Olympics Opening Ceremony | 12pm, Fri 23 July | BBC1

[quimcunx]

Arrrgh. We were supposed to be there (2020 and 2021).
My wife is glued to it. She's from Tokyo, but also has nerd level LOVE of Olympic opening ceremonies. It's like Christmas for her. . . . apart from her not being there. I can't be in the same room, as there is a chance I will make a comment, and any comment I make has the potential of being the wrong comment and it's not worth the risk.

So sorry she wasn't able to be there. Must be gutting, missing it on her home soil.

 

[Petcha]

'imagine there's no countries'

minutes after hundreds of countries have just walked in waving their flags

 

[quimcunx]

I was about to ask why the US got two singers but it seems Keith Urban is Australian. I'm learning lots today.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Amazing

Feel like they could have given themselves just a couple more seconds between each pictogram and no-one would have noticed, though.

 

[Dandred]

South Korean's MBC on the opening....

 

[Dandred]

 

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Which country chose to dress like the fishmonger in Morrison’s?

 

[Lord Camomile]

Which country chose to dress like the fishmonger in Morrison’s?

That's not someone from that nation, it's one of the Japanese volunteers holding the placard that announces the name of each country.

Genuinely just coincidence that's the GB team, was just the first one I found!