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[d000hg]

The 2012 Olympic 'cauldron' is a too arty farty and ponsy for my liking

I was expecting a proper cauldron but I have to admit I love what they did from an artistic point of view... it's elegant but not over-done.

[BrilloPad]

Brillo do they have any events similar to what you're training for... hope you'll be watching the outdoor swimming at least!

Closest is Olympic distance - 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) swim, 40 kilometres (25 mi) ride, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) run

Iron man is (2.4 miles (3.9 km) swim, 112 miles (180 km) ride, and a full marathon: 26.2 miles (42.2 km) run)

So its not even a half iron man.

The club I belong to are going to see the triathlon - but I won't be joining them. Partly as I want to train and partly I am unsociable - I prefer to be on my own.

Though I find watching the swimming helpful - the underwater shots are incredible.

[Old Greg]

Apparently Dr Who was supposed to be in it but was cut out when they cut it short after it overran in the rehearsals.

He might still turn up. They should have all the surviving doctors.

[TimberWolf]

The 2012 Olympic 'cauldron' is a too arty farty and ponsy for my liking




I'd prefer a nice big solid granite thing, e.g.



but bigger and the gas pipes would be hidden. Or perhaps to look like a flaming torch of old.

[Mich the Tester]

Brillo do they have any events similar to what you're training for... hope you'll be watching the outdoor swimming at least!

http://www.london2012.com/triathlon/...triathlon-men/

[norrahe]

Since they were highlighting British exports like Mr. Bean and children's fiction (both of which they did very well IMO) it was a shame there was no Dr. Who... but more relevant would have been a Top Gear reference as the BBC's biggest earner. Should have had the Stig drive an Atom (another British masterpiece) over the Teletubby hill

Apparently Dr Who was supposed to be in it but was cut out when they cut it short after it overran in the rehearsals.

[d000hg]

Brillo do they have any events similar to what you're training for... hope you'll be watching the outdoor swimming at least!

[BrilloPad]

At least Coe could have admitted he fooked up on seating.

Its like listening to Labour on the economy.

[d000hg]

Since they were highlighting British exports like Mr. Bean and children's fiction (both of which they did very well IMO) it was a shame there was no Dr. Who... but more relevant would have been a Top Gear reference as the BBC's biggest earner. Should have had the Stig drive an Atom (another British masterpiece) over the Teletubby hill

[norrahe]

Don't mention the war!

They did play Enola gay

[mudskipper]

Yeah. That industrial revolution bit was good, but there was a sort of fast forward from Victorian times to 1948.

Don't mention the war!

[Sysman]

It was actually the truth about this country in the last two or three hundred years told in a big, dynamic way.

Yeah. That industrial revolution bit was good, but there was a sort of fast forward from Victorian times to 1948.

[TimberWolf]

Speaking at the Olympic Park, Mr [Boris] Johnson said: "It wasn't global 'Brito-pap'. It wasn't just Big Ben and Beefeaters and red buses and stuff. It was actually the truth about this country in the last two or three hundred years told in a big, dynamic way.

"People say it was all leftie stuff. That is nonsense. I'm a Conservative and I had hot tears of patriotic pride from the beginning. I was blubbing like Andy Murray.

BBC News - London 2012: Boris Johnson dismisses 'leftie' complaint

Ah, nice that he managed to get an Andy Murray dig in there

[Old Greg]

It's a big leftie, NHS leftie arty NHS leftie thing. And Dr Whoish but without Dalek or Nazi representation. Why can't it be like in 1948?

Yes, the whole Red Arrows, queen, Bond, soldiers, flag, anthems, Seb Coe thing was a dead give away.

[Moscow Mule]

Why can't it be like in 1948?

Progress.