I've been eating supper and reading the Charley threads, while the Olympics have been on in the foreground. I'm not sure in what order the athletes are in, it sure isn't in alphabetical order. Went from Austria to Afghanistan to Belgium to Venezuela to Bermuda. Maybe it's some kind of back and forth switch from A to Z and Z to A? Weird. Maybe it's alphabetical in Greek. I'm not sure if the US has already been through. I'll try to keep an eye out but I've got to pack for a vacation, ack.
The opening show was really strange. Hard to describe. There was some madonna type thing with an "expectant" woman, and her belly illuminated like a light bulb. I think it was supposed to represent the birth of Apollo? Some Greek god/goddess or other...
France just went through a minute ago. Lots of cheers. Ick. There's a lot of cheering and backgound crowd noise anyway, but there seemed to be a higher response toward France.
It seemed like polite applause to me and not rousing cheering but the sound mix may vary from broadcaster to broadcaster.