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I'm up with a sick cat and starting to hallucinate with fatigue. A perfect time to blog about watching vast amounts of sport.
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Closing Ceremony notes
Aug. 24th, 2008 09:49 pmNo pandas or dragons (although I'll grant you I've not seen the first half hour yet) but this gem of translation from one of the endless "pop songs":
"Let the whistle of pigeons rise and fall"
Okaaaaaay.
We've seen the Chinese Hi-5. I wonder if we'll get the Chinese Wiggles. There's the Red Wiggle, and the Red Wiggle, and the Red Wiggle, and another Red Wiggle. And Comrade Panda-sword.
"Let the whistle of pigeons rise and fall"
Okaaaaaay.
We've seen the Chinese Hi-5. I wonder if we'll get the Chinese Wiggles. There's the Red Wiggle, and the Red Wiggle, and the Red Wiggle, and another Red Wiggle. And Comrade Panda-sword.
Bendy people
Aug. 23rd, 2008 10:07 pmI'm enjoying the rhythmic gymnastics tonight (thank you SBS for an actual chunk of coverage). The skill, the costumes, the bendiness... but I can't help but think during the clubs routine that you wouldn't want these girls to be air traffic controllers.
That Bolt Dude
Aug. 19th, 2008 09:38 pmHas just won a 200m semi-final of some sort at an absolute canter. Looked like he was out for a jog.
Dear channel 7 commentary team
Aug. 18th, 2008 09:11 pmWhen a highly trained athlete is unfortunate enough to suffer a fall in the medal round of a specialist event requiring perfection in strength and agility, please do not comment that he has fallen "on his little French bottom".
Dear channel 7 commentary team
Aug. 14th, 2008 10:37 pmIf an international dressage horse "looks like Pepe Le Peu" during an extended trot, that's a *bad thing*.
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Some thoughts
Aug. 11th, 2008 09:21 pmIn the great tradition of Olympic mascots I find the current batch largely incomprehensible, even though I read a detailed article about their genesis. Who can spell design by committee, boys and girls? I think they represent War, Famine, Pestilance and Pandas.
( Cat litter and sport )
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While I was sleeping
Aug. 9th, 2008 07:15 pmSome bright spark in the media changed the rules of dressage scoring today.
( A minor Olympic whinge, and I talk about other stuff I did today )
( A minor Olympic whinge, and I talk about other stuff I did today )
Dear channel 7 commentary team
Aug. 8th, 2008 10:04 pm* Not all Finns are Flying. Some are no doubt fat, feisty, floppy, furious and/or fabulous.
* Don't mention the war. Any war.
* Don't make fun of large/tall/fat/short/pale/dark athletes. It's rude.
* Don't mention the war. Any war.
* Don't make fun of large/tall/fat/short/pale/dark athletes. It's rude.
Olympic Games Opening Ceremony 2008
Aug. 8th, 2008 09:43 pmYes, it's still a work in progress, but at time of writing we're down to the boring how-bad-are-the-uniforms and let's-patronise-the-tiny-country-with-three-althletes-who-don't-have-a-hope-in-hell bits.
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