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London Olympics Opening Ceremony live thread(Didn't see one..exuse me if there already is one)

Posted on 07/27/2012 5:02:27 PM PDT by jakerobins

Watching the start of the Olympics in London......Anyone else?


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: london2012; olympics; openingceremony
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To: hoagy62

There is something said for retiring in grace instead of hanging around forever.


221 posted on 07/27/2012 7:05:25 PM PDT by xp38
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To: xp38

“If you are from the Beatles era he will make you feel old.”

If you are from the Beatles era you ARE old. Sorry.

At 50, I am one of the youngsters of the “Beatles era” group.


222 posted on 07/27/2012 7:05:58 PM PDT by Nik Naym (It's not my fault... I have compulsive smartass disorder.)
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To: Nik Naym

The Beatles, that was that band Paul McCartney was in before he was in Wings, right?


223 posted on 07/27/2012 7:06:50 PM PDT by dfwgator (FUJR (not you, Jim))
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To: dfwgator

I”ve given up. What the heck is the spittoon the women are carryin?

The Odummer commercial sent me to the Rangers-Redsox game. I’ll tune back in for the United States to march in.


224 posted on 07/27/2012 7:07:06 PM PDT by 1scrappymom
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To: dfwgator

Woo Hoo! Plug for the Gators!!!

There are 37 Gators at the Olympics.


225 posted on 07/27/2012 7:08:17 PM PDT by dfwgator (FUJR (not you, Jim))
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To: dfwgator

Yeah.

Or as I was amused once to hear a kid say (back in the early 80s) when the subject of the Beatles came up:

“Wasn’t that Paul McCartney’s old band?”

I LOL’d.


226 posted on 07/27/2012 7:08:39 PM PDT by Nik Naym (It's not my fault... I have compulsive smartass disorder.)
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To: 1scrappymom

Spoiler alert. They form a part of the eventual Olympic Flame cauldron.


227 posted on 07/27/2012 7:09:12 PM PDT by xp38
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To: dfwgator

No Pink Floyd? No Monte Python? No Stephen Hawking? The opening parts looked promising, but it got cheesy and bad very quickly. Oh, apparently WWII didn’t happen either. The WWI tribute was nice though.


228 posted on 07/27/2012 7:09:24 PM PDT by opticks
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To: 1scrappymom

Had you watched the torch lighting, all would have been revealed.

The torch lighting was stunning.


229 posted on 07/27/2012 7:10:01 PM PDT by the scotsman (i)
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To: xp38

YOU TELL ‘EM BOB!!!!


230 posted on 07/27/2012 7:10:59 PM PDT by dfwgator (FUJR (not you, Jim))
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To: the scotsman

I agree with that.


231 posted on 07/27/2012 7:11:48 PM PDT by xp38
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To: jakerobins

I’m curious to know if the Iraqi woman waving their flag is
actually living in Iraq?


232 posted on 07/27/2012 7:12:11 PM PDT by linn37 (Newt supporter here.)
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To: the scotsman

NBC: “Oh, Israel’s here...time for a commercial.”


233 posted on 07/27/2012 7:12:14 PM PDT by stylecouncilor (Some minds are like soup in a poor restaurant...better left unstirred.-PG Wodehouse)
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To: stylecouncilor

This disdain and disrespect for Isreal is palpable....and I can not even come up with words bad enough to describe my hatred for both NBC and Obammy!


234 posted on 07/27/2012 7:15:51 PM PDT by MagUSNRET
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To: MagUSNRET

Kenya - Obama’s home country.


235 posted on 07/27/2012 7:16:38 PM PDT by dfwgator (FUJR (not you, Jim))
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To: opticks

There was an agreed upon rule, since the Germans were there, to not mention the war. ;)

Also there is not one mention of the British Empire. Half of the nations there were former colonies!


236 posted on 07/27/2012 7:17:56 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: Mad Dawgg

Kenya just marched by. Three of Obama’s half brothers led the pack, one carrying a forged birth certificate.


237 posted on 07/27/2012 7:18:55 PM PDT by Malesherbes (- Sauve qui peut)
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To: MagUSNRET

Brian Williams...no not the NBC guy...the Canadian sports commentator emphatically stated during the ceremony that the IOC was wrong to not honour the slain Israeli athletes. He stated they died as Olympians and should have been honoured. He also mentioned the governor general of Canada also asked the IOC to honour them prior to the opening. He is there in the stadium tonight representing Canada.


238 posted on 07/27/2012 7:21:52 PM PDT by xp38
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To: VanDeKoik

Huh?

As far as most PC people are concerned, Germans were the problem for WWI, also. So what’s the difference?


239 posted on 07/27/2012 7:21:52 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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To: dfwgator

I tuned out whatever was going to be said about Cuba, so I don’t recall.


240 posted on 07/27/2012 7:22:13 PM PDT by rabidralph
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