Olympic Opening Ceremony

[DJ-Daz]

I thought it was a belter, up to that part Paul McCartney came on.
I think The Jam, The Specials, Pet Shop boys or some other group O.M.D. would have been a lot better than a geriatric trying to sing, and sounding like a drowning cat.

Yeah he was part of the Beatles and they were truly an iconic British band... but he's past it.

[DJ-Daz]

just in case anyone wants to watch it again...
b01l4ldk

[InfiniteStates]

I thought the set morphs were good, but the choreography of the people was a bit weird and shit. The Olympic cauldron and fireworks were amazing, and the music through out was good.

Hopefully they can fuck off charging me extra council tax to pay for it now...I don't see why just Londoners should be paying for it. We already pay more for less as it is.

[Symonator]

I despise all olympic things, i hate the tv it takes over, the adverts, the games, the radio, how it seems to be now more important than terrorists and every day news coverage, like before the olympics the news was full of how bad war is in certain countries, now it's all hunky dory olympics.

I hate how it ruins british transport, roads, train delays etc.
It's not about sports, it's about a big giant fucking cash cow and every coroprate man and his dog jumps on the bandwagon...

meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh does me head in.

[Symonator]

facebook joke going around:

Fuck the olympics.If I wanted to see a bunch of people in tracksuits who haven't worked for the last 4 years I'd go to Liverpool.

[DJ-Daz]

Maybe this is what Infinite and friends should have worked on before Frutorious... 8-bit Olympic games

[InfiniteStates]

LOL that was awesome, but an awful lot of effort for what...?

[YorkshirePud]

very awesome, better than most 8-bit games ironically

[YorkshirePud]

if anyone is interested ive been helping keep the medal table updated on the car owners forum on the games, here is a copynpasta

Gold

Rowing - Women's Pair
Rowing - Women's Double sculls
Rowing - Women's Lightweight Double Sculls
Rowing - Men's Four
Canoe Slalom - Men's Canoe Double
Shooting - Men's Double Trap
Cycling - Road - Men's Individual Time Trial
Cycling - Track - Men's Team Pursuit
Cycling - Track - Men's Team Sprint
Cycling - Track - Women's Keirin
Cycling - Track - Women's Team pursuit
Athletics - Women's Heptathlon
Athletics - Men's Long Jump
Athletics - Men's 10,000 Metres
Sailing - Mens Finn
Tennis - Mens Singles
Equestrian - Team Jumping


Silver

Athletics - Womens 400m
Cycling - Road - Women's Road Race
Rowing - Men's Lightweight Four
Rowing - Men's Lightweight Double Sculls
Canoe Slalom - Men's Canoe Double
Swimming - Men's 200m Breaststroke
Equestrian - Team Eventing
Judo - Women's -78kg
Sailing - Mens Star
Gymnastics - Men's Pommel Horse
Tennis - Men's Doubles
Tennis - Mixed Doubles
Sailing - Men's Star


Bronze
Cycling - Road - Men's Individual Time Trial
Cycling - Track - Men's Omnium
Rowing - Men's Single Sculls
Rowing - Men's Pair
Rowing - Men's Eight
Swimming - Women's 400m Freestyle
Swimming - Women's 800m Freestyle
Judo - Women's +78kg
Gymnastics - Artistic
Gymnastics - Men's pommel horse
Gymnastics - Womens Uneven Bars


Total GB Medals: 40
Team GB Table Position: 3rd

i know the olympics doesnt mean much to some of you but we (GB) are in 3rd place on the medal table, this is pretty good going i think considering you have the yanks who can just throw money at the olympics and the chinese who just breed winners

[InfiniteStates]

The chinese just breed period.

[Killzone_Kid]

PMSL!

[InfiniteStates]

LOL this article pretty much sums up my bag-humbug feelings for the Olympics:

http://www.blottr.com/contributor/old-h ... c-hangover

[Symonator]

hahah @states.

Thank god it's over, i am not a fan of it at all.
I just hated the fact that tv/radio is already shit but adding olympics all over it, it took over like a plague.

They should dedicate a few free channels to olympics for normal tv viewers, like they do on cable next time, so people are not FORCED to watch it because that's all thats on.

Well done to the GB team though, i am not mocking this.
But sport in gneral is fucking annoying, it does me head in.

[Killzone_Kid]

I have to fork out the money even though I haven't even watched a single event.

[Symonator]

yeah, love your tv license fee? great isn't it