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

[Aladdin]

Ow wow... I love the way the paintings are coming alive

 

[Nine Bob Note]

Bit of Saint Saens to remind me I could be watching an old episode of Jonathan Creek instead of this

 

[Aladdin]

And typical RTE take a commercial break...

 

[Nine Bob Note]

Was that Greg Rutherford in the South Korean team?

 

[Aladdin]

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

RTE sound is perfect.

 

[Silas Loom]

Don’t proper countries do cloud seeding stuff to ensure their parades won’t be pissed on?

 

[Lord Camomile]

At least they're having fun

 

[brogdale]

Is it just me, or is this all a bit of a cheese dream?

 

[Lord Camomile]

RTE sound is perfect.

Oh yeah, you can hear the ads really clearly, eh?

 

[Aladdin]

Oh yeah, you can hear the ads really clearly, eh?

The coverage (when on) is perfect.

 

[QueenOfGoths]

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At least they're having fun

She lives in Maidenhead...well Cookham so in the Royal Borough. And she sometimes does Maidenhead Parkrun.

We're very proud! 'Cos otherwise it might have been Timmy Mallet who I also think lives in Cookham

 

[Aladdin]

Oh.. they're only on the E's

 

[May Kasahara]

Oh.. they're only on the E's

Got to enjoy themselves somehow.

 

[Indeliblelink]

River parades always seem to attract the rain. Remember the Queen's Jubilee Thames pageant?

 

[brogdale]

Is there a fucking hurricane happening in Paris, or summat? The swell on the river looks worse than the North Sea!

 

[Lord Camomile]

Ohhhh, wait, there's going to be an Israel boat

Will probably benefit from being far away from the spectators, but, then again....

 

[Lord Camomile]

Jesus Christ, that piano is gonna be fucked.

 

[QueenOfGoths]

Oh look at that rain

 

[brogdale]

That's not gonna do that piano any good, is it?

 

[Silas Loom]

River parades always seem to attract the rain. Remember the Queen's Jubilee Thames pageant.
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Didn’t realise someone else had tried this before. That gives the French less of an excuse.

 

[Nine Bob Note]

Oh.. they're only on the E's

 

[gosub]

Ohhhh, wait, there's going to be an Israel boat

Will probably benefit from being far away from the spectators, but, then again....

More worried about a Russian submarine

 

[Lord Camomile]

Is there a fucking hurricane happening in Paris, or summat? The swell on the river looks worse than the North Sea!

All them boats creating wakes and counter-wakes, I guess.

 

[blairsh]

Pianist looks a bit pissed off/on.

 

[Lord Camomile]

River parades always seem to attract the rain. Remember the Queen's Jubilee Thames pageant?
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Funnily enough, no, I don't; didn't really register on my radar

 

[Aladdin]

Not a bad note hit...on a wet piano ... brilliant.

 

[Lord Camomile]

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At least they're having fun

Jack and Rose looked drier at the end of the film than Tom and Helen did just then.

 

[Saffy]

Guatemala's outfits are amazing.

 

[Lord Camomile]

I mean, it really must be something to be there under your country's flag, particularly for the smaller nations (who generally aren't seen on the world stage quite so much).

 

[Epona]

I do love a bit of Satie