London 2012 Olympics Thread

[Caruut]

Wiggins opens the opening ceremony, it's looking quite mental right now.

 

[The Cobra]

10 minutes in. Awful so far. Must get better surely?

Cringe

 

[Frosty]

Well i think its been pretty good so far...

 

[Machu Picchu]

Obviously didn't expect it to match the Beijing ceremony but hope it picks up soon....

 

[oevkride]

Love that they remade the Isengard in the middle of it all ;-)

 

[The Cobra]

Getting better now. More what I was expecting. All the hymns and endless clips of rugby was a bit ???? at the start.

 

[Frosty]

Getting better now. More what I was expecting. All the hymns and endless clips of rugby was a bit ???? at the start.

Just introducing the different countries in the UK. Agree there was a bit too much rugby in there.

 

[Boeing]

thanks NBC for not allowing us to record specific events

cheering failure was the only reason to stay tuned anyway

Can't decide who Id rather see fail Michael Phelps or the USA Mens basketball team

 

[Magnus]

10 minutes in. Awful so far. Must get better surely?

Cringe

Watch you mouth or the warship will hunt you down

 

[Boeing]

10 minutes in. Awful so far. Must get better surely?

Cringe

dear god my wife is a Brit and she cant wait to sit me through this? Nothing worse than watching brits celebrate themselves I think ill watch season one of breaking bad again tonight on the lap top. gag

 

[The Cobra]

Watch you mouth or the warship will hunt you down

Ooops!

Luckily I think I'm well out of range.

 

[The Cobra]

dear god my wife is a Brit and she cant wait to sit me through this? Nothing worse than watching brits celebrate themselves I think ill watch season one of breaking bad again tonight on the lap top. gag

Lol, you're going to LOVE this then.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Was that a **** you to david cameron by danny boyle?

 

[Machu Picchu]

So how do we show ourselves to the world? James Bond, the Queen and Mr Bean....

 

[Zam_Olyas]

So how do we show ourselves to the world? James Bond, the Queen and Mr Bean....

They should have included pink floyd.

 

[Magnus]

They should have included pink floyd.

There was a reference to the 'Animals' cover in the Thames intro.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

There was a reference to the 'Animals' cover in the Thames intro.

was there? i guess didn't see it... very nice.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Celebrate an institution that dishes out free drugs?
I'm surprised there's not already a thread up in the clinic.

Boyle by name, boil by nature.

What's with french getting top billing?
200 million speak frog.
1 billion have English as first language and half the rest of the world are fairly fluent.

 

[Magnus]

was there? i guess didn't see it... very nice.

There was a factory with a an inflated pig at the riverside.

 

[Machu Picchu]

There was a factory with a an inflated pig at the riverside.

Battersea Power Station

 

[Machu Picchu]

Celebrate an institution that dishes out free drugs?
I'm surprised there's not already a thread up in the clinic.

Boyle by name, boil by nature.

What's with french getting top billing?
200 million speak frog.
1 billion have English as first language and half the rest of the world are fairly fluent.

Three excellent comments to clearly show your stupidity and your ignorance, bravo!

 

[Magnus]

Who was the Cuban flag bearer?

 

[Arnout]

Celebrate an institution that dishes out free drugs?
I'm surprised there's not already a thread up in the clinic.

Boyle by name, boil by nature.

What's with french getting top billing?
200 million speak frog.
1 billion have English as first language and half the rest of the world are fairly fluent.

I assume by your logic this whole night of ******** should be in Spanish?

 

[jens_attacks]

i've seen mark renton running...the only thing that matters...olympics started indeed

pretty much great stuff,a little bit too long though

wiggo is getting slowly to lance's level of recognition,what a champ!

 

[Arnout]

Lot's of great music comes from Britain. None of which gets played tonight, all music I hear is awful.