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So far I like this better than Bejing.
LaRae
LaRae
So far I like this better than Bejing.
LaRae
I....don't remember it. In fact, I might not have watched it. Opening ceremonies aren't usually that important to me to watch.
I won't forget this one though. Very interesting. If it makes sense, I relate to this opening ceremony.
Really enjoyed seeing Bradley Wiggins get things started after his heroics last week - now he needs a really late night so that tomorrow Cadel Evans etc can win the gold.
Ok if they don't play some Queen music I'm going to be wondering what they heck they were thinking....
LaRae
By contrast, London spent about $42 million. That's actually twice what it was originally going to be, until David Cameron was shown a preview a couple of months ago and found money from somewhere to to add to the budget. Of course, even $42 million is an obscene amount of money on what is basically a fancy tourism advert, but until some host nation is brave enough to drastically scale this thing down, it'll continue to be a 'our country is better than your country' competition.
Anyone see this yet? Camilla and Boris react to German Diplomat saluting his home team.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/07/28/article-2180142-14403AC2000005DC-812_634x364.jpg
I think that photo's being taken out of context, at least I hope it is. I think this guy was mid-wave and it looked like something it wasn't.
I think that photo's being taken out of context, at least I hope it is. I think this guy was mid-wave and it looked like something it wasn't.
I dunno about that bertie...the stiffness of the arm and flatness of the hand/fingers doens't look like just 'one of those weird things' to me.
LaRae
In which case pretty well everyone I saw who was waving single handed was doing the same thing - straight arms and flat fingers (and the left hand to boot).
Sorry but this is simply people trying to cause trouble on the basis of a still photo.