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chicaguapa		#6461	[-]
Posts: 12369 (08/25/08 9:22 AM) Greed Is Good Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Gold medal for the shortest queue ever?
NiceToAnimals		#6462	[-]
Posts: 10730 (08/25/08 9:23 AM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	What is "w00t!"? Is that a British term, too?
squashthebeef		#6463	[-]
Posts: 14864 (08/25/08 9:24 AM) faqmaster Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Y'all are going to need to stock up on ice. We likes our ice.
chicaguapa		#6464	[-]
Posts: 12370 (08/25/08 9:25 AM) Greed Is Good Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	There will be so much rain, you can make your own ice
Vegazguy		#6465	[-]
Posts: 12835 (08/25/08 9:50 AM) whatever. Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	the umbrellas were a reference to mary poppins?
NiceToAnimals		#6466	[-]
Posts: 10733 (08/25/08 9:53 AM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Yes, and the newspapers were a reference to "Newsies".
Vegazguy		#6467	[-]
Posts: 12836 (08/25/08 10:01 AM) whatever. Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	i just read that misty may-traener is gonna be on dwts.
RoMa		#6468	[-]
Posts: 36381 (08/25/08 10:02 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	chicaguapa wrote: Yeah, it was a reference to Mary Poppins. The newspapers were a reference to the tube. Free newspapers are given out every morning to commuters and the whole place is just a pool of people reading the newspaper not talking to one another. My point is, unless you have lived in London then you really do not understand the significance of it as evidenced by you thinking its a reference to Mary Poppins. Didnt you say earlier that London was ICONIC? Most people 'get' ICONS. Yet you are explaining all the details post after post, saying you need to live there in order to understand.
Axle the Bulldog		#6469	[-]
Posts: 401 (08/25/08 10:05 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Unless England and Canada are willing to spend 300 million for their ceremonies, there is no way they can top Beijing. Does the Canadian government even have 300 million dollars?
Johnny Powers		#6470	[-]
Posts: 191 (08/25/08 10:06 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Canada isn't looking to top Beijing. We're holding our opening ceremony inside a freaking dome. That says it all.
merkyl		#6471	[-]
Posts: 57255 (08/25/08 10:07 AM) Registered loser Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Will this dome have indoor plumbing?
Axle the Bulldog		#6472	[-]
Posts: 402 (08/25/08 10:11 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	The venue isn't as important as the show itself. All Vancouver needs to do is be creative and show some culture. Hash for everyone!
memyselfandi		#6473	[-]
Posts: 15639 (08/25/08 10:11 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	chicaguapa wrote: Yeah, it was a reference to Mary Poppins. The newspapers were a reference to the tube. Free newspapers are given out every morning to commuters and the whole place is just a pool of people reading the newspaper not talking to one another. My point is, unless you have lived in London then you really do not understand the significance of it as evidenced by you thinking its a reference to Mary Poppins. I have visited London and ridden the tube and you apparently have never visited any other metropolitan city ever if you think reading the newspaper and not talking to one another while commuting on public transportation is unique.
chicaguapa		#6474	[-]
Posts: 12371 (08/25/08 10:26 AM) Greed Is Good Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	sigh Its not unique but its one of the small things that London is known for. Yeah memi, I've never visited any other city in the world. I'm so not well travelled. Didnt you say earlier that London was ICONIC? Most people 'get' ICONS. Yet you are explaining all the details post after post, saying you need to live there in order to understand. - Roma Yes London is iconic. Some things are more instantly recognisable to outsiders. If we had a replica Big Ben roll in to the stadium with Harry Potter sitting on one of the hands and the Queen trying to find her crown in Amy Winehouses beehive then no explanation would be needed. The London presentation focused on the small things intergral to London life that people who have never lived there before would not truly understand. Memi thinks it was all about Mary Poppins. Case closed. heh So China is fantastic at organising thousands of robotically trained performers to jump around to the sound of ancient Chinese drums. WOW!! Its so much fun to watch 3000 women with bells on their head dance around. I like my Olympic ceremonies to be a bit more relevent to modern times. Give me Kylie Mingoue appearing in the stadium on a giant flip flop anyday.
B DeBrun		#6475	[-]
Posts: 17433 (08/25/08 10:29 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Pay close attention to the Equestrian events in 2012.
chicaguapa		#6476	[-]
Posts: 12372 (08/25/08 10:31 AM) Greed Is Good Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Why? Are you competing?
dennydoylelives		#6477	[-]
Posts: 2570 (08/25/08 10:31 AM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Something like this: might have said London, you know, without all the explanation and "how's that any different than any other city?" stuff.
chicaguapa		#6478	[-]
Posts: 12373 (08/25/08 10:32 AM) Greed Is Good Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Does that sentence even make sense?
superguppie		#6479	[-]
Posts: 23804 (08/25/08 10:34 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	You guys are mean. Everyone knows that Chica is the most well-traveled OTer ever. Don't act like you understand other cultures or something.
WesternBulldogs1		#6480	[-]
Posts: 5037 (08/25/08 10:38 AM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	chicaguapa wrote: If we had a replica Big Ben roll in to the stadium with Harry Potter sitting on one of the hands and the Queen trying to find her crown in Amy Winehouses beehive then no explanation would be needed. See... chica should have produced the London segment. And why hasn't anyone mentioned bad teeth yet? Surely that could have been incorporated in the segment. And yes, chica, the bouncing kangaroos were soooooo embarrassing, but not as much as newspapers, twirling umbrellas and a washed up rock star. I just hope Chicago 2016 doesn't include Al Capone in its segment at the end of London 2012. Of course, if Rio 2016 wins, we'll have topless beach girls in their segment. That might take away some of the pain of Chicago losing.

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