourselves laughing at ageing rockers. As for the traffic, great, let's celebrate gridlock and dangerous roads. ::-)
The opening cermony went beyond the post-industrial world, to embrace social media. Leaping from the Beatle obssessed world of the legacy generation, to the world of Facebook, via a very choppy wedding disco. But the spectacle was facilitated by the work of an economically active generation, who were driving trucks, unloading props and erecting scenery. The ideas predominated over the work.
The closing ceremony made the workaday world more explicit. It was a shame that the arms of the Union Flag didn't stretch beyond the symbolic M25, as it gave the impression of London as an island unto itself.
The Spice Girls section was a bit unrealistic, as outside an entertainment setting they would have been required to wear head protection and be tethered by a suitable harness.
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I thought giving each of the spice girls a Zimmer frame was rather apt. Given the expression on Ms Beckham's face during the whole performance, perhaps only she realised the joke was on them.
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The Opening Ceremony told a story.
The Closing ceremony was a party.
I don't think there is much more to say than that.
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The Opening Ceremony told a story.
The Closing ceremony was a party.
I don't think there is much more to say than that.
The opening ceremony was les Miserables meets a mash-up of every jukebox musical in the West End, and the closing ceremony was Starlight Express with added articulated lorries and newspaper taxis. The closing ceremony even had a Lloyd Webber, albeit Julian.
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The opening ceremony was Danny Boyle spending £20million of our taxes telling David Cameron and the coalition they're c**ts. Best £20million spent ever. :thumbsup:
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The opening ceremony was Danny Boyle spending £20million of our taxes telling David Cameron and the coalition they're c**ts. Best £20million spent ever. :thumbsup:
The opening ceremony was focused at the kind of person who posts on forums. The closing ceremony was focused at the kind of person who drives a lorry. Which is why we see so much written about the opening ceremony, even on threads about the closing ceremony.