Friday, February 7, 2014

Winter olympics opening ceremony

As I write this it's on tv well what can I say, it started like sesame street with a little girl with really bad skin (isn't hdtv a bitch) and next she was 'flying' high over moving rafts showing the different terrain in Russia
Why do all countries feel the need to have ridiculous long drawn out opening ceremonies?  First off it's supposed to be a sporting event not a bloody three ring circus.  Secondly in today's cash starved world why spend millions of pounds/roubles on nonsense shows which have bugger all to do with the event and loads of fireworks (ok they do look pretty but serve no useful function)
 I can never understand why countries compete for the event, frankly if I were prime minister I'd be in hiding when the Olympic committee come calling (behind the sofa but don't tell them) it nearly broke the UK when we held it and they had to bus in troops to sit in the seats to make it look only half empty.  Maybe holding it in one of the rough areas of London wasn't the best plan then.

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