Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony
For those interested here is a link with both girls pictures on it. The one on right is the 'chubby' one. The one on the left is the more politcally correct one. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26153578
I find it sad that the one girl will forever be known as the chubby girl too ugly to be on TV and the other girl will be forever known as a fraud. And as a parent I'd be plenty mad if it were my daughter.
I find it sad that the one girl will forever be known as the chubby girl too ugly to be on TV and the other girl will be forever known as a fraud. And as a parent I'd be plenty mad if it were my daughter.
From the ashes, a fire shall be woken. A light from the shadow shall spring. Renewed shall be blade that was broken. The crownless again shall be king.
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Primula Baggins
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I'm going to split off everything political and everything not about the Olympics into a Lasto thread called something like "The politics of sports." I'll be back with a link in a few minutes.
Then this thread can go back to being about the fun or at least lighter aspects of the Games.
Edit: Okay, here's the link to the Lasto thread:
viewtopic.php?t=1790
As usual, please let me know if I missed anything, or moved anything I shouldn't have, and I'll move it back.
Then this thread can go back to being about the fun or at least lighter aspects of the Games.
Edit: Okay, here's the link to the Lasto thread:
viewtopic.php?t=1790
As usual, please let me know if I missed anything, or moved anything I shouldn't have, and I'll move it back.
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
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Uh I just wanted to say the I knew the footprint fireworks were not "real". It was said in the commentary on the CBC. Also it was obvious the little girl was lip synching. I just didn't know she was lip synching to a different voice. To be frank, no television producer for an opening ceremony of anything being broadcast worldwide would put in a child with crooked teeth. It just ain't gonna happen.
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Primula Baggins
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They did set the bar rather high. Perhaps London would be wise to go local/funky. A cross between a village fete and a Renfair? Skip the reenactment of the Battle of the Nile. . . .
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
You know it.tinwë wrote:Just hire the Chinese to plan it for you. You could even outsource all of the work to them. It's what we would do.
From the ashes, a fire shall be woken. A light from the shadow shall spring. Renewed shall be blade that was broken. The crownless again shall be king.
Loving living in the Pacific Northwest.
Loving living in the Pacific Northwest.