Re: Olympic farrago
It would have been so much classier, in a British sort of way, to keep things simple. As well as much more fitting, in the middle of a world recession.
Welcome parade of competitors of all nations, then just let the games begin.
It doesn't need all this amateur theatrical brouhaha.
We don't do it very well.
Plus we could have spent the enormous amount it's costing, in a thousand more worthwhile ways.
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