Olympic Opening Ceremony

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Details have been released on the opening ceremony for the London Olympics.  It's directed by Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) and looks quite interesting.
Opening Ceremony

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Quote from: artmo

looks quite interesting. Opening Ceremony

Not for me.............

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so we are going to show this global audience the amazing fact that the UK has [1] grass and [2] soil.

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3 hours... 

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... watching grass grow 

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The opening scene of the £27m ceremony will be called "Green and Pleasant", artistic director Danny Boyle revealed.

They can come and film my back garden for a lot less than that; SWMBO has the greenest of fingers

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Not long now .... the screen grab you've all been waiting for ..... from my PlusNet spreadsheet

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More accurate:
45 days til London transport grinds to a halt (Commuter Hell the likes of which have never been seen before)
61 days til London recovers (usual Commuter Hell will resume - and we'll all be grateful)

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I would really like to see the whole event go off flawlessly (honest) But I have this nagging feeling that a fiasco is more likely, mostly because its being held in the wrong place with some of the worst of travel problems to overcome. One major motorway accident near Heathrow could well bring the whole of London to a grinding halt. It pretty well does now, what it will be like with Olympic traffic doesn't bare thinking about.
Anybody noticed if there's a helicopter pad in the Olympic park

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I think Danny Boyle will do a good job.  Rehearsals are in full swing, currently in Dagenham.

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Quote from: Petlew

Anybody noticed if there's a helicopter pad in the Olympic park

Thinking of making a spectacular entrance Peter?

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Speaking of helicopters, I hear that the local HEMS emergency helicopter stations not too far away at Whitechapel is not allowed to land in the Olympic Stadium because of the sponsor (Virgin) branding on the outside of the helicopter. Explain that one to the man with the heart attack.