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Buriram Province - General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: rufusredtail on July 28, 2012, 03:23:37 PM
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Well what can i say , i know there is a lot of brits, pommies , out there, the opening ceromony was fabulous , you should be proud , and as for Sir Paul McCartney bought a tear to my eye , everybody joined in , lets see who wins out of the Aussie,s and the Poms , Aussie Aussie Aussie , oh oh oh . I am predicting we will beat you in GOLD MEDALS.
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I didn't stay up to watch the whole Opening Ceremony but have just watched the Highlights on Thai TV.I thought that David Beckham on the speed boat was a bit naff,he's not even an Olympian but the rest looked good party6
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Agree the opening ceromies were fabulous...good job by the Brits.....The Aussie's will probably get more Gold just in the pool....55555....
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Hi Folks
Watched the Olympic ceremony right through and must admit it was awesome. I was very sceptical about it after China and thought our effort would be a second rate. However it is something to be proud of after all the knocks it had taken into the run up.
So here is the BBC website take on it for those who have not seen it.
The Queen has declared the London Olympics officially open, before seven young athletes were given the honour of lighting the ceremonial flame.
The show featured British celebrities and sportspeople, including David Beckham and Bradley Wiggins, and screen characters Mr Bean and James Bond.
In a speech watched around the world, Games chief Jacques Rogge said: "The Olympic Games are coming home tonight."
Flag-bearer Sir Chris Hoy earlier led out Team GB to cheers and applause.
The identity of who was to light the symbolic flame was shrouded in secrecy ahead of the ceremony.
The group of seven, chosen by British Olympic champions, each lit a single tiny flame on the ground, igniting 205 petals, one for each competing nation or territory.
Long stems then rose towards each other to form a cauldron, signifying unity.
The flame made a dramatic arrival via the Thames on a speedboat carrying Beckham, who handed the torch to Sir Steve Redgrave.
The show, billed as a quirky take on UK life, started with iconic images of London and Britain being beamed to the world, and all four countries of the UK being represented in song.
The field at the stadium in Stratford, east London, was turned into a green meadow, with sheep, horses, chickens, ducks and geese among the cast.
The show took the watching world through "great revolutions in British society", from an agricultural setting through to the Industrial Revolution itself.
Steelworkers began forging material that transformed into golden Olympic rings, which appeared to float into the air to be suspended above the performers.
'Evening Mr Bond'
There were cheers too as the crowd saw a film featuring an unlikely meeting between the Queen and agent 007 James Bond.
"Good evening Mr Bond," the Queen said in the clip, before they left together, apparently heading towards the Olympic Stadium in a helicopter.
The aircraft then flew over the stadium to the sound of the Bond theme tune, as two figures parachuted down, one dressed as the monarch.
As if by magic, the Queen appeared in the stands - part of a crowd of about 80,000 - amid cheers.
Mr Bond was not the only much-loved British character to take part. Mr Bean prompted laughter when he appeared as part of the orchestra playing the Chariots of Fire theme.
The ceremony also celebrated the National Health Service by featuring a cast of more than 1,000 volunteers recruited from hospitals across the country, including Great Ormond Street children's hospital in London.
James Bond was at Her Majesty's service as the Queen joined the opening ceremony
All the action was played out to a soundtrack of some of Britain's most iconic bands - including the Clash, the Rolling Stones, Queen, the Sex Pistols and David Bowie - with Sir Paul McCartney performing live at the show's close.
The athletes taking part in the Games - led by Greece, the Olympics' spiritual home - made laps of the stadium bearing their nations' flags.
And Bradley Wiggins, wearing a yellow jersey, rang the world's largest harmonically-tuned bell to launch the opening ceremony.
As the 'Isles of Wonder' show began, artistic director Danny Boyle pledged a ceremony with a theme of "this is for everyone".
The Oscar-winning film director later tweeted: "Thank you, everyone, for your kind words! Means the world to me."
Earlier, crowds of people, many of them dressed in their nation's colours, streamed into the Olympic Park for the show.
The BBC's Claire Heald, at the stadium, said transport ran smoothly and the crowds moved quickly through security.
The day of celebration began at 08:12 BST (07:12 GMT) with a mass bell ringing. Big Ben rang for three minutes for the first time since King George VI's funeral in 1952.
The three-and-a-half hour show was rehearsed more than 200 times, with each of the 7,500 volunteers spending on average 150 hours practising during the build-up.
The event used 12,956 props and boasted a million-watt PA system using more than 500 speakers.
Thousands of fans also gathered at other outdoor locations across the capital to watch the show on big screens.
TBWG buriram_united sawadi
PS The million-watt PA system using more than 500 speakers will be the envy of every Thai yoof who has a set of wheels!
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1 Gold medal to australia already , swimming
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"The aircraft then flew over the stadium to the sound of the Bond theme tune, as two figures parachuted down, one dressed as the monarch."
Making fun of the queen, in front of the queen, is a very British way of showing respect to the monarch... but a very genuine one too.
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it was a very memorable show and in true British style by not being unconfident enough to 'take the piss' out of ourselves.
I was well impressed !
Now the sport????????
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I don't recall seeing that Scotland, Wales or N.Ireland were represented by any of their national singers. Tom Jones and Rod Stewart would have been obvious choices.
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I don't recall seeing that Scotland, Wales or N.Ireland were represented by any of their national singers. Tom Jones and Rod Stewart would have been obvious choices.
There was one song with pieces from kids from all those places
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Australia 1 gold 2 silver 4 bronze
Great Britian 1 gold 2 bronze 3 bronze
Go Aussies
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Australia 1 gold 2 silver 4 bronze
Great Britian 1 gold 2 bronze 3 bronze
Go Aussies
Sorry miss print, to much red wine should be 2 Silver
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Think you will find it is spelt Britain and they have more than 1 gold.
TBWG buriram_united sawadi
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And the Brits continue with their stiff upper lip:
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That was the best laugh all day , nice one urleft .
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Quote rufusredtail Aug 1
Australia 1 gold 2 silver 4 bronze
Great Britian 1 gold 2 bronze 3 bronze
Go Aussies
See medal table Aug 2 attached
UK 5th, Kazakhstan 10th, mouthy bloody Aussies 15th (bashed by Borat's lot)
Just saying like.
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Quote rufusredtail Aug 1
Australia 1 gold 2 silver 4 bronze
Great Britian 1 gold 2 bronze 3 bronze
Go Aussies
See medal table Aug 2 attached
UK 5th, Kazakhstan 10th, mouthy bloody Aussies 15th (bashed by Borat's lot)
Just saying like.
Aussies are however excelling in other areas!
http://news.sky.com/story/968049/australian-rower-booth-arrested-in-surrey
TBWG buriram_united sawadi
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Quote rufusredtail Aug 1
Australia 1 gold 2 silver 4 bronze
Great Britian 1 gold 2 bronze 3 bronze
Go Aussies
See medal table Aug 2 attached
UK 5th, Kazakhstan 10th, mouthy bloody Aussies 15th (bashed by Borat's lot)
Just saying like.
Aussies are however excelling in other areas!
http://news.sky.com/story/968049/australian-rower-booth-arrested-in-surrey
TBWG buriram_united sawadi
On the news last night this guy should be f----- and burnt and deported to outer mongolia , i hear was fined a miserable $2000,hope he rots.
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Quote Rufusredtail - On the news last night this guy should be f----- and burnt and deported to outer mongolia , i hear was fined a miserable $2000,hope he rots.
Steady on Rufus.
All he did was get drunk and cause a bit of damage – expected behaviour from an Australian
He was arrested and hit his head when he “fainted” in Police custody – routine in Police stations
No charges were laid – again routine stuff
If he was fined $2000, it must have been by the Australian authorities in the belief he had somehow sullied his nations reputation :D :D :D
This is of course, totally misguided, it is globally accepted that Australians are a bunch of noisy insecure twats with a compulsion to travel the world telling all and sundry how wonderful Australia is
The smallest amount of alcohol seems to exacerbate their insecurity, causing them to trumpet any small sporting success their countrymen may have had; hoping probably that the reflected glory will enhance their own “tough guy” image
Droning on in their ghastly whining accent, with an interrogative rising inflection at the end of every sentence, turning even the the most mundane statement into a question, it sounds like they are unsure of the language and are seeking constant approval that they have used the correct words – more insecurity I suppose
Do you have something against Outer Mongolia ?
No offence, just saying like
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Us Americans will get more medals than u accross the lake and the Good Day lot.
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Us Americans will get more medals than u accross the lake and the Good Day lot.
I suggest you go and gloat in your own glory.
I doubt many on here give a fcuk!
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Us Americans will get more medals than u accross the lake and the Good Day lot.
At last America has found something it's good at the OLYMPICS,you see if you look long enough and hard enough you will always find something,you must be so proud.
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Us Americans will get more medals than u accross the lake and the Good Day lot.
It's a given Harry and well deserved too usaflag bravo1
Isn't it just great to watch though?
All those young fit birds in their skimpy outfits (not that I noticed of course - I focus mainly on the technical aspects of the various sports)
I hope the US stays ahead of China, although I confess I prefer to watch the Chinese women - sorry I meant to say Chinese skills and abilities ..... ashamed1
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I think i will have to eat HUMBLE PIE at the rate the aussies are going . :(
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I think i will have to eat HUMBLE PIE at the rate the aussies are going . :(
Never mind you can sweeten the taste by enjoying Britains success. Yum yum chew spit.......
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I think i will have to eat HUMBLE PIE at the rate the aussies are going . :(
Nah, you're showing 6th at the moment, never say die surrender1 there's a long way to go yet......
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I think i will have to eat 2 humble pies , OH WOE IS ME . :(
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Well we are now over halfway through the Olympics and I think I can safely say that barring divine intervention the UK will finish up with more medals than Australia
Now this may stick in their throat but it is nothing compared to the grief they will have to endure for the next four years if they fail to overtake the Kiwi’s who (at the time of writing) are in an exalted 14th slot compared to the Aussies derisory 16th. To add insult to injury it would appear that they don’t have a hope in hell of overtaking in the gold stakes those bastions of sporting prowess North Korea and Kazakhstan.
Still at least they can take a crumb of comfort in the knowledge that they are whupping the other colony, Canada who are languishing in 27th on the medal table! Now what’s that all about?
TBWG buriram_united sawadi
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Why is it ppl from australia seem to have an obsession about brits and never stop talking about it while British ppl couldnt give a flying x...
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FCUK
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1st photo of Michael Phelps:
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It isn't widely known but Michael Johnson has relations in a distant galaxy! bravo1
Daft
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I think that the causes of Australia's mediocre performance are twofold:
1. Those Kangaroo brand condoms are selling because they are too small for non-Australians. Therefore, there is little income for beer and steaks.
2. The country has an unelected Welsh lesbian Prime Minister instead of an elected one.
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1st Photo of Chad le Clos
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Well i have to admit defeat, a miserable effort by the aussies , hang my head in shame, , i congratulate Great Britain , job well done , great effort.
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Well i have to admit defeat, a miserable effort by the aussies , hang my head in shame, , i congratulate Great Britain , job well done , great effort.
Yup, GB did well for a country, or group of countries, with a population much smaller than the US or China.
I really don't now what happened to Australia, but then I wasn't watching.
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Olympic updates
The Chinese are unbeatable in the Olympic pool. They have improved greatly since Morecambe Bay 2004.
Just wishing the Brazilian hurdlers good luck, last time a Brazilian jumped a barrier in London the police shot him.
Chinese girl swimming in finals today is expected to smash the world record by 10 seconds. Che Ting Twat said she is very optimistic!
So far the Romanians have taken gold, silver, bronze, copper, lead and anything else they can get their thieving bloody hands on!
TBWG buriram_united sawadi
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Olympic updates
The Chinese are unbeatable in the Olympic pool. They have improved greatly since Morecambe Bay 2004.
Just wishing the Brazilian hurdlers good luck, last time a Brazilian jumped a barrier in London the police shot him.
Chinese girl swimming in finals today is expected to smash the world record by 10 seconds. Che Ting Twat said she is very optimistic!
So far the Romanians have taken gold, silver, bronze, copper, lead and anything else they can get their thieving bloody hands on!
TBWG buriram_united sawadi
:D :D :D
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Well i have to admit defeat, a miserable effort by the aussies , hang my head in shame, , i congratulate Great Britain , job well done , great effort.
Definitely no shame Rufus, you duffed us into 3rd place in Sailing boatsailing where with a massive home advantage, we should have been 1st. congrats
And talking of home advantage, we were doing the timing and measuring etc., whistle so really we should have done much better than third overall don't you think?
A great spectacle though for the most part, good to watch and honestly, does it really matter who got the biggest medal tally?
Most of the over the hill “stars” party2 they wheeled out at the start and finish were cringeworthy – apart from Eric Idle of course “always look on the bright side of life” was a nice touch I thought.
I could have done without the lovely boys they used to carry the medal cushions at the victory ceremonies, what was that all about?
Hope I'm still around for Brazil – that'll be all sequins, feathers, tits and bums..... thumbup
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Well i have to admit defeat, a miserable effort by the aussies , hang my head in shame, , i congratulate Great Britain , job well done , great effort.
Definitely no shame Rufus, you duffed us into 3rd place in Sailing boatsailing where with a massive home advantage, we should have been 1st. congrats
And talking of home advantage, we were doing the timing and measuring etc., whistle so really we should have done much better than third overall don't you think?
A great spectacle though for the most part, good to watch and honestly, does it really matter who got the biggest medal tally?
Most of the over the hill “stars” party2 they wheeled out at the start and finish were cringeworthy – apart from Eric Idle of course “always look on the bright side of life” was a nice touch I thought.
I could have done without the lovely boys they used to carry the medal cushions at the victory ceremonies, what was that all about?
Hope I'm still around for Brazil – that'll be all sequins, feathers, tits and bums..... thumbup
And probably not all of them female so be careful for which your express you admiration after a few beers.
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Hope I'm still around for Brazil – that'll be all sequins, feathers, tits and bums..... thumbup
Hope you are correct, but remember they are south of the equator so it will be their winter hosting the summer Olympics. snow1