The Olympic Games

[Crazyfool01]

Hope he’s insured . That looks dodgy . Need to figure that out for next hat 

[Punksnotdead]

Can't be easy playing a piano when it's on fire!

[Crazyfool01]

Horse impressive .. no whips needed either 

[Crazyfool01]

Rain stopped ? 

[Crazyfool01]

Towels being delivered 

[charlierc]

15 minutes ago, Punksnotdead said:

Can't be easy playing a piano when it's on fire!

I saw Fall Out Boy do that at the London Olympic Stadium 2 years ago. Maybe they just borrowed theirs.

[Crazyfool01]

Those damn athletes recording it on phones 

[Punksnotdead]

5 minutes ago, Crazyfool01 said:

Those damn athletes recording it on phones 

Where's Chris Martin when you need him? 😄

[Crazyfool01]

Just now, Punksnotdead said:

Where's Chris Martin when you need him? 😄

Düsseldorf … 

[Chawk]

Maybe it’s a good thing that this has been a scaled back opening ceremony so there’s less pressure on future hosts. 

 

Still, it’s been the most underwhelming one in a long while 

[steviewevie]

Nice idea doing it in city instead of stadium but rain f**ked it a bit and like all of them, too long.

[charlierc]

9 minutes ago, Chawk said:

Still, it’s been the most underwhelming one in a long while 

Moreso than Tokyo when covid really limited what they could/couldn't do?

[Crazyfool01]

Pyramid stage vibes 

[steviewevie]

Climax 

[dingbat2]

Dragging on a bit, where are they going, Louvre Pyramid, Notre dame maybe?

[Crazyfool01]

Mona Lisa not reappeared has she ? 

[Spuddhism]

2 minutes ago, dingbat2 said:

Dragging on a bit, where are they going, Louvre Pyramid, Notre dame maybe?

Le Havre? 🙂

[Crazyfool01]

Coldplay followed 12 tennis players a few days back 

[steviewevie]

Ok, that's pretty cool.

[steviewevie]

Is that Celine?

[dingbat2]

Finally some class with Celine

[Crazyfool01]

2 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

Is that Celine?

Oui 

Edited July 26 by Crazyfool01

[Punksnotdead]

I thought it was fantastic - equal parts bonkers and brilliant. Kudos to them for doing something different.  Paris looked beautiful, even in the pissing rain. 

[steviewevie]

It was 2 hours too long.

[dingbat2]

Yep far too long, but I still enjoyed it. Didn't need two hours to see all the nations go through on the boat, then that half an hour after the formalities to take the torch back along the Seine to where the flame was finally lit, far too long. Carl Lewis made me laugh though, he had no idea what was going on and didn't enjoy the boat ride!