# Olympics Closing Ceremony Watch-along thread (UK) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 12, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-closing-ceremony-watch-along-thread-uk/631295 "2012-08-12T20:04:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-closing-ceremony-watch-along-thread-uk/631295/61 "2012-08-12T21:52:12Z")
Jesse J. showing how you _shouldn’t_ use melisma in contrast to Emeli Sandé’s use. ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-closing-ceremony-watch-along-thread-uk/631295/62 "2012-08-12T21:52:44Z")
It’s nice that Jessie J decided to cosplay as Poison Ivy. ---
**Author:** ![MarcusF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/67e7ee/32.png) [@MarcusF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarcusF)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-closing-ceremony-watch-along-thread-uk/631295/63 "2012-08-12T21:55:12Z")
Spice! ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-closing-ceremony-watch-along-thread-uk/631295/64 "2012-08-12T21:56:30Z")
They are looking very well-preserved. ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-closing-ceremony-watch-along-thread-uk/631295/65 "2012-08-12T21:57:17Z")
Oh, god, Boris is dancing ---
**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:** [August 12, 2012, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-closing-ceremony-watch-along-thread-uk/631295/66 "2012-08-12T21:59:03Z")
Posh is hanging on for dear life! Right, I’m out - enjoy the rest of the night everyone 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![polar\_bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@polar\_bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/polar_bear)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-closing-ceremony-watch-along-thread-uk/631295/67 "2012-08-12T21:59:48Z")
Oasis is called Beady Eye now? ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-closing-ceremony-watch-along-thread-uk/631295/68 "2012-08-12T22:01:57Z")
Mediocre tribute band ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-closing-ceremony-watch-along-thread-uk/631295/69 "2012-08-12T22:03:03Z")
ELO! ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-closing-ceremony-watch-along-thread-uk/631295/70 "2012-08-12T22:03:27Z")
PLO? ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-closing-ceremony-watch-along-thread-uk/631295/71 "2012-08-12T22:05:38Z")
Quoth somebody on Twitter: Danny Boyle is right now going through his CV bolding and underlining the word “opening”. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-closing-ceremony-watch-along-thread-uk/631295/72 "2012-08-12T22:05:48Z")
And now for something completely different… ---
**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:** [August 12, 2012, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-closing-ceremony-watch-along-thread-uk/631295/73 "2012-08-12T22:05:51Z")
Ok, NOW it’s awesome. ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-closing-ceremony-watch-along-thread-uk/631295/74 "2012-08-12T22:06:39Z")
Another one to cheer up the po-faced christians! ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-closing-ceremony-watch-along-thread-uk/631295/75 "2012-08-12T22:08:10Z")
Life’s a piece of sitar whan you look at itar? ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-closing-ceremony-watch-along-thread-uk/631295/76 "2012-08-12T22:08:17Z")
Always look on the Bollywood side of life! ---
**Author:** ![polar\_bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@polar\_bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/polar_bear)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-closing-ceremony-watch-along-thread-uk/631295/77 "2012-08-12T22:08:23Z")
I hope somebody taped the meetings where they brainstormed about this closing ceremony: I’d pay to watch that. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-closing-ceremony-watch-along-thread-uk/631295/78 "2012-08-12T22:09:48Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Ok, NOW it’s awesome. Oh, yes, it is. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2012, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-closing-ceremony-watch-along-thread-uk/631295/79 "2012-08-12T22:12:01Z")
Okay, now I’ve seen Python, I’m going to bed, I swear it this time 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-closing-ceremony-watch-along-thread-uk/631295/80 "2012-08-12T22:14:26Z")
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