A thread for the Olympics. 🏃‍♂️

Right - who set the piano on fire?
It certainly wasn’t the rendition of “Imagine”

Cool horse though - not Charlotte Dujardin I assume.

I feel sorry for them, so many people, so much effort but so little effect.
They could have learned from our Diamond Jubilee River Pageant which was frankly risked being a damp squib but survived the rain by being more concentrated and focused - if you have a huge performance arena like the Seine, your performance has to be huge too.
Look at the Military Tattoo in Edinburgh for another successful event.

Well at least Gardeners World was good but what is going on here now.

Bizarre

Didn't like to see a piano on fire.

The horse is good….

Yes, good points RosiesMaw.

I’d like to think that Joseann but due to progressive funding cuts I’d be very pleasantly surprised if the UK anywhere near reaches previous medal tallies. The opening ceremony is singularly unimportant , the performances are very much more so.

Callistemon213

Usual annoying BBC coverage. As the athletes do embark with their flags, they keep flashing back to snippets of old Olympic Games. Interesting, but not just now, BBC!

I think the BEEB are desperately trying to inject a little momentum and interest it’s as jolly as a funeral: March.
“We who are about to die…..”

And now a headless horseman- is that a new variant on the Dressage?

Please Maw no more talk of dressage just yet. It overshadowed another Olympics thread!

I watched five minutes and was underwhelmed so turned over and watched Goodwood Festival of Speed.

Well I think you probably had the better evening Beechnut!

Is this the BBC's production, Callistemon?

I'd assume we'd bought had to buy the French tv package in its entirety🤔

I bet Mme Macron is hating this. She'd usually have been up the Stannah stairlift to bed half an hour ago.

Omg! I've lost the will to live it's tedious

It won't go to extra time and penalties will it? 🤞

ixion

Is this the BBC's production, Callistemon?

I'd assume we'd bought had to buy the French tv package in its entirety🤔

Oh perhaps.

Ladies and gentlemen please stand…… if you are able”……… gosh let’s not offend.

At least the chap giving a speech has learned from Rishi, and someone is holding a brolly over him.

☂️

I’m going to have to take my eyeballs and give them a good scrub.

What on earth was the plump pale blue man supposed to be doing? The dangly bits peeping out from the flower wreath were the last straw.

The girl holding the umbrella is going to have a sore arm tomorrow

DH woderedif her arm's aching.

Oh do shut up BBC commentator, I wanted to see if I could still translate the French
Sub-titles would be fine.

🤣

A friend of mine who has a French wife messaged me to say the atmosphere is awkward in their living room at the moment!

woderedif
wondered if

I missed the blue man thank goodness 🙄

He’d better wind it up before that poor girl’s arm drops off. ☂️

The girl with the umbrella is starting to wonder how much longer