To wonder if most of the Commonwealth will understand the opening ceremony

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It's very, well.....Scottish?

How many people will recognise a Tunnocks tea cake or understand the cone on the head of the statue?

Not sure everyone will even be able to understand what Karen Dunbar is saying.

Oh well... Does it matter ?

At the present time it's embarrassing.

Hoping it improves...this bit better....

No- I feel quite sorry for the organisers really- they don't have anything like the budget of the Olympics and as that's so fresh in everyone's memory it's a really difficult act to follow.

It just doesn't look very slick, the extras look like they've all just worn their own clothes.

I am loving it - nothing embarrassing as far as I can see?

what IS the cone on the head of the statue about? (is not Scottish and doesn't know)

I do like Scotland & all things Scottish.... But.... Ok we get the message ! It's in Glasgow.

But they had Rod.

There is a statue of a man on a horse in Glasgow that always has a cone on top of it- it's a must do stag do type thing.

Susan Boyle actually is crap, isn't she? I've always said it. This song is piss easy. DD would do a better job (she is a singer btw!)

Susan Boyle can sing...

Most of our prominent statues have cones on their heads, kids fooling about, that's all.

..flat..I think.... Come on Scotland you a proud country....

Really londonrach - what evidence do you have? That was thin, ready and distinctly pitchy - and it's an easy song...

Red arrows....yeah.. And the Scottish pipe men... We talking...

It's falling a bit flat so far - or is it just me?

Ah - x post! Used to people raving about her because she can more or less hold a tune without being thin and gorgeous

I think Susan Boyle was fine. The rest of it ahem.. in my opinion. Propaganda for Scottish independence. I shall run very quickly before my flaming. .

..it's getting better....

Not just you middleaged

I'm not a fan but Susan Boyle isn't crap. Sick of people just ready to compare this to the Olympics - it isn't the Olympics and hasn't any where near the budget! I doubt this would be the case if it was anywhere else in the Commonwealth.

That's what I thought frog, it will do the Yes vote no harm.

Tbh I thought until the pipe man arrived a vote against independence....they were good..

Well queeniee has arrived, getting better I suppose

You'd have thought they could have got someone who could actually sing to do the national anthem?

Yep Susan was fist. My i can't finish sentences at the moment I don't know before posting...