# 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremonies \[live commentary on British time\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 27, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-olympics-opening-ceremonies-live-commentary-on-british-time/629600 "2012-07-27T20:04:48Z")\ **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:** [July 27, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-olympics-opening-ceremonies-live-commentary-on-british-time/629600/1 "2012-07-27T20:04:48Z")
Just started. Opening with _Jerusalem_, perhaps the only hymn I know the words to. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-olympics-opening-ceremonies-live-commentary-on-british-time/629600/2 "2012-07-27T20:09:52Z")
Did someone say “mattress” to Mr. Lambert again? ---
**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:** [July 27, 2012, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-olympics-opening-ceremonies-live-commentary-on-british-time/629600/3 "2012-07-27T20:10:51Z")
Ha! Exactly what I was thinking! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Lantern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lantern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-olympics-opening-ceremonies-live-commentary-on-british-time/629600/4 "2012-07-27T20:20:03Z")
Rather boring so far. I mean I find the history of the industrial revolution fascinating but it really lacks the visual punch that we expect in opening ceremonies. Though the industrial towers rising out of the ground were quite cool. ---
**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:** [July 27, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-olympics-opening-ceremonies-live-commentary-on-british-time/629600/5 "2012-07-27T20:22:56Z")
I’m liking the sets. The Industrial Revolution _is_ going on a bit, but I’m enjoying the visuals (between working on my data). ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-olympics-opening-ceremonies-live-commentary-on-british-time/629600/6 "2012-07-27T20:23:24Z")
Five rings to rule them all, five rings to bind them… ---
**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:** [July 27, 2012, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-olympics-opening-ceremonies-live-commentary-on-british-time/629600/7 "2012-07-27T20:23:57Z")
THe rings are very nice! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-olympics-opening-ceremonies-live-commentary-on-british-time/629600/8 "2012-07-27T20:24:24Z")
Well, I don’t know, and possibly the 6 beers I had in a beer tasting just before the ceremonies began are not helping, but what I am seeing is better than any LSD trip. So absurdly glorious… I have no words. This is a very memorable occasion, if only for the bizarreness of it! ---
**Author:** ![Lantern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lantern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-olympics-opening-ceremonies-live-commentary-on-british-time/629600/9 "2012-07-27T20:24:27Z")
The Olympic rings are really cool too but really the whole industrial revolution choreography was incredibly silly and amateurish. ---
**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:** [July 27, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-olympics-opening-ceremonies-live-commentary-on-british-time/629600/10 "2012-07-27T20:26:22Z")
SO: ‘Oh, the dogs are so cute!’ 😛 ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-olympics-opening-ceremonies-live-commentary-on-british-time/629600/11 "2012-07-27T20:26:51Z")
And now James Bond meets the Queen! With patriotic helicopter! ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-olympics-opening-ceremonies-live-commentary-on-british-time/629600/12 "2012-07-27T20:28:17Z")
Churchill-Golem! ---
**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:** [July 27, 2012, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-olympics-opening-ceremonies-live-commentary-on-british-time/629600/13 "2012-07-27T20:30:30Z")
HA! I didn’t see _that_ coming! And HRH looks pretty good after her jump! ---
**Author:** ![Lantern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lantern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-olympics-opening-ceremonies-live-commentary-on-british-time/629600/14 "2012-07-27T20:36:22Z")
The NHS? Seriously? ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-olympics-opening-ceremonies-live-commentary-on-british-time/629600/15 "2012-07-27T20:36:46Z")
Tubular Bells and … nurses pushing gurneys? Well, why not? After what I have seen so far nothing surprises me anymore. Jazz nurses and kids jumping on hospital beds! Indeed, why not? My goodness… ---
**Author:** ![PrettyVacant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/49beb7/32.png) [@PrettyVacant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PrettyVacant)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-olympics-opening-ceremonies-live-commentary-on-british-time/629600/16 "2012-07-27T20:39:10Z")
> [@Lantern](#): > > The NHS? Seriously? Yep, as someone memorably said ‘it’s about as close to a national religion as we get’. Plus it ties in with the children’s books and children in general. And it’s a bit bonkers. Go JK! ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-olympics-opening-ceremonies-live-commentary-on-british-time/629600/17 "2012-07-27T20:40:58Z")
I…I don’t get this. ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-olympics-opening-ceremonies-live-commentary-on-british-time/629600/18 "2012-07-27T20:41:33Z")
Enjoy your unholy nightmares, kids! ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-olympics-opening-ceremonies-live-commentary-on-british-time/629600/19 "2012-07-27T20:41:43Z")
Gahhhhhhh! ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-olympics-opening-ceremonies-live-commentary-on-british-time/629600/20 "2012-07-27T20:41:49Z")
> [@Lantern](#): > > The NHS? Seriously? of course! Whenever I think of the Olympics, the very first thing to pop into my mind is the NHS. I assume that everybody else in the whole world who’s watching right now is really more interested int eh the NHS than in the athletes. as they say at [Fark.com](http://Fark.com) : “after that, things started to get weird” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-olympics-opening-ceremonies-live-commentary-on-british-time/629600.md?page=2)