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Official Olympics 2012 thread

skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
edited July 2012 in Strut Central
Opening ceremony blah.
Pics of fly pole vault honeys.
Horrendous Korean flag faux pas and the like.
The mega fails, the heroic facemelting performances, triumph, tragedy and moaning about the traffic, the weather, and how lame LDN is compared to Beijing, Sydney et al.

Japan beat Spain in the soccerball.

That is all.
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  • skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
    Oh and: promise to put a spoiler alert for meriman not wanting to know that some Bolt-like figure smashes the WR before they gets to see the TV.
  • DocMcCoyDocMcCoy "Go and laugh in your own country!" 5,913 Posts
    And now it's over to Carl Lewis.
  • asstroasstro 1,754 Posts
    Looking forward to the next two weeks. Bummed she won't be there:

  • FlomotionFlomotion 2,390 Posts
    DocMcCoy said:
    And now it's over to Carl Lewis.

    Best thing he's ever said.
  • DORDOR Two Ron Toe 9,899 Posts
    asstro said:
    Bummed she won't be there:



    Major bummer...
  • RockadelicRockadelic Out Digging 13,993 Posts
  • 4YearGraduate4YearGraduate 2,945 Posts
    DOR said:
    asstro said:
    Bummed she won't be there:



    Major bummer...

    and this bonehead had to be racist on teh twitter:
  • DORDOR Two Ron Toe 9,899 Posts
    4YearGraduate said:


    and this bonehead had to be racist on teh twitter:

    Plz to explain.
  • AlmondAlmond 1,427 Posts
    DOR said:
    4YearGraduate said:


    and this bonehead had to be racist on teh twitter:

    Plz to explain.

    She was expelled from the games for a racist tweet.
    ???With so many Africans in Greece... the West Nile mosquitoes will at least eat homemade food!!!???

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/she-the-people/post/greek-athlete-booted-from-olympics/2012/07/26/gJQAVnSYAX_blog.html
  • DB_CooperDB_Cooper Manhatin' 7,823 Posts
    *SPOILER ALERT*








    America wins more medals than anyone else. 'MERICA!
  • vintageinfantsvintageinfants 4,537 Posts
    mike oldfield is a prank right? #TUBULAR
  • vintageinfantsvintageinfants 4,537 Posts
    double post.


    but while i'm here...... man oh man, mass choreography representing a hospital really pumps my nads
  • skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
    We wanted Page with the vintage Les Paul, we got Oldfield with a PRS.

    Lame.

    Enough Mary Poppins already.
  • DORDOR Two Ron Toe 9,899 Posts
    But ya'll killed me when I saw Bean's mug.

    Classic.
  • RockadelicRockadelic Out Digging 13,993 Posts
    This is the perfect time to suggest the First Annual Musicians Olympics.

    I'd pay big money to see Phil Collins and Elton John run the 100 Meters.

    Or Paul McCartney box Ringo Starr

    Def Lepard Synchronized Swimming anyone?
  • skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
    YES! Teh Jam up in this bitch!

    Weller predictions viiiiindicaaaayyyyyyted
  • skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
    Rockadelic said:


    Def Lepard Synchronized Swimming anyone?

    Aka swimming in circles, drummer at least.
  • JuniorJunior 4,853 Posts
    A clip from mutha fuckin Kes in an Olympics opening ceremony.

    Gonna stop watching now as I suspect nothing could top that.

    Mutha fucking Kes.
  • vintageinfantsvintageinfants 4,537 Posts
    DIZZEE?!
  • vintageinfantsvintageinfants 4,537 Posts
    this 'abide with me' segment is phenomenal.
  • rootlesscosmorootlesscosmo 12,848 Posts
    4YearGraduate said:
    DOR said:
    asstro said:
    Bummed she won't be there:



    Major bummer...

    and this bonehead had to be racist on teh twitter:

    yeah I was looking forward to her, er, participation? and Im not even a fan of blondes. anyway, she's apparently a racist shithead.

  • rootlesscosmorootlesscosmo 12,848 Posts
    asstro said:
    Looking forward to the next two weeks. Bummed she won't be there:


    who is this BTW? and why is she not participating?

    LOVE the direction this thread is already heading in BTW...
  • leonleon 883 Posts
    Thin Lizzy on bbc4 anyone??
  • BeatChemistBeatChemist 1,465 Posts
    I caught it on a big screen on mute while eating bbq pork and brisket.

    The forging of the rings was pretty cool.

    We could tell that Paul was doing Hey Jude by reading his lips lol

    I don't really care at all about the olympics. Does that make me a bad person?
  • DORDOR Two Ron Toe 9,899 Posts
    Highlights.

    Bean
    Bond/Queen
    Forging of the Olympic rings/industrial revolution sequence
    Ali

    Oh and...

  • motown67motown67 4,513 Posts
    According to the opening ceremonies the history of England is that they stood around and looked at each other for a while and then decided to build factories and then they worked and worked and worked and worked so that they could have the olympics!

    What a completely boring opening.

    Makes me want to watch re-runs of the Beijing opening to see what a real olympics start is supposed to look like
  • skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
    Damn, you sound unsophisticated!

    Although I've quibbled about individual choices made for various snippets, the overall theme and tone were exactly the mix that represents UK today.

    YMD
  • motown67motown67 4,513 Posts
    Believe me I got the symbolism, but as an opening act it was not interesting.
  • kitchenknightkitchenknight 4,922 Posts
    Say what you will about the opening ceremonies, and it wasn't really touching China... BUT, China didn't peak with Pink Floyd blaring while the torch was lit. That was fucking killer, and a perfect choice of music to bring the whole thing to a crescendo.

    Thought NBC was brutal, by the way, and the fact that the cut out the memorial to terrorist victims for the Michael Phelps-Seacrest interview is awful. Fuck Michael Phelps, go sit on a $5 footlong.
  • DocMcCoyDocMcCoy "Go and laugh in your own country!" 5,913 Posts
    Well, SI got it.
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