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arrgghhh the pink pages are sending me mad :-|...mad I tell ya :-| can't even send pm. messages now!!!! :-(

ooh just caught me BC :-D........I've been jumping in and out like a fiddler's elbow :-S..........so it was a full English for everyone this morning? lol <3 :-D

Mau...they all came round to my casa :-D :-D <3

I was left wondering how the majority of folk managed to get home at that time in the morning? no underground or buses? ....at least taxi drivers should have made a fortune....... :-)


Error pages are soooo annoying :-| think I'll say good night to all

Did they start at that time because they needed it to be dark. I found it late too, never usually up that late, goodness knows what time people got home afterwards who were in the audience.

Yes, Rita, I felt a bit sorry for both the Queen and Phil being kept up so late. It would have been kinder to start the ceremony an hour earlier, I'd have said.

Kinder to the audience as well.

Gwynne

Thank you Gwynne. I was so sure they said King. my hearing is not too good at times. I wondered why at the end they sang Queen then they showed you H, M and she looked miserable. I thought she must be tired she has done a lot over this year. I could never have done what she did.

god bless

Rita, I've just listened to it on iplayer again and the children definitely sang Queen, not King.

I've said what I thought of the rest on Lynda's thread.

Gwynne

I thought the opening was great with travelling all the way down from the head of the Thames, leading us into the city. I really think we did well, of course there were bits that we would have wished were different but overall, it was a great achievement.

I read in the paper that the Queen has hosted Olympic dinners every day this past week so I am sure she was really tired. But I did think it unusual that she didn't manage to drag up a smile. At one stage we did think Prince Philip might have been dozing Lol. At his age I wouldn't blame him.

Eldrick
I must have missed something ? where did someone say the deaf children were rubbish singing? I did say why did they sing God Save the King ? when we have a Queen ? could well be a mistake with the teacher.
some one just told me I made a mistake and they did sing Queen and not king.

I didnt enjoy the opening as I could not see anthing other than flashing lights going through the countryside.? it was like being in an express train .you could see nothing. most of that seem to be taken on camera. even the talking faded now and again.

Sorry I cannot agree with you on this one

I think the Queen must have been worn out.I agree she didn't smile once .Did see her picking at her nails at one time lol.I think she looked really tired .So would I at her age and have to stay up until the early hours.She was there for her country ,but I bet she just wished she was all tucked up in bed
Charles and Camilla were caught on Camera having the right giggles about something.That was so funny to see and nice.
Poor Mohammed (SP) Ali.He wouldn't have been there if he hadn't wanted to be.I bet he enjoyed the show.Just physically he couldn't show it.I think it was great he was there.Didn't he light the Olympic Flame at the last Olympics (with a nurse at hand)?
I never understand why we have to nit pick everything.I think we should just be pleased it was a great evening .It is not often we have something as big as this in this country.We should just be proud it was a great success :-D :-D

Someone very early on mentioned that they were glad the the Sex Pistols 'God Save the Queen' was not played. It was in the 70's medley set albeit a snippet.

As for our glorious history - the WWW was not invented by that Tim Berners Lee, it was orignally devised by the US Military/Goverment as a communications device for their use. Tim Berners Lee merely adapted/opened it up for the rest of us to use. Also without Charles Babbage & Alan Turin he would have have nothing to 'devise'. Danny sure dropped a clanger there. Would rather have seen a tribute to these 2 great men. And Alan Turin was born 100 years ago so it would have been a fitting tribute. Loved the tribute to the victims of 7/7 - should have been in complete silence though.

And can someone explain to me why Doreen Lawrence was afforded the privelege of being a Torch bearer AND one of the Olympic Flag holders? Whilst I appreciate her struggle and all she has done since the death of her son, I would rather have seen her at the end and someone else have a chance at being a Torch bearer. Loved Shami Shakrabati being their.

I also think it was very wrong to have had Muhamed Ali there, he looks so frail and was struggling to stand even with help. I am sure many would rather remember him in his prime and not like this.

AND WHY DID THE QUEEN NOT SMILE ONCE - I did not watch all the way through (did a bit of channel hopping) but everytime the camera went on her she look so glum, and she is now the image of her grandmother and Ann is rapidly looking the same. Prince Phillip seemed to be always looking down, was he tweeting!!!!!

I would give Danny Boyle 10/10 for the overall spectacular but only 8/10 for some of the bits shown. It was not reallly designed for telly as you could not get the full effect of the whole stadium.

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Isn't it sad that Danny Boyle's father, who was a champion of the Olympics, dies in his 90s only 18 months ago. Wouldn't he have been proud of his son's achievement.

I have just read the DM and the explanation of all the different factions is really good. I wish I could have had a 'programme' as I am sure I would have seen more than I did. However, I have most of it taped so shall have another look in a quiet moment.

Hi
I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of the performance and congratulations to Danny Boyle for having the courage to put his ideas into practice.

So many aspects of our British lives portrayed. It must have been wonderful for all the participants especially the children.
Still glued to TV watching the competition now :-D :-D :-D :-D
Von

Overall I enjoyed it .Normally I don't like Mr Bean but I thought the timing was spot on. The sight of those chimneys, which in the area I live was a reminder of our 'satanic mills' . The formation of the the final torch which was made by each of the' petals' brought by the children was just ingenious.

For me the only real disappointment was Paul McCartney at the end which was like a damp squib, before I switched off............. I wistfully thought how it could have been if John Lennon had been there to sing 'Imagine' as a message to the world -jl

Well I thought it was great.Well done to all who made it a great night and successful opening .It was never going to be to everyone's taste.Nothing ever is.

BC,wheeled out the Rolling Stones in a Bath Chair along with Macca and Elton john they could have had a race. :-D

Saw a little of it, more like Disneyland than the Olympics, :-S.Lets hope our athletes do better.

Kenneth Brannagh looked as though he was enjoying himself :-D

As it has already been said it wasnt about singers and performers it was about the Great Britain reps and the games and I am very very very proud as I always say we can if nothing else put on a great party...so I am now rolling up a ball of negitivity and throwing it out of the window...there is gone positive commments only from me <3 <3 <3 <3 <3