The number of blogs dedicated to Olympic reflection. The Chinese government splurged several trillion money units on the opening ceremony, and the results were extra cool. I didn't actually see it, but was impressed by proxy. This extravaganza has forced the hand of the 2012 London people: everyone attending the games will be offered up to one cup of tea AND a scone. It is good to see that all the storm-crow warnings of air pollution, and it's potential deleterious effect upon the competing tourist, has come to naught. The massive flame atop the Bird's Nest has managed to continue burning despite the lack of healthy oxygen.
Other issues from the games:
Jamaicans and drugs? Secret reports indicate the the USA team are completely peeved to not have access to that same batch.
Chinese and birth certificates? The loss of baby teeth during difficult and complicated diving and gymnastic routines should not be counted as a deduction against their scores.
Australian male swimmers leave floaties at home: Federal government AIS budget cuts meant that Australian swimmers could only train in the water the last four years if they were missing a y chromosome.
Pointless sports: the increased speed and awesome skill of the synchronized swimmers nearly overcame the nationwide screams of anguish whenever they appeared on the TV. Close up slow motion replay of the walking events has showed that nearly 5% of competitors kept at least one foot in contact with the ground, at least some of the time. Mr Tallent, the dual aussie walking medalist made up for this by spewing at the finish line. The beach volleyball competition improved it's standing as a spectator sport by playing in the rain, thus adding a wet t-shirt aspect to it's originally intended bikini sand wrestling surfer dude image.
Armchair experts: my six year olds are getting really good at picking out the aussie flag. The rest of us can pick when a 10 meter three and a half reverse somersault in the pike position sights the water too early, comes up short, looses the feet and belly flops. Worth about sixes to sevens that one, except from the Bulgarian judge who gave it a nine because he thought he was at the whitewater kayaking.
Special guest from Middle-Earth for flame lighting ceremony at the Bird's Nest.
I would have watched more of the coverage on TV except that Ch7 spends more time chatting with celebrities, patting itself on the back, and telling you what is coming up AFTER the olympics, than actually showing sport. Same old drill as usual boss.
Other issues from the games:
Jamaicans and drugs? Secret reports indicate the the USA team are completely peeved to not have access to that same batch.
Chinese and birth certificates? The loss of baby teeth during difficult and complicated diving and gymnastic routines should not be counted as a deduction against their scores.
Australian male swimmers leave floaties at home: Federal government AIS budget cuts meant that Australian swimmers could only train in the water the last four years if they were missing a y chromosome.
Pointless sports: the increased speed and awesome skill of the synchronized swimmers nearly overcame the nationwide screams of anguish whenever they appeared on the TV. Close up slow motion replay of the walking events has showed that nearly 5% of competitors kept at least one foot in contact with the ground, at least some of the time. Mr Tallent, the dual aussie walking medalist made up for this by spewing at the finish line. The beach volleyball competition improved it's standing as a spectator sport by playing in the rain, thus adding a wet t-shirt aspect to it's originally intended bikini sand wrestling surfer dude image.
Armchair experts: my six year olds are getting really good at picking out the aussie flag. The rest of us can pick when a 10 meter three and a half reverse somersault in the pike position sights the water too early, comes up short, looses the feet and belly flops. Worth about sixes to sevens that one, except from the Bulgarian judge who gave it a nine because he thought he was at the whitewater kayaking.
Special guest from Middle-Earth for flame lighting ceremony at the Bird's Nest.I would have watched more of the coverage on TV except that Ch7 spends more time chatting with celebrities, patting itself on the back, and telling you what is coming up AFTER the olympics, than actually showing sport. Same old drill as usual boss.
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