The opening ceremony (the only good bit of the whole thing, in theory, although reality has not quite lived up to that billing)

[Epona]

I'm worried one of those people on the poles is going to go pling off and land in the next town over...

 

[Aladdin]

I like the reference to literature.

Enjoying this a lot.

 

[QueenOfGoths]

Oh I've been in "Les Liaisons Dangereuse". I wore the same costume that Lindsay Duncan wore in the original stage production. She's a little slighter than me!!

 

[Lord Camomile]

This sort of thing would not be allowed in our library, I can tell you

Just like my line manager told me

 

[Epona]

Can't hear the rain at all on RTE.

I'm watching on BBC1 and it's like a relaxation track, "rain, heavy, with some sort of celebration going on in the background"

 

[quimcunx]

The pole dancing's OK.

We've still got 100? countries to go.

 

[May Kasahara]

Excellent, a bit of celebratory menage a trois followed by a giant pair of tits in the sky.

 

[Aladdin]

Loving it.
The triumph of love..

But it does remind me a little of a wet St Patrick's Day parade in Dublin.

 

[Epona]

The pole dancing's OK.

We've still got 100? countries to go.

Bloody hell, is the offie still going to be open when they finish?

 

[quimcunx]

Have they run out of boats? Do they need to discharge and go round again with the next lot?

 

[Lord Camomile]

The pole dancing's OK.

We've still got 100? countries to go.

Aye, but they're bunched onto fewer boats, so we'll whip through 'em.

 

[Silas Loom]

Bit more funereal now, unless the throuple show up again.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Bloody hell, is the offie still going to be open when they finish?

It was expected to last four hours.

 

[Aladdin]

Pity it's raining.

 

[ruffneck23]

I tuned in thinking it was going to be a bit meh.

But I'm really liking it, espesh the Antoinette bit.

 

[Lord Camomile]

I dunno if it's the Beeb or the main feed, but the audio has been pretty shite

 

[Epona]

It was expected to last four hours.

You've got to be fucking shitting me, keep it short and sweet, 4 hours oh my fucking life!

 

[QueenOfGoths]

This is better but she's soaking!

 

[hash tag]

I feel very sorry for them with the rain but it's much to big for a small screen and too much jumping back and forth between acts.

 

[Epona]

France going for the long haul, everyone's wet but there's no climax.

 

[Dr. Furface]

Have they run out of boats? Do they need to discharge and go round again with the next lot?

I was thinking that too!

 

[strung out]

The pole dancing's OK.

We've still got 100? countries to go.

We only got up to China and there are 206 countries in total, so must be 180 or so still to go!

 

[Silas Loom]

Saints saen! The spooky bits have been by far the best. But then a random cut to Cypriots on a boat.

 

[Epona]

Oooh I love Danse Macabre!

 

[Lord Camomile]

You've got to be fucking shitting me, keep it short and sweet, 4 hours oh my fucking life!

Think that's pretty standard for these things.

 

[Epona]

We only got up to China and there are 206 countries in total, so must be 180 or so still to go!

Wake me up for the 2028 opening ceremony then

 

[starfish]

Nice touch with the headless Queen.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Ha! I'm pretty sure me and my mates slouched around on that staircase when we went 20 years ago, as it came on the last day of a packed long weekend and we were fucking knackered

 

[Aladdin]

I think I love the flame bearer.

 

[QueenOfGoths]

I like the paintings coming to life. Hope we saw more of that.