Olympic Opening Ceremony, London 2012

[Miss-Shelf]

Why? Who were you expecting then? Daley Thompson or Roger Bannister or Seb Coe or other?

I dunno!

 

[Gingerman]

Thought it was going to be John Terry in his Chelsea strip

 

[twentythreedom]

The precedence of French over regional English is annoying

 

[Big Gunz]

Olympic oath stuff is so fucking lame, do they do it at every Olympics?

 

[Espresso]

I am going to kill this digibox with fire

Sir Steve's got a light. He'll lend it to you, I'm sure

 

[Pickman's model]

Reading off a card without looking up, god damnit, you could have at least learned a few lines.

see, it should have been vanessa redgrave. or corin. learning a few lines wouldn't present them with a problem.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I dunno!

 

[quimcunx]

Why? Who were you expecting then? Daley Thompson or Roger Bannister or Seb Coe or other?

the people's princess.

 

[story]

Olympic oath stuff is so fucking lame, do they do it at every Olympics?

Isn't it the heart and core of the Olympics?

 

[Fez909]

The oath is indeed lame. The lamest part of this ceremony. Worse than the speeches.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Maybe Redgrave will give it to Di?

 

[Miss-Shelf]

Yay builders

 

[Pickman's model]

the people's princess.

the people's car crash

 

[quimcunx]

Maybe he'll hand it to someone else.

 

[Espresso]

The hard hats were a bit daft.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Maybe he'll hand it to someone else.

Kate?

 

[quimcunx]

Or Daley thompson will grab it. ''Ima gonna let you finish but...''

 

[bi0boy]

Maybe he'll hand it to someone else.

he did! he did!

 

[quimcunx]

He has handed it on then?

 

[story]

The precedence of French over regional English is annoying

Why is French the official language of the Olympics?
Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_is_French_the_official_language_of_the_Olympics#ixzz21rvW0oxZ
Because the founder of the Modern Olympic Games was French, and the Headquarters of the International Olympic Committee is located in Switzerland.
English is also an official language of the Olympics. When announcements are made at the Games, they

 

[AverageJoe]

Whos the singer?

 

[Fez909]

Still time for Hawking to appear....

 

[prunus]

The hard hats were a bit daft.

No hat no boots no work.

 

[Corax]

Loved that book. Had that edition too.

 

[Firky]

Still hoping it is Madeline McCann to light the fire.

 

[Libertad]

The hard hats were a bit daft.

You wouldn't say that if an Olympic torch fell on your head.

 

[twentythreedom]

FFS get on with it

 

[quimcunx]

he did! he did!

Knew it when the commentator said. ''...Redgrave been chosen to run it into the stadium''

 

[free spirit]

His wife

oh really?

well that's a bit different then. Still a bit sad, but maybe she was holding him tight for other reasons than just holding him up.

 

[Espresso]

Whos the singer?

Is it Ed Sheeran?