paul92
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Paul, it's just a metaphor...not a factual thing.
That's not what a metaphor is.
You tit.
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The UK is not commonly known for making good wine, is it?
Actually, while French wine is known more for being the best.
UK wineries are seriously competing with the French ones in terms of quality and taste.
Source: Some TV show I was randomly watching
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The Olympic Stadium model looks really crap.
And the wrap didn't even end up like it does on the photo. (I know it was suppose to originally)
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On the Next website the large Team GB scarf is just £1 (down from £10.) And the small is 50p down from £5.
What a discount.
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F for grammar.
A+ for irony.
"Edited by greenandblue, Today, 02:32 AM."
I rest my case.
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Ooo sexy torch.
Would prefer if the black bits at the top were sunken into the torch more to give the effect of the flames emerging from the shard of ice though.
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Wait,
1. I don't care about Minneapolis, heck I'm not even sure where in the USA it is. I've never cared about it.
2. It's you're not u're.
3. Obviously my name is Paul, I'm just a compulsive liar.
4. Not
5. I want 2024 to be NYC.
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Sorry, Paul, you don't have enough mileage points yet to be able to create your own rankings.
I didn't created the 'C-' it's been in high schools since the invention of the report card.
And by the way, my name isn't Paul.
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If u haven't noticed by now...GB posters have their own rankings. So we are free to reject suspect lists.
C- for that comment.
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How about an amusement theme park? Shouldn't there be one?
Blerh no way.
Tacky and noisy.
I wonder if the rollercoaster in the image will even end up being there - actually being so close to so many homes, I really doubt it.
Guessing they just stuck it there to fill the picture up ...at least I hope.
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So what will happen to the footprints of the basketball, BMX, field hockey and water polo (the temporary) venues? Will they just be planted over to become 'natural' parts of the park...as if they were never there?
Well I know that the BMX track will stay and become part of the 'Velopark' along with the Velodrome. A big new cycling/bmx centre.
I presume field hockey will be part of the park area.
And I've seen more apartment/housing where the water polo arena is.
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Seems like the Olympic Stadium is all but assured to be turned over to West Ham. Have they decided what to do with the Basketball Arena when it's taken down?
Different people have said it will be used for Rio and others said it will go to Glasgow.
So I imagine at least one of those will use it.
So I'm checking out that website for the park and see this picture.
A roller coaster there???
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Likewise; the Croydon return address made me chuckle a little.
It appears that there were a few different varients; mine makes specific mention that I was a Ceremonies volunteer - are the Gamesmaker ones specific to your team role or just generic?
Nope, nothing specific. It includes "Olympic and Paralympic" when thanking me. Even though I only did Paralympic. So I guess I've got the general Games Maker one.
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Word is that some matches for the 2015 Rugby World Cup will be hosted at the Olympic Stadium. Good news - means they are filling up the Stadium's calender.
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Yeh it seems to be going fast.
And now I think about it - in Trafalgar Square on the Victory Parade day they had a store set up in the square with some discounts for everyone.
But even then it looked pretty empty.
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Received my letter from the Prime Minister today. Sure he's a bit of a dick but it is a nice touch - and it's not every day you get a letter with the 10 Downing Street header.
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Games Makers have had 50% off London 2012 stores for a while if we had our accreditations on us.
But by the time I got to any stores - they were looking very empty.
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If they covered the exterior with glass, it would be just perfect...
It's a bit grey.
Each part of the roof could be a different colour - or Brazil colours. Would give it more flare.
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Can the CN Tower be the Cauldron?
Pleaseeeee.
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Wow, I hope Putin doesn't see that advert - otherwise he'll have his hunting rifle loaded pretty dam quickly.
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I remember they said that, when he retreat onto his shell, he will transform onto a football-ball. So I think it's not coincidence.
So this logo is teaching kids to kick armadillos around.
Animal cruelty people are going to be on this in a second.
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Hey afiqnadzir, can you change the colours in the heart to the order of the colours in the Olympic Rings?
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So is its head meant to look like a football-ball or is that just coincidence?
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Found out today that local London school children write small letters to the athletes wishing them luck at the Paralympics.
And the notes were in the rooms for when the athletes arrived.
The one I saw had pictures drawn by the kid also.
*Only in London*
(I presume the same was done for the Olympics.)
Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony Verdicts and Reviews
in Tokyo 2020 Ceremonies Discussions
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Some thoughts on the opening ceremony:
It's hard to compare the ceremony to others due to the covid situation - however it did seem to fall a little flat.
Far too gloomy throughout. I think the approach should have been to start off with something serious or sadish and then launch into a fun and high energy show. This is the Olympics - it is a chance for people to enjoy themselves for a few weeks and have a distraction from covid. As tough as things are, it's ok to have a little fun every so often.
Having Osaka as the cauldron lighter does seem like a strange and slightly commercialised decision. From what I've read, she has lived in the US since the age of 3?
I've seen that people have been praising the drone show, and while it was cool - I was hoping for so much more. At this point, I think most of us have seen similar drone shows (on TV at least). With Japan being such a techy country, I was hoping to see a huge drone show on a scale never seen before, with exciting colours and incredible shapes. So to only have a short and fairly small display of the Tokyo 2020 logo and the globe was really disappointing.
I'm curious to know what they would have planned if the ceremony went ahead in a 'normal world' last year. Understandably they did need to slim the ceremony down, however, I think they went a little too far.