Originally Posted by erinp:
Watched by 1billion worldwide.
That puts us on the map then 
After a bit of a dire start, that turned out to be spectacular
Originally Posted by Xochiquetzal:
Originally Posted by Ducky:
Originally Posted by Xochiquetzal:
Well it seems I was right about the petals then! 
I promise you it was a lucky guess!
Duds reckons one of the commentators gave it away.....he then came downstairs intending to give it away to me too. I had to LALALALALALALA till he took the hint. 
Who's Duds? 
Hahahahahaha! I just realised that Duds was our Duds! 
But chide him a tad because I'd decided it way earlier!
Originally Posted by Supes:
After a bit of a dire start, that turned out to be spectacular
I was watching BB so I just caught the spectacular part 
All four countries represented in song .What song did Scotland get?
Originally Posted by erinp:
All four countries represented in song .What song did Scotland get?
"Flower of Scotland".
Originally Posted by ~Lee~:
Originally Posted by erinp:
Oh not McCartney
He can't hold a note.
Too true, time for Simon Cowell to loan out one of his karaoke boys. Might not be authentic but at least it wouldn't be painful to hear!
Originally Posted by Eugene's Lair:
Originally Posted by erinp:
All four countries represented in song .What song did Scotland get?
"Flower of Scotland".
MUCH AS I LOVE YOU. DO NOT POST BB SPOILERS HERE! I'm going to pull an all nighter to resolve BB stuff now.
Originally Posted by Xochiquetzal:
Originally Posted by Xochiquetzal:
Originally Posted by Ducky:
Originally Posted by Xochiquetzal:
Well it seems I was right about the petals then! I promise you it was a lucky guess!
Duds reckons one of the commentators gave it away.....he then came downstairs intending to give it away to me too. I had to LALALALALALALA till he took the hint.
Who's Duds?
Hahahahahaha! I just realised that Duds was our Duds! But chide him a tad because I'd decided it way earlier!
I was a bit 
when you asked who he was! I was thinking of replying "are you sure that's you Xochi" 
He actually beat you to it I'm afraid...... it's just I didn't know at the time cos I didn't let him tell me!
Right...I'm doing the bed thing. I have more bits of shed to paint tomorrow....and it's looking like rain on Sunday so I'd better get a move on!
Night to all you Olympic standard FMs 
Originally Posted by Xochiquetzal:
MUCH AS I LOVE YOU. DO NOT POST BB SPOILERS HERE! I'm going to pull an all nighter to resolve BB stuff now.
Why would I.
Yo!
Originally Posted by Ducky:
Originally Posted by Xochiquetzal:
Originally Posted by Xochiquetzal:
Originally Posted by Ducky:
Originally Posted by Xochiquetzal:
Well it seems I was right about the petals then! I promise you it was a lucky guess!
Duds reckons one of the commentators gave it away.....he then came downstairs intending to give it away to me too. I had to LALALALALALALA till he took the hint.
Who's Duds?
Hahahahahaha! I just realised that Duds was our Duds! But chide him a tad because I'd decided it way earlier!
I was a bit when you asked who he was! I was thinking of replying "are you sure that's you Xochi"
He actually beat you to it I'm afraid...... it's just I didn't know at the time cos I didn't let him tell me!
Yeah! Apologies again! I'm kind of brain random now anyway! Enjoy! And I can only type slow now. That's my excuse and I'll stick to it!
Originally Posted by Eugene's Lair:
Originally Posted by erinp:
I've always loved Danny Boyle's work and I therefore had high expectations, but I still thought tonight's ceremony was just genius!
He really put his stamp on it. I've never seen a ceremony that was so distinctly celebratory of the nation's people, history and culture - past and present.
i thought it was far more watchable than the usual stuff, with girls wafting about in tutus under wafty sheets and just generally wafting here and there.
or the marching , there have been a fair few marching ones.
we had big feck off chimneys!
We also had Chris Hoy with NO sling for his flag.
That's grit and steely determination before a starter gun's even been fired.
'ave itttttttttttttt.
Originally Posted by erinp:
Wow! That's a fantastic image erin! And it's one that didn't happen if you were watching live.
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Originally Posted by jacksonb:
i thought it was far more watchable than the usual stuff, with girls wafting about in tutus under wafty sheets and just generally wafting here and there.
or the marching , there have been a fair few marching ones.
we had big feck off chimneys!
I'll take your word
an invasion of mary poppins.
Originally Posted by ~Cosmopolitan~:
We also had Chris Hoy with NO sling for his flag.
That's grit and steely determination before a starter gun's even been fired.
'ave itttttttttttttt.
he said there was no way he'd have a sling for the flag after stever redgrave and mat pincet carried with out one.
Originally Posted by jacksonb:
i thought it was far more watchable than the usual stuff, with girls wafting about in tutus under wafty sheets and just generally wafting here and there.
or the marching , there have been a fair few marching ones.
we had big feck off chimneys!
Mr Bean, James Bond, Dark Satanic Mills and Isambard Kingdom Brunel! No crappy life-size mascots. 
THE OLYMPIC CEREMONY - IN NUMBERS
âĒ 1 billion - the estimated worldwide television audience
âĒ ÂĢ27 million - the total cost of the opening ceremony
âĒ 16,000 athletes
âĒ 12,956 props
âĒ 10,000 performers
âĒ 500 speakers
âĒ 70 sheep
âĒ 12 horses
âĒ 10 chickens
âĒ 3 cows
âĒ 3 sheep dogs
âĒ 2 goats
âĒ 1 Sir Paul McCartney
Originally Posted by Supes:
After a bit of a dire start, that turned out to be spectacular
I wouldn't say 'dire' but at the very start I was thinking, this looks like it might fall flat on its face.
Beautiful ceremony, the lighting of the cauldron was spectacular! <3
Fireworks light up Tower Bridge as David Beckham drives a speedboat carrying the Olympic flame.
Actors perform at the end of the British meadow scene of the Opening Ceremony.
