Olympics' opening ceremony live from London later today, or do we have to wait for NBC tonight? :P

[Ant]

Just wondering. Thank you in advance. :)
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In news:A8WdncD8zsdsQI_N...@earthlink.com Ant

<a...@zimage.comANT> wrote:

> Just wondering. Thank you in advance. :)

If you have an ID at Dish's Web site, start at
http://www.nbcolympics.com/LiveExtra/

They say they'll be streaming events live online, although I don't see
any mention of the opening ceremony.

Don't know if DirecTV has a similar arrangement with NBC.

--
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[Dr. Personality]

In article <XnsA09D9AE4213...@216.250.188.141>, Bert

NBC is not streaming the opening ceremonies online and is crushing any
source that tries to provide them. Americans will be permitted to
watch the ceremonies in prime time, and not a moment before.

I intend to watch a movie. If that's all right with NBC, I mean.

[Billns]

New York Times is keeping a blog updated with comments and still
pictures of the opening ceremony. This is one way to avoid the NBC
commercials and get the gist of the festivities in much less time than
the delayed broadcast tonight -- five hours East Cost, eight hours West
Coast.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/07/27/sports/olympics/olympics-opening-ceremonies.html/?ref=sports

Bill

[paultry]

On 7/27/2012 1:29 PM, Ant wrote:
> Just wondering. Thank you in advance. :)

serviio

[Ant]

On 7/27/2012 3:15 PM PT, paultry typed:

> serviio

?
--
"I used to own an ant farm but had to give it up. I couldn't find
tractors small enough to fit it." --Steven Wright

[Dr. Personality]

In article <juv3gu$379$1...@speranza.aioe.org>, Billns

Thanks for that. I skipped through the NBC Nightly Olympic-Pimping
News, watched the Sawyer show all the way through -- she wasn't there
tonight, so I could do so without puking -- and then watched this
week's Burn Notice and a Big Bang Theory rerun. I then gave myself a
silver medal for Crap Avoidance. It would have been gold if I'd
skipped the NBC Nightly Olympic-Pimping News entirely, but there's
always 2016.

[Ant]

On 7/27/2012 8:05 PM PT, Dr. Personality typed:

> Thanks for that. I skipped through the NBC Nightly Olympic-Pimping
> News, watched the Sawyer show all the way through -- she wasn't there
> tonight, so I could do so without puking -- and then watched this
> week's Burn Notice and a Big Bang Theory rerun. I then gave myself a
> silver medal for Crap Avoidance. It would have been gold if I'd
> skipped the NBC Nightly Olympic-Pimping News entirely, but there's
> always 2016.

Meh, it wasn't that good like Beijing, China's. I am so glad I recorded
it to be able to skip/fast forward. It would have been nice if I could
do it earlier with a live feed. It's crazy that some people will watch
it until midnight live from local broadcasts. :P
--
"Ants are so much like human beings as to be an embarrassment. They farm
fungi, raise aphids as livestock, launch armies into wars, use chemical
sprays to alarm and confuse enemies, capture slaves. The families of
weaver ants engage in child labor, holding their larvae like shuttles to
spin out the thread that sews the leaves together for their fungus
gardens. They exchange information ceaselessly. They do everything but
watch television." --Lewis Thomas

[nob...@nada.com]

On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 22:00:06 -0700, Ant <a...@zimage.comANT> wrote:

>On 7/27/2012 8:05 PM PT, Dr. Personality typed:
>
>> Thanks for that. I skipped through the NBC Nightly Olympic-Pimping
>> News, watched the Sawyer show all the way through -- she wasn't there
>> tonight, so I could do so without puking -- and then watched this
>> week's Burn Notice and a Big Bang Theory rerun. I then gave myself a
>> silver medal for Crap Avoidance. It would have been gold if I'd
>> skipped the NBC Nightly Olympic-Pimping News entirely, but there's
>> always 2016.
>
>Meh, it wasn't that good like Beijing, China's. I am so glad I recorded
>it to be able to skip/fast forward. It would have been nice if I could
>do it earlier with a live feed. It's crazy that some people will watch
>it until midnight live from local broadcasts. :P

The opening ceremony was, in a word, boring. So it was very British.

It even had Rowan Atkinson, the least funny comedian in the world.
Let's get to the actual games.

[Robert Neville]

Ant <a...@zimage.comANT> wrote:

>Meh, it wasn't that good like Beijing, China's. I am so glad I recorded
>it to be able to skip/fast forward. It would have been nice if I could
>do it earlier with a live feed. It's crazy that some people will watch
>it until midnight live from local broadcasts. :P

I thought parts of it were great and parts were not so great and one bit was
just plain weird. I will grant you that unless you grew up in the UK or were
very familiar with UK history, about 80% of the show probably went right over
your head. Many of the references were pretty obscure.

The first half of the show with Brunell was great. The Victorian transformation
of England was captured quite well and the pause for the end of WWI was
surprisingly emotional. The Bond bit with the Queen was almost perfect although
the timing from when she jumped out of the helicopter and appeared enter the
royal box was off just a bit. Not sure the overweight Corgi was intentional or
not, but it was funny.

Beckham, the torch and the illuminated boat going down the Thames as fireworks
went off on both sides was great though the spouse suggested that last leg
should have been a Top Gear race with Jeremy and the gang trying to get the
torch to the stadium on time.

The reference to GOSH was fine, but where it fell flat was the amount of time
spent of celebrating the NHS. The scary monsters and Peter Pan references read
by JK were OK. None of it really tied to the games.

The bicycle doves were good, but the last ET part at the end was just a bit off
as well. All was forgiven at the cauldron lighting though - that was fantastic.

I watched it live on BBC 1 and then NBC's coverage in the US. First of all, if
it was going to be tape delayed so NBC could edit it down to a highlights show,
why schedule the live bit so late in the UK? Made it impossible for all the
atheletes to attend.

NBC was coverage was bad news, even aside from all the commercials they kept
cutting to. Rather than explain the more obscure UK references, they either
ignored them completely or told the audience that they wouldn't understand.

Then for the athelete's entrance, the kept commenting about how fast it was
going, but the reason it was going so fast was that they edited out about half
of it! Except for the US, GB and a few other countries, they flashed about 5
seconds of each country walking in on the screen and none of the stadium shots.
It got so bad they were joking about not having time to read the prepared
background from the briefing book.

The last strange part was Paul's McCartney's intro to Hey Jude. Somebody screwed
up with the backing track in the stadium as it was about 10 seconds ahead of
Paul singing. At least NBC had time to fix that.

[JNugent]

On 28/07/2012 15:12, Robert Neville wrote:

> The last strange part was Paul's McCartney's intro to Hey Jude. Somebody screwed
> up with the backing track in the stadium as it was about 10 seconds ahead of
> Paul singing. At least NBC had time to fix that.

That happened here too, on the "live" digital feed over BBC1 television (on
Sky satellite).

[GordonD]

"JNugent" <jenni...@fastmail.fm> wrote in message
news:a7ictk...@mid.individual.net...

I actually thought that was the audience singing along at first.
--
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Edinburgh, Scotland

"Slipped the surly bonds of Earth...to touch the face of God."

[Billns]

On 7/27/2012 10:00 PM, Ant wrote:
>
> Meh, it wasn't that good like Beijing, China's. I am so glad I recorded
> it to be able to skip/fast forward. It would have been nice if I could
> do it earlier with a live feed. It's crazy that some people will watch
> it until midnight live from local broadcasts. :P

To each his own. I too recorded the show so that I could skip through
the commercials. I thought the ceremony was much more entertaining than
the Beijing opening. Of course it helps if you've been to England a few
times and understand the British background featured. All those Mary
Poppins dropping from the sky were impressive. And the Queen can take a
joke, so it seems.

I gave up, though, at 11:15 when I had caught up with the West Coast
broadcast. That was before the torch was lighted. I went to bed.

Bill

[Ant]

On 7/28/2012 2:54 AM PT, nob...@nada.com typed:

> The opening ceremony was, in a word, boring. So it was very British.
>
> It even had Rowan Atkinson, the least funny comedian in the world.
> Let's get to the actual games.

I thought Mr. Beans skit was funny. James Bond (007) skit was so weak!
Meh. Industrial Revolution's rings forging scene was cool, but that's
about it!
--
"Be thine enemy an ant, see in him an elephant." --Turkish Proverb

[Ant]

On 7/28/2012 7:12 AM PT, Robert Neville typed:

> Ant <a...@zimage.comANT> wrote:
>
>> Meh, it wasn't that good like Beijing, China's. I am so glad I recorded
>> it to be able to skip/fast forward. It would have been nice if I could
>> do it earlier with a live feed. It's crazy that some people will watch
>> it until midnight live from local broadcasts. :P
>
> I thought parts of it were great and parts were not so great and one bit was
> just plain weird. I will grant you that unless you grew up in the UK or were
> very familiar with UK history, about 80% of the show probably went right over
> your head. Many of the references were pretty obscure.

That's probably why. I am an American. :/

>
> The first half of the show with Brunell was great. The Victorian transformation
> of England was captured quite well and the pause for the end of WWI was
> surprisingly emotional. The Bond bit with the Queen was almost perfect although
> the timing from when she jumped out of the helicopter and appeared enter the
> royal box was off just a bit. Not sure the overweight Corgi was intentional or
> not, but it was funny.

I thought that skit was weak. I was expecting more from 007. Also the
recorded chopper scene and the live parachute scenes had different sky
colors. Heh! Yeah, I agree that the Queen showing up on land was a bit
fast. Oh well. Aren't corgis usually fat looking? Anyways, they were cute.

> Beckham, the torch and the illuminated boat going down the Thames as fireworks
> went off on both sides was great though the spouse suggested that last leg
> should have been a Top Gear race with Jeremy and the gang trying to get the
> torch to the stadium on time.

Yeah. No Top Gear at all! Sheesh.

>
> The reference to GOSH was fine, but where it fell flat was the amount of time
> spent of celebrating the NHS. The scary monsters and Peter Pan references read
> by JK were OK. None of it really tied to the games.

What's with the balloons? They should have used the real characters from
the actors in the movies!

>
> The bicycle doves were good, but the last ET part at the end was just a bit off
> as well. All was forgiven at the cauldron lighting though - that was fantastic.

Cool.

> I watched it live on BBC 1 and then NBC's coverage in the US. First of all, if
> it was going to be tape delayed so NBC could edit it down to a highlights show,
> why schedule the live bit so late in the UK? Made it impossible for all the
> atheletes to attend.

Wow, BBC aired it live on American satellite services?

> NBC was coverage was bad news, even aside from all the commercials they kept
> cutting to. Rather than explain the more obscure UK references, they either
> ignored them completely or told the audience that they wouldn't understand.

It's always like that with NBC IIRC. :P

> Then for the athelete's entrance, the kept commenting about how fast it was
> going, but the reason it was going so fast was that they edited out about half
> of it! Except for the US, GB and a few other countries, they flashed about 5
> seconds of each country walking in on the screen and none of the stadium shots.
> It got so bad they were joking about not having time to read the prepared
> background from the briefing book.

I skipped 99% of this. Heh.
--
"An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox." --Mexican Proverb

[Ant]

On 7/28/2012 9:44 AM PT, Billns typed:

>> Meh, it wasn't that good like Beijing, China's. I am so glad I recorded
>> it to be able to skip/fast forward. It would have been nice if I could
>> do it earlier with a live feed. It's crazy that some people will watch
>> it until midnight live from local broadcasts. :P
>
> To each his own. I too recorded the show so that I could skip through
> the commercials. I thought the ceremony was much more entertaining than
> the Beijing opening. Of course it helps if you've been to England a few
> times and understand the British background featured. All those Mary
> Poppins dropping from the sky were impressive. And the Queen can take a
> joke, so it seems.

Yeah, that Mary Poppins was cool.

> I gave up, though, at 11:15 when I had caught up with the West Coast
> broadcast. That was before the torch was lighted. I went to bed.

Hopefully, you recorded it to see the ending. I gave up too during the
1.5 hours flag parade and went to sleep. I woke up and skim through to
the end.
--
"The ant has made himself illustrious; Through constant industry
industrious.; So what? Would you be calm and placid; If you were full of
formic acid?" --Ogden Nash (The Ant)

[Robert Neville]

Ant <a...@zimage.comANT> wrote:

>Wow, BBC aired it live on American satellite services?

No. At least not to the general public. NBC paid too much for exclusive US
rights to allow that.

[Robert Neville]

Ant <a...@zimage.comANT> wrote:

>I skipped 99% of this. Heh.

Well, if you watch the open ceremony replay anywhere, be sure to take a close
look at the women from Paraguay. My jaw hit the floor when they walked in. Must
go find out what events they are competing in.

[Bast]

Ant wrote:
> On 7/28/2012 2:54 AM PT, nob...@nada.com typed:
>
>> The opening ceremony was, in a word, boring. So it was very British.
>>
>> It even had Rowan Atkinson, the least funny comedian in the world.
>> Let's get to the actual games.
>
> I thought Mr. Beans skit was funny. James Bond (007) skit was so weak!
> Meh. Industrial Revolution's rings forging scene was cool, but that's
> about it!

So would you have paid $3,000 for a seat to see it live ?
From the word on the net, a lot of those seats were empty (unsold), so a lot
of people didn't think so.

As for McCartney,....while he is a respected musician, without the rest of
the Beatles, he really should think about retiring.
And since Madonna is now British, they should have let her make a fool of
herself too.

[Ed Pawlowski]

On Sat, 28 Jul 2012 16:30:03 -0400, "Bast" <fake...@nomail.invalid>
wrote:

>
>
>So would you have paid $3,000 for a seat to see it live ?

You'd have to pay me (a lots) to go to an event like that. Not just
London, any Olympic event that has those huge crowds and long times
waiting.

We did not watch the first portion, just the entrance of the athletes
and on from there. I thought the fireworks were neat though.
>

[Ant]

On 7/28/2012 1:30 PM PT, Bast typed:

> So would you have paid $3,000 for a seat to see it live ?

Heck no. If it was free or cheap, then yes. No way I can afford that.
--
"... Something wrong with the gun," he said. "But what if there is?
They'll get it right again. And even if there's a delay, how can it
alter the end? It's just men and ants. There's the ants builds their
cities, live their lives, have wars, revolutions, until the men want
them out of the way, and then they go out of the way. That's what we are
now -- just ants. Only --" "Yes," "We're eatable ants..." --H.G. Wells'
The War of the Worlds

[Ant]

On 7/28/2012 1:40 PM PT, Ed Pawlowski typed:

> You'd have to pay me (a lots) to go to an event like that. Not just
> London, any Olympic event that has those huge crowds and long times
> waiting.

Ditto.
--
"Better (to be) an ant's head than a lion's tail." --Armenian and Maltese

[Ant]

On 7/28/2012 11:46 AM PT, Robert Neville typed:

> Well, if you watch the open ceremony replay anywhere, be sure to take a close
> look at the women from Paraguay. My jaw hit the floor when they walked in. Must
> go find out what events they are competing in.

NBC only showed this flag parade's country for a couple seconds and
didn't show much. :(
--
"When you need a helpline for breakfast cereals, it's time to start
thinking about tearing down civilization and giving the ants a go."
--Chris King in a.s.r.

[jbm]

On 28/07/2012 15:12, Robert Neville wrote:

It was scheduled that late because they needed darkness for all the
lighting effects. The bicycle doves wouldn't have really worked in daylight!

On the matter of the scheduling, I heard that over half an hour of the
intended show had to be cut, so that the stadium could be cleared and
people got out of the area before the mandatory closure of the tube
network for overnight cleaning and maintenance. Pity in a way, because
we'll never know what had to be cut out.

jim

[Suzie-Q]

In article <A8WdncD8zsdsQI_N...@earthlink.com>,

Ant <a...@zimage.comANT> wrote:

> Just wondering. Thank you in advance. :)

I know I'm too late for this, but generally anything important
that happens in England is on BBC America. (But I have no idea
if they showed the ceremony or not.)


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[Billns]

Of course not. NBC had the US market sewed up. I understand the opening
ceremonies were carried live in Canada and many other countries.

Bill

[Robert Neville]

Ant <a...@zimage.comANT> wrote:

>
>NBC only showed this flag parade's country for a couple seconds and
>didn't show much. :(

Ah well, I found a still: http://www.mewsgirl.com/paraguay.jpg

[Robert Neville]

jbm <n...@home.ok> wrote:

>On the matter of the scheduling, I heard that over half an hour of the
>intended show had to be cut, so that the stadium could be cleared and
>people got out of the area before the mandatory closure of the tube
>network for overnight cleaning and maintenance. Pity in a way, because
>we'll never know what had to be cut out.

Classic Bollywood movie - 2.5 hours!

[Robert Neville]

Ant <a...@zimage.comANT> wrote:

>NBC only showed this flag parade's country for a couple seconds and
>didn't show much. :(

And here's a wider shot:
http://nationalpostsports.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/jeffisgr8t185241.jpg

Apparently she's a rather well know javelin thrower. Hmmm.

[Ant]

On 7/28/2012 4:38 PM PT, Robert Neville typed:

>> NBC only showed this flag parade's country for a couple seconds and
>> didn't show much. :(
>
> Ah well, I found a still: http://www.mewsgirl.com/paraguay.jpg

Here is what NBC showed at a distance and cropped from most of the gals
for a couple seconds: http://i.imgur.com/yCUoe.jpg (shouldn't this be
wide screen? :P). Yea, they looked nice from yours! NBC seems to like to
show short clips of small nations. Did BBC do that too?
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[Ant]

On 7/28/2012 4:48 PM PT, Robert Neville typed:

> http://nationalpostsports.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/jeffisgr8t185241.jpg
>
> Apparently she's a rather well know javelin thrower. Hmmm.

Nice and thanks. ;)
--
"Everyone knows an ant can't move a rubber tree plant." --Motto of FTL
Foundation (in Isaac Asimov book)

[Ant]

On 7/28/2012 3:11 PM PT, jbm typed:

> On the matter of the scheduling, I heard that over half an hour of the
> intended show had to be cut, so that the stadium could be cleared and
> people got out of the area before the mandatory closure of the tube
> network for overnight cleaning and maintenance. Pity in a way, because
> we'll never know what had to be cut out.

I wondered what was cut. Was this cut at the last minute? If they
weren't cut, then it would be way longer. It seems like the ceremonies
get longer and longer! :/
--
"You'd think we could just attract ants like normal people." --Wolverine
(X-Men:TAS)

[Ant]

On 7/28/2012 4:25 PM PT, Billns typed:

> Of course not. NBC had the US market sewed up. I understand the opening
> ceremonies were carried live in Canada and many other countries.

NBC scored well from its viewers:
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/07/28/tv-ratings-friday-xxx-olympics-opening-ceremony-up-nbc-scores-ratings-gold/143097/
... But it seems like many people thought it wasn't good that I talked
to. :/ I made a poll about it on my web site: http://aqfl.net/node/10051
... [grin]
--
"I could crush him like an ant. But it would be too easy. No, revenge is
a dish best served cold. I'll bide my time until... Oh, what the hell,
I'll just crush him like an ant." --Mr. Burns, The Simpsons ("Blood
Feud" Episode 7F22)

[Col]

"jbm" <n...@home.ok> wrote in message news:jv1o29$7ut$1...@dont-email.me...

>
> It was scheduled that late because they needed darkness for all the
> lighting effects. The bicycle doves wouldn't have really worked in
> daylight!
>
> On the matter of the scheduling, I heard that over half an hour of the
> intended show had to be cut, so that the stadium could be cleared and
> people got out of the area before the mandatory closure of the tube
> network for overnight cleaning and maintenance. Pity in a way, because
> we'll never know what had to be cut out.

We do actually, it was some kind of BMX sequence..
And it wasn't cut on the night, the decision was made a couple of
weeks ago. Quite why it took until that point for it to be realised
that the ceremony was going to go on too long is anybody's guess.
--
Col

The gulls have plucked out my eyes!

[the dog from that film you saw]

On 28/07/2012 22:18, Ant wrote:
> On 7/28/2012 11:46 AM PT, Robert Neville typed:
>
>> Well, if you watch the open ceremony replay anywhere, be sure to take
>> a close
>> look at the women from Paraguay. My jaw hit the floor when they walked
>> in. Must
>> go find out what events they are competing in.
>
> NBC only showed this flag parade's country for a couple seconds and
> didn't show much. :(

the parade of competitors is always the most mind numbing bit - who
actually wants to sit through that? - i went and did something else,
came back for the end section.

--
Gareth.
That fly.... Is your magic wand.

[GordonD]

"Robert Neville" <do...@bother.com> wrote in message
news:9tt818hd5euf1129e...@4ax.com...

Is that an upside-down crucifix she's wearing?

[Brian Watson]

"Robert Neville" <do...@bother.com> wrote in message

news:aqc81851heflrvq4m...@4ax.com...

The girls from Brazil are remarkably fit too.

OMG, yes.

;-)

--
Brian
"Fight like the Devil, die like a gentleman."

[Dr. Personality]

In article <a7kd5g...@mid.individual.net>, GordonD

<g.d...@btinternet.com> wrote:

> "Robert Neville" <do...@bother.com> wrote in message
> news:9tt818hd5euf1129e...@4ax.com...
> > Ant <a...@zimage.comANT> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>NBC only showed this flag parade's country for a couple seconds and
> >>didn't show much. :(
> >
> > Ah well, I found a still: http://www.mewsgirl.com/paraguay.jpg
>
>
> Is that an upside-down crucifix she's wearing?

Who the hell was looking at the crucifix?

[Ant]

On 7/29/2012 2:08 AM PT, the dog from that film you saw typed:

> the parade of competitors is always the most mind numbing bit - who
> actually wants to sit through that? - i went and did something else,
> came back for the end section.

Ditto. I recorded to skip most of them. I only watched a few countries
that I cared about. I can't imagine be there in person. Ugh.
--
"A 'practical joker' deserves applause for his wit according to its
quality. Bastinado is about right. For exceptional wit one might grant
keelhauling. But staking him out on an anthill should be reserved for
the very wittiest." --Lazarus Long

[Ant]

On 7/29/2012 2:49 AM PT, Brian Watson typed:

> The girls from Brazil are remarkably fit too.
>
> OMG, yes.
>
> ;-)

:)~
--
"Where there is sugar, there are bound to be ants." --Malay Proverb

[jbm]

Ah, hadn't heard about the BMX bit. I only heard about the half hour
chop because of the transport problem.

I guess somebody dropped a massive boo-boo 7 years ago, not realising
that the tube was going to be the only way in and out of the area.
Surely someone must have realised over the course of 7 years, and not
left it till the show was in final rehearsal. And I really do think that
relying on the tube is a big, big mistake. If anything happens on that
network (after all it's not unheard of (7/7?)), then how the hell do
they move over 100,000 people?

jim

[Bast]

Here's a better shot

http://muzemagazine.com/2012/07/laryn-franco/

[Ant]

On 7/29/2012 6:34 PM PT, Bast typed:

>>> NBC only showed this flag parade's country for a couple seconds and
>>> didn't show much. :(
>>
>> And here's a wider shot:
>> http://nationalpostsports.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/jeffisgr8t185241.jpg
>>
>> Apparently she's a rather well know javelin thrower. Hmmm.
>
> Here's a better shot
>
> http://muzemagazine.com/2012/07/laryn-franco/

Nice! Now, if I could date her. ;)
--
"In every enemy that is an ant, behold an elephant." --Turkish

[GordonD]

"Ant" <a...@zimage.comANT> wrote in message
news:OK-dnTSXCpLUe4jN...@earthlink.com...

> On 7/29/2012 6:34 PM PT, Bast typed:
>
>>>> NBC only showed this flag parade's country for a couple seconds and
>>>> didn't show much. :(
>>>
>>> And here's a wider shot:
>>> http://nationalpostsports.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/jeffisgr8t185241.jpg
>>>
>>> Apparently she's a rather well know javelin thrower. Hmmm.
>>
>> Here's a better shot
>>
>> http://muzemagazine.com/2012/07/laryn-franco/
>
> Nice! Now, if I could date her. ;)

1st March 1982 - HTH.

[Halmyre]

On Jul 29, 12:48 am, Robert Neville <d...@bother.com> wrote:
> Ant <a...@zimage.comANT> wrote:
> >NBC only showed this flag parade's country for a couple seconds and
> >didn't show much. :(
>

> And here's a wider shot:http://nationalpostsports.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/jeffisgr8t18524...

>
> Apparently she's a rather well know javelin thrower. Hmmm.

I've got the feeling someone's going to come along and make a
tasteless comment along the lines of "she can get her hands on my
javelin any time".

Oh drat, it's me...

--
Halmyre

[Ant]

On 7/30/2012 4:03 AM PT, Halmyre typed:

> Oh drat, it's me...

LOL.
--
"Ever watch ants just crawling around? They walk in that single straight
line, a long, a long, long mile of ants. Sometimes they will walk over
and pick up their dead friends and carry those around. I'm pretty sure
it's because they can get in the carpool lane and pass up that line."
--Ellen DeGeneres

[Fred X]

But her grip would be so tight, she might pull it off...

Fred X