... minority interest - even in the ancient Olympics, it was the athletics that attracted ... cycling are minority interest sports? In Olympic terms, yes. Then there's also ... in many places people see the Olympics as a track and field meet ... watched everything that matters about the Olympics. Just as it's a certaintly ...? Yet in a few weeks time the same British athlete could break...

... ones with only minority interest - even in the ancient Olympics, it was the athletics that attracted the ... by which in many places people see the Olympics as a track and field meet with some ... they have watched everything that matters about the Olympics. Just as it's a certaintly that should a ... of the broadsheets. Yet in a few weeks time the same British athlete could break a world ...

.... I'd guess the opening ceremony accounts for less than 2%% of what I've watched so far. Then you're missing out. It was an undeniably fabulous show. So it seemed from snatches. OTOH I also have to eat, sleep and bathe. There's only so much time I can spend watching TV. -- eric In the beginning was the word, and the word was "what happens if I press this button?"

... I think you are missing the point - the sporting events are the important part, not the ceremonial aspects! How many people watched the opening yesterday and how many watched today's events? But the early events tend to be ones with only minority interest - even in the ancient Olympics, it was the athletics that attracted the greatest interest. -- Paul Hyett, Cheltenham

Paul Hyett set the following eddies spiralling through the space-time continuum: On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 at 18:27:26, Bazzer Smith <...1896 every host nation has tried to outdo the previous host, so the Olympics has now grown into the monster that it now is in little over ...beat that, and so on. What happened to the facilities built in London for 1948? Are they still any good? Can't we just dust ...

John Rowland expressed precisely : Steve Terry wrote: It reminded me of the 1936 Berlin Olympics, where the Nazis also pulled out all the stops to impress. Given to the Germans by the then Olympic committee also foolishly hoping it would appease and moderate the Nazi regime. In 1931? History repeats ...

... I must say the Ceremony was extremely impressive and I took time out to watch it, I was expecting the kind of thing that...those lights etc, and 2) those people probbaly rehersed many many times throughout a year or longer period on crap wages. 144 dancing harrier jump jets I expect with London busses doing the Lambeth Walk. I dont know what ...

... will make us look like the third world nation we are. It reminded me of the 1936 Berlin Olympics, where the Nazis also pulled out all the stops to impress. Given to the Germans by the then Olympic committee also foolishly hoping it would appease and moderate the Nazi regime. History repeats itself, except the Nazis ...

John Rowland pretended : Steve Terry wrote: It reminded me of the 1936 Berlin Olympics, where the Nazis also pulled out all the stops to impress. Given to the Germans by the then Olympic committee also foolishly hoping it would appease and moderate the Nazi regime. In 1931? History repeats itself, except...

...Lol I must say the Ceremony was extremely impressive and I took time out to watch it, I was expecting the kind of thing that Swiss... those lights etc, and 2) those people probbaly rehersed many many times throughout a year or longer period on crap wages. 144 dancing harrier jump jets I expect with London busses doing the Lambeth Walk. I dont know what they ...