Danny Boyle risking embarrassing the nation… the opening ceremony thread

For the lighting of the Olympic flame, I reckon it will be a car chase around the stadium with some chav’s finally torching the car leaving it raised and lit on a plinth.

You have got to be joking…..

Ah back to the Shire. Well done 🙂

Looking good so far

YORKshire

Is it Aled Jones Mark??
sounds just like her

What is it meant to be?!!
Famville?

Ha ha. That was a green machine player scoring a try there wasn’t it? 😀

This better have some exploding sheep, or we’re ****ed.

Wiggo got changed quick

Very surprised (and glad we didn’t get all PC) that they just sang the “inflammatory” part of the Flower of Scotland

George Washington?

Oh Dear ! Is it going to rescue itself ? Embarrassed !

Sideys are a theme. Bring on Noddy Holder!

they do need some stwers coming down that singletrack

Just seen three village idiots!

Well this is jolly nice!

whats happening?
I like it, but whats happening? I’m confused

You can’t beat a but of Jerusalem to be fair.

I can happily say I’ve seen 5 secs of the opening ceremony….. Back to junk TV, at least the expectation is low.

Branagh???

Should be Tom Baker though…

It really looks like a model railway.

Edit, with out the trains.

So whos words are those?

Its far far worse than I could have ever imagined, switched it off now.

Ah shakespere…. According to the commentator.

Shakespeare’s

they do need some stwers coming down that singletrack

Average stw’er rides a laptop, not Singletrack 😉

@peterfile, and that they sang Danny Boy instead of The Sash.

Is he going to cut down that Cherry tree?

the press are going to have mixed views about this!

Zomg a flying tree !!!

Too niche !

To whom do I speak to about a rebate?

Jeeesus effing Christ. Luckily there’s washing up to do.

Does he not realise we have all seen Lord of the Rings…

For anyone who whines, I’ll just pose this:

What would you have done?

this is just… weird. Good to hear a snippet of God Save the Queen. But apart from that …weird

It’s different…

Oh the deaf drummers arrived. Jolly good

This is worse than the streams of tedious helmet cam footage seen on the bike forum.