# 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:** 7
**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, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-olympics-opening-ceremonies-live-commentary-on-british-time/629600/121 "2012-07-27T23:18:33Z")
Not for me, RB all the way. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-olympics-opening-ceremonies-live-commentary-on-british-time/629600/122 "2012-07-27T23:20:16Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > The flag bearers are pretty much all alpha humans (of both sexes) as far as I’ve seen. I mean, not unexpected, but damn… Well, since LARP isn’t an Olympic sport yet… ---
**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, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-olympics-opening-ceremonies-live-commentary-on-british-time/629600/123 "2012-07-27T23:20:38Z")
Fucking liberals all over this Olympic flag. Some of them are … SOCIALISTS! ---
**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, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-olympics-opening-ceremonies-live-commentary-on-british-time/629600/124 "2012-07-27T23:21:58Z")
Oh God, this is where I cry. ---
**Author:** ![MarcusF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/67e7ee/32.png) [@MarcusF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarcusF)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-olympics-opening-ceremonies-live-commentary-on-british-time/629600/125 "2012-07-27T23:22:24Z")
Interesting collection of flag bearers. Ali did make it! ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-olympics-opening-ceremonies-live-commentary-on-british-time/629600/126 "2012-07-27T23:23:42Z")
Have the Olympic Flag bearers always been an international group? I figure they would be sports greats from the host country. Surprised to see Muhammad Ali there. Wow! ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-olympics-opening-ceremonies-live-commentary-on-british-time/629600/127 "2012-07-27T23:29:52Z")
[Steven Redgrave](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Redgrave) the final torch bearer. Winning 5 gold medals in consecutive games gets you that gig. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-olympics-opening-ceremonies-live-commentary-on-british-time/629600/128 "2012-07-27T23:37:38Z")
Just starting on East Coast US ---
**Author:** ![MarcusF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/67e7ee/32.png) [@MarcusF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarcusF)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-olympics-opening-ceremonies-live-commentary-on-british-time/629600/129 "2012-07-27T23:38:11Z")
Yeah! Love the cauldron, ---
**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, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-olympics-opening-ceremonies-live-commentary-on-british-time/629600/130 "2012-07-27T23:39:00Z")
Loved the Pink Floyd there at the end. ---
**Author:** ![MarcusF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/67e7ee/32.png) [@MarcusF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarcusF)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-olympics-opening-ceremonies-live-commentary-on-british-time/629600/131 "2012-07-27T23:41:45Z")
> [@PrettyVacant](#): > > Macca/Hey Dude, anyone? Congrats! Spot on. ---
**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, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-olympics-opening-ceremonies-live-commentary-on-british-time/629600/132 "2012-07-27T23:46:32Z")
Cheers. He’s a good turn and all that, but it’s all a bit ‘wedding reception’ now. ---
**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, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-olympics-opening-ceremonies-live-commentary-on-british-time/629600/133 "2012-07-27T23:50:25Z")
Did they have to choose “Hey Jude” as the closing song, though? Well, I guess that it’s very easy to get everybody singing to it, but it is a bit of a repetitive thing at the end, no? ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2012, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-olympics-opening-ceremonies-live-commentary-on-british-time/629600/134 "2012-07-28T00:04:29Z")
> [@MarcusF](#): > > Yeah! Love the cauldron, It’s going to make the javelin competition a bit tricky if they leave that massive flaming inferno in the middle of the stadium, surely? I accept I may have missed a bit ---
**Author:** ![PrettyVacant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/49beb7/32.png) [@PrettyVacant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PrettyVacant)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2012, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-olympics-opening-ceremonies-live-commentary-on-british-time/629600/135 "2012-07-28T00:04:53Z")
I would have been happier with ending on the Pink Floyd, fireworks and intercut images thing, but I suppose an end of party sing-a-long is … traditional. Not going to be picky though, it was brave, bonkers, bloody good. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2012, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-olympics-opening-ceremonies-live-commentary-on-british-time/629600/136 "2012-07-28T00:14:24Z")
Wow, that sucked. Tedious and overbearing. You know that London has hosted two Olympics since the Industrial Revolution? ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2012, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-olympics-opening-ceremonies-live-commentary-on-british-time/629600/137 "2012-07-28T00:23:36Z")
This Daniel Craig bit is very odd. ---
**Author:** ![PrettyVacant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/49beb7/32.png) [@PrettyVacant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PrettyVacant)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2012, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-olympics-opening-ceremonies-live-commentary-on-british-time/629600/138 "2012-07-28T00:32:26Z")
Early scores from Down Under: > [@](#): > > **Poll: How did you rate the opening ceremony for the 2012 London Olympics?** > > Excellent - Your Majesty, once you’ve taken off your parachute, give Danny Boyle a knighthood: **63%** > > Good - I’m going out to buy Mr Bean DVDs: **11%** > > Average - I got up at 6am on a Saturday morning for this?: **13%** > > Disappointing - Pretty much like England’s football team, to be honest: **6%** > > Horrible - I felt like I was wearing the Spanish Olympic uniform throughout: **7%** > > **Total votes: 1914**. > **[Boyle's breathtaking artfulness ushers in Olympics with a flourish](https://www.smh.com.au/sport/boyles-breathtaking-artfulness-ushers-in-olympics-with-a-flourish-20120728-231kh.html)** > > The journey to these Olympics formally began at the closing ceremony in Beijing four years ago, with a London bus, angle-parked on the geometrically straight lines of the Birdcage. ---
**Author:** ![palacheck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a88e57/32.png) [@palacheck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palacheck)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2012, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-olympics-opening-ceremonies-live-commentary-on-british-time/629600/139 "2012-07-28T00:38:05Z")
Meredith: “those kids don’t look sick…” :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2012, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-olympics-opening-ceremonies-live-commentary-on-british-time/629600/140 "2012-07-28T00:45:18Z")
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