Who's watching the Olympics opening ceremony?

Johnny_L.A · February 13, 2010, 4:50am

I almost commented on that, but I didn’t want to bring the thread down. My thoughts at such times are somewhat morbid.

Surly_Chick · February 13, 2010, 4:50am

So who’s going to be carrying the torch?

notfrommensa · February 13, 2010, 4:51am

#99? or Gordie?

Johnny_L.A · February 13, 2010, 4:51am

k.d. lang!

Surly_Chick · February 13, 2010, 4:53am

Boooooooooooo!

Surly_Chick · February 13, 2010, 4:55am

I gotta get me some of those maple leaf mittens!

Johnny_L.A · February 13, 2010, 4:55am

No use for the mittens, but I love the tuques!

Larry_Mudd · February 13, 2010, 4:56am

Pay close attention to the first and last verses, and the sense of it may shift a little for you.

Johnny_L.A · February 13, 2010, 4:56am

Ladies an’ gennelmen… The Great One.

Surly_Chick · February 13, 2010, 4:57am

Who looks like he’s been botoxed to here and gone!

Johnny_L.A · February 13, 2010, 4:59am

D’OH! I was wondering what they were waiting for.

What is it they say on Junkyard Wars? Whenever you have hydraulics involved, there are going to be problems?
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Maiira · February 13, 2010, 5:03am

Yeah, the torch looks a wee bit…lopsided. Oh well.

randwill · February 13, 2010, 5:04am

“I don’t know what’s wrong, this has never happened to me before.”

ataraxy22 · February 13, 2010, 5:05am

Olympics Fail!

Johnny_L.A · February 13, 2010, 5:06am

You’re saying it was a failure of Olympic proportions?

notfrommensa · February 13, 2010, 5:07am

What do I win?

Mehitabel · February 13, 2010, 5:08am

Well, the fourth column of the Olympic torch failed to appear, but the torch is now lit. Four great Canadian athletes with Wayne Gretzky lit it.

What else did I learn? Uhm…Canadians love nature. Their Indians especially love nature and also have invented some of the most enduring greeting-card slogans ever to be burned into those wooden plaques you get at country stores. They also can dance for an entire parade but the dances look kind of alike to the untrained eye.

Everybody is nice to everybody and, unlike other countries, they have a Little Italy and a Chinatown. Their fiddlers are punk and they apparently had no cowboys, railroad men, refugee Tories, or slaves in their history.

Surly_Chick · February 13, 2010, 5:11am

The chance to go jack that fourth leg of the caldron up…

rocking_chair · February 13, 2010, 5:11am

don’t forget “zed”.

RickJay · February 13, 2010, 5:11am

It was everything lame-ass about Canadian-hosted events, I’m afraid.

Fiddlers and step dancers? Check.
Nature stuff? Check.
Aboriginals treated like pets? Check.
Trotted out musicians past their prime? Check, check, check.
Technical difficulties? Check.
Fat neckbeard from Youtube? Okay, I wasn’t expecting that, but it was lame. Check.

The projection effects were quite amazing, though - a lot of them were breathtaking, especially the whale effect.