# 2010 Olympics Closing Ceremonies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 1, 2010, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-olympics-closing-ceremonies/530803 "2010-03-01T01:43:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-olympics-closing-ceremonies/530803/1 "2010-03-01T01:43:26Z")
Anyone watching? I came in late, but I’ve ‘rewound’ the DVR and I’m watching it from the beginning, about ten minutes ago. Nice little poke at the Opening Ceremonies. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-olympics-closing-ceremonies/530803/2 "2010-03-01T01:49:08Z")
I couldn’t tell what the snowboarders spelled out. Was it Sochi? I thought I saw an o - u g -h but that can’t be right. Maybe it’s time for a new TV. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-olympics-closing-ceremonies/530803/3 "2010-03-01T01:49:54Z")
I don’t know. They cut away from the overhead angle in the last second. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-olympics-closing-ceremonies/530803/4 "2010-03-01T02:02:17Z")
Actually… I kinda dig the Canadian sweaters. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-olympics-closing-ceremonies/530803/5 "2010-03-01T02:07:33Z")
Who is that cutie that is singing? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-olympics-closing-ceremonies/530803/6 "2010-03-01T02:11:27Z")
[Eva Avila](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Avila), winner of the 2006 _Canadian Idol_. And… I’m now watching live. . ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-olympics-closing-ceremonies/530803/7 "2010-03-01T02:14:41Z")
Gawd, our athletes honoured us by their performances, but I hope the quality of the ceremony improves, this is fekking lame. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-olympics-closing-ceremonies/530803/8 "2010-03-01T02:26:18Z")
I’ve always liked the Russian National Anthem. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-olympics-closing-ceremonies/530803/9 "2010-03-01T02:31:46Z")
Aaaaaahhhhh! _The Prisoner!_ :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-olympics-closing-ceremonies/530803/10 "2010-03-01T02:32:23Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Nice little poke at the Opening Ceremonies. What did they do? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-olympics-closing-ceremonies/530803/11 "2010-03-01T02:35:23Z")
[Sorry about my last. It was just those Rovers rolling around…] The poke at the OC was the technical glitch. Some pyrotechnics depicting a fizzle, and then a mime cones out of a hatch in the floor and dramatically picks up a couple of leads and plugs them together. Then the fourth pylon rises into position. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-olympics-closing-ceremonies/530803/12 "2010-03-01T02:51:44Z")
For those who care, that was a _real_ opera singer, Ben Heppner, to make up for Don King in drag at the opening ceremonies. Going back to the street parties!! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-olympics-closing-ceremonies/530803/13 "2010-03-01T03:01:03Z")
Heh. Look for a spike in sales of _Long May You Run_. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-olympics-closing-ceremonies/530803/14 "2010-03-01T03:01:18Z")
Neil Young. Woot! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-olympics-closing-ceremonies/530803/15 "2010-03-01T03:07:37Z")
Yes! Ladies an’ gennelmen… The Shat. . ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-olympics-closing-ceremonies/530803/16 "2010-03-01T03:20:39Z")
‘You’re about to see every stereotype people have about Canadians.’ ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-olympics-closing-ceremonies/530803/17 "2010-03-01T03:22:17Z")
I just posted this in the other thread; the montage of Canadian Olympic athletes apologizing just about had me rolling off the couch. 🙂 And…a flying moose! ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-olympics-closing-ceremonies/530803/18 "2010-03-01T03:22:36Z")
This is so tongue-in-cheek. I love it. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-olympics-closing-ceremonies/530803/19 "2010-03-01T03:26:22Z")
Giant! Inflatable! BEAVERS! But the lumberjacks were just OK. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-olympics-closing-ceremonies/530803/20 "2010-03-01T03:27:08Z")
Looks like I picked the wrong week to give up dropping acid. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-olympics-closing-ceremonies/530803.md?page=2)