Opening ceremony just a tad embarrassing !

[cheekypickle]

I just don't get it!

Is it just me or does the [flame] emoticon look like a chili?

I thought it was mainly weird but had some fun bits. Loved Mr Bean and the Bond sequence (although filmed in daylight why?). I nearly died during the attic scene; was anyone else wondering if it would get dodgy? Ick.

Just had the most pointless argument ever with DH trying to convince him that the countries are coming out in alphabetical order.

Embarrassing?
we got sweet kiddies in our green and pleasant land (which still exists outside the cities)
We got the invention of the modern age.
We got votes for women.

We got James Bond and the Queen and corgis

We got childrens literature and the NHS (ha! suck on that Mitt Romney- we have things worth celebrating!)

Chariots of Fire and Mr Bean (DH was cynical at the start but said that was worth the 18million)

We got Sir Tim

Where on earth else could you get all that?

(Oh, and we got Bradley Wiggins for starters just to really annoy the French which is always worthwhile)

Going on too late though, they should have started it earlier.

I think it's been fantastic! Loved it.

Calm down for fuck's sake.
I have now googled him. He is a film director. the second part of my question (re the having of shit for brains) is also therefore answered.

AK - its alphabetical apart from Greece who always get to go first.

I know it's alphabetical order but DH got up to Ghana without noticing and was still trying to argue about it when they finally got to M.

All we need now is Cliff in a London bus.

The flame emoticon looks like an ice cream cone

I actually started crying with laughter at the Greece money bowl comment on the first page. Pregnant and tired but still LOL

usualsuspect If this now doesn't happen you have my disappointment to deal with

Has anyone else heard the rumour that critical mass cyclist have been pepper sprayed outside the venue

as to the opening yay the suffragettes were in there
and the NHS
the capitalists didn't look so good though

It looks like a big spliff to me.

Diidn't LA have Diana Ross?

I am pretty calm. Its just a reflex

9 year old child : who is Danny Boyle?
Me: seriously? You can't find this stuff out for yourself?

usualsuspect That's what I thought the woman was holding in the MN logo

Who isn't calm? Probably the one that is swearing!

Just looked at the list at the bottom, i thought was a carrot!

The logo woman will be out her tree if she hogs all that spliff to herself.

A carrot, thats tickled me [flame]

Where's Wally?

Sweden apparently.

Let it go, pagwatch. I now know who he is and I used the internet to find out. the gods of popular culture have been appeased.

oops torch

I will let it go. I was on to Sweden.
Why don't you drop the 'popular culture' shite.