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the live show finished 3hours ago btw
the live show finished 3hours ago btw
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I wonder if Brazil brought Sepultura along for their segment, ehehe...“Sans arme, sans violence et sans haine”Comment
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Sorry Mags, posts crossedChelsea FC. TRUE BLUE. 💙
Justice for the 96 = achieved
Accountability? ....Comment
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Da nada....Originally posted by Phil Carter View Post
“Sans arme, sans violence et sans haine”Comment
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I don't know if it's well known but Mel Torme was quite a crime buff.Originally posted by Magpie View PostThis my opinion and to the best of my knowledge, that is, if I'm not joking.
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I caught some of the closing ceremony at my daughters and the rest after we gt home.
I was bemused. We turned it on just as people, with what looked like orange cardboard Ku Kluz Klan hoods on, were riding round on bicycles. Can anyone explain this?
Poor Ray Davies (the Kinks) looked just like Ken Dodd. The more I looked, the more he became Ken. What had he done to his hair??
Finally, it was great to see and hear the remaining 50% of The Who. They can still sing and play, although I notice Daltry didn't sing 'hope I die before I get old' with as much gusto as he used to!!Comment
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A celebration of British music? Not of my music. OK Lennon will always be a legend and Queen and the Who still made an impact but he rest? total dross.
How can you celebrate British music without at least a nod in the direction of metal when we invented it! Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden,Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones all had and have a far more lasting impact than the bloody Old Spice Girls yet none rate even a mention. And I can only assume including One Direction was meant to be a comedy moment or else to embarass UK music industry.If the closing ceremony proved anything its the sad decline of UK music industry for a few years now. Don't get me wrong I know for a fact that there are lots of talented bands out there but unless you make bland,commercial pap sorry pop music or appear on a TV karaoke show you ain't gonna get signed to the major record labels because the men in suits only want to make money.
Thank goodness for Eric Idle to rescue the show.Can someone explain what the hell the start was about, Winston Churchill popping out of Big Ben reading Shakespeare to a bunch of cars wrapped in newspaper??Comment
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TIVO is a beautiful thang...Originally posted by Magpie View Post
Let all Oz be agreed;
I need a better class of flying monkeys.Comment
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Originally posted by Limehouse View Post
There's this new thing in music, where you do baffling BS that no one understands and call it "art". It's about performance now, not, you know...skill.
And apparently if you are the hottest chick in a leotard in all the UK you get to come back and sing repeatedly. But hey at least your tarts in 'tards can actually somewhat sing, ours usually can't carry a tune in a bucket.
Let all Oz be agreed;
I need a better class of flying monkeys.Comment
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Hi Ally,
I dont know what Jessie J came as, I prefer to think of her like this
Jenni“be just and fear not”Comment
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Am I the only one who thinks the steeplechase would be more entertaining on the horse course? With the jumps loweredThe early bird might get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.Comment
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Huh. You have to wonder at the limits of her existence if "do it like a dude" is limited to crotch grabbing and the forehead exposure of their hat sit.Originally posted by Jenni Shelden View PostHi Ally,
I dont know what Jessie J came as, I prefer to think of her like this
Jenni
Let all Oz be agreed;
I need a better class of flying monkeys.Comment
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Originally posted by Ally View Post
During the HOUR break before the Who, the wife and I skimmed through TSN"s live coverage to watch all the bits that NBC, in their infinitesimal wisdom, cut out, viz: the Kate Bush dance number, Muse, Ray Davies, the Marathon medal ceremont, 90% of the Peace Parade, and the big dance number after Take That...
And what is it with the %&$#ing commentators yammering incessantly? During the Kate Bush bit, the commentator was yakking on about the London bus system for three quarters of it before finally saying "now let's take a listen"--too frickin' late, bunghole!“Sans arme, sans violence et sans haine”Comment
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Synchronised Drowning
Another absurdity surely. Why does the walk need to be shorter when the marathon is the same length?It is also worth remembering that whilst we might do the same sports we dont do the same disciplines, the walk is shorter, the boxing rounds are different, the artistic gymnastic disciplines are different.
What's the IOC's issue with men doing synchronised swimming? It can't be the swimming because they're allowed to do that and it can't be the synchronisation because they're allowed to compete in synchronised diving. I know we can't multi-task, but we're not that unco-ordinated that we can't stick our heads underwater without drowning.
Regards, Bridewell.I won't always agree but I'll try not to be disagreeable.Comment
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Del & Rodney
Hi Ally,Originally posted by Ally View Post
This was a reference to a 1980's British comedy entitled 'Only Fools and Horses' which centred on a London wide-boy and his gormless brother. There was an occasion when the two were invited to a function which they thought was fancy-dress. They attended as Batman & Robin and their 3-wheeled van broke down en route. Whilst running to the venue they came to the rescue of a female councillor who was being mugged. All I can say is that a lot of people, me included, thought it funny at the time. How on earth non-British viewers were expected to understand it is something I can't explain!
(You did ask!!)
Regards, Bridewell.Last edited by Bridewell; 08-13-2012, 09:46 PM.I won't always agree but I'll try not to be disagreeable.Comment
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