Paralympics Opening Ceremony

[weltweit]

Go on Beverly give it some welly.

She sure had some lungs on her ...

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

It was good, I liked the science bits and Steven Hawking, but it was very long. I feel sorry for any atheletes that have to compete tommorrow!

Most of those who compete the next day don't bother with Opening Ceremonies. Think I read that the cyclists wouldn't be attending

 

[weltweit]

Most of those who compete the next day don't bother with Opening Ceremonies. Think I read that the cyclists wouldn't be attending

Was it you who ran that thread about picking small nations who only have a few atheletes entered? I think you should do it again!! there were quite a few in the procession with just one or two atheletes.

 

[Bungle73]

That is the most English post I've ever read on these boards, and that's going some

I'm not sure what that means?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Tory Edwina Currie was at the centre of a Twitter storm tonight after making “patronising” comments about Italy’s Paralympic athletes.

The former Junior Health Minister tweeted during the Paralympics opening ceremony: “Italians are gorgeous even in wheelchairs. Love ‘em”

FFS

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Was it you who ran that thread about picking small nations who only have a few atheletes entered? I think you should do it again!! there were quite a few in the procession with just one or two atheletes.

OK so

 

[weltweit]

FFS

Yes, that is a bit dodgy.

 

[treelover]

What was the piece sung by the Blonde(purely descriptive usage) Opera singer? it was beautiful and ethereal, sounded a bit at times like the Songs of the Ood..

 

[weltweit]

OK so

So, nothing .....

 

[treelover]

FFS

The Brazilians certainly were, gorgeous that is..

 

[treelover]

Ian Drury! Excellent!

that was brilliant!

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

So, nothing .....

I meant OK, I'm off to do it!

 

[weltweit]

I meant OK, I'm off to do it!

Oh, ok ...

 

[treelover]

Ah, was the music I mentioned above Handel's 'Eternal Source of Light Divine'?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Oh, ok ...

Problems with hanging around the Irish too long

 

[treelover]

Btw, the Olympic cauldron truly is a wonder, absolutely stunning..

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Btw, the Olympic cauldron truly is a wonder, absolutely stunning..

It's lovely, but a shame it wasn't raised higher so people outside of the stadium could see it

 

[Mrs Magpie]

FFS

Edwina? Making a stupid and crass remark? How totally out of character!

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Edwina? Making a stupid and crass remark? How totally out of character!

You'd think she'd learn to keep her trap shut by now

 

[gosub]

Why would anyone other than John Major follow Edwina on twitter?

 

[weltweit]

I was impressed by the numbers of bits of stage or and people that were whizzing around suspended on cables high in the arena. But I worried that they might leave some poor soul up there simply because there was so much to remember and they forgot someone. - Help let me down.... don't leave me up here!

 

[weltweit]

Oh and I liked teh dancer David Toole, he was very graceful.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Why would anyone other than John Major follow Edwina on twitter?

Maybe they were just following general tweets?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

No idea re trains but tubes are running till about 0230 during the games

I believe they are running a similar service as the Olympics which will mean trains until about 2am, they also have standby trains at the mainline stations to run if needed.

Last tube times here

Jubilee Line

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/first-last-jubilee-olympics.pdf


Central Line

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/first-last-central-olympics.pdf

 

[belboid]

Dammit, I didnt want to get sucked into another two weeks of being amazed by what some human beings can do with their bodies. But I think I'm going to be.

Just caught ceremony highlights, and there was much greatness. Very glad I hadnt read any of the thread beforehand, cos the moment when they started playing Spasticus Autisticus was just phenomenal, had us screaching and applauding.

Was McKellen parlt chosen becuse his second most famous role is as th leader of amazing 'mutants'? Or is that just me (sorry if thats been done before)

 

[Maggot]

I thought it was pretty rubbish overall. Liked the Moon on a stick though.

 

[gabi]

Was McKellen parlt chosen becuse his second most famous role is as th leader of amazing 'mutants'? Or is that just me (sorry if thats been done before)

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/sport...eto-wreaks-havoc-at-paralympics-2012083039431

 

[shygirl]

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/sport...eto-wreaks-havoc-at-paralympics-2012083039431

Thought it was pretty dull to being with, but then it got sooo much better. Very moving.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

managed 10 minutes before starting to nod off, so switched over.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

It obviously wasn't important enough for the BBC. That's the crux of the matter. Says it all.

Not so sure now

However, two years after losing the TV rights to the Paralympics regret still runs deep at the BBC, with one senior TV industry executive describing it as "one of the biggest mistakes of all time".

"From a remit and prominence point of view it has to be viewed as one of the biggest mistakes of all time for the BBC," he said. "It is part of the BBC's remit to support exactly this sort of minority event, and given the massive momentum of the Olympics it is a giant lost opportunity to not be able to continue seamless weeks of promotion to drive the Paralympics after such a spectacular Olympics."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/aug/30/paralympics-regret-bbc-gary-lineker?newsfeed=true

Although surely they would have known that £5m wasn't a huge amount or how could they not have got an industry spy to find out how much C4 were bidding?