# Glasgow plans explosive opening ceremony for 2014 Commonwealth games.

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**Created:** [April 3, 2014, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glasgow-plans-explosive-opening-ceremony-for-2014-commonwealth-games/685285 "2014-04-03T20:24:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glasgow-plans-explosive-opening-ceremony-for-2014-commonwealth-games/685285/1 "2014-04-03T20:24:04Z")

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Obviously determined to try and outdo London 2012’s Olympic ceremony, and not content with the usual fireworks, some bright spark at the Commonwealth Games has decided to [simultaneously blow up five high rise tower blocks](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-26857816)during the opening celebrations.

I bet that’ll really annoy some of the 9/11 conspiracy theorists too

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**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glasgow-plans-explosive-opening-ceremony-for-2014-commonwealth-games/685285/2 "2014-04-03T20:38:05Z")

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Couldn’t they just set fire to the Clyde and be done with it?

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**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glasgow-plans-explosive-opening-ceremony-for-2014-commonwealth-games/685285/3 "2014-04-03T21:28:32Z")

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If this is going to be a public spectacle I just hope that the exclusion zone is large enough and that the organisers recall the [demolition of the Old Canberra Hospital](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Canberra_Hospital_implosion).

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**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2014, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glasgow-plans-explosive-opening-ceremony-for-2014-commonwealth-games/685285/4 "2014-04-04T07:07:09Z")

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> [@Cunctator](#):
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> If this is going to be a public spectacle I just hope that the exclusion zone is large enough and that the organisers recall the [demolition of the Old Canberra Hospital](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Canberra_Hospital_implosion).

Glasgow’s already learned that lesson the [hard way](http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/family-sues-over-gorbals-blast-mother-61-died-after-being-struck-by-flying-debris-as-she-watched-demolition-of-22-storey-flats-1.193997) too.

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**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2014, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glasgow-plans-explosive-opening-ceremony-for-2014-commonwealth-games/685285/5 "2014-04-06T19:23:16Z")

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[Spoilsports](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-26913582)protesting the plan to open the ceremony with a bang 😉