Opening of the Winter Olympics tonight!

SOJOURNER · Post by **SOJOURNER** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 2:39 pm

The appointment is set for tonight at the Stadio Olimpico in Torino: among the most important names of the world of sport, entertainment, politics and the international jet set will be spectators of one of the greatest media events of the past years, the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games. At the stadium 35 thousand spectators are expected, while there will be over 2 billion people glued to their TV screens.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 2:46 pm

Anyone know a live feed on the web for it? The ceremonies started 2 1/2 hours ago Ithink, oh, I wish it would hurry up and be on TV!:)

Blackjack · Post by **Blackjack** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 2:49 pm

I turned it off when Yoko Ono started singing... :yh_bye

minks · Post by **minks** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 2:50 pm

Blackjack wrote: I turned it off when Yoko Ono started singing... :yh_bye

You are kidding aren't you????

Blackjack · Post by **Blackjack** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 2:52 pm

Oh how I wish I were.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 2:52 pm

I see it says Pavarotti as singing....................there are some pretty pics, but I won't post them so we can see them for ourselves tonight.

minks · Post by **minks** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 2:53 pm

Blackjack wrote: Oh how I wish I were.

Oh great there goes my anticipation of watching, how is it people like her just keep hanging around? Dang I dislike her wailing.

SOJOURNER · Post by **SOJOURNER** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 2:55 pm

Blackjack wrote: I turned it off when Yoko Ono started singing... :yh_bye

Well that is a big disappointment!

Have you heard who was chosen to bring the torch into the arena?

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 2:56 pm

I know..............only click on it if you want to know.............

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11273420/

SOJOURNER · Post by **SOJOURNER** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 3:01 pm

Thanks Chonsi. I won't tell. :sneaky:

Jives · Post by **Jives** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 3:03 pm

By the way! Tonight the Italians decided that ice was too slow for the kinds of stuff they wanted to do, so they substituted white painted plywood and rollerblades! Watch out for a blazingly fast presentation with lots of acrobatics!

They still haven't announced who's lighting the oympic torch..possibly SOPHIA LAUREN?!!!!:D

minks · Post by **minks** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 3:04 pm

mrsK wrote: She didn't sing(thank goodness) she just spoke about peace,than some group sang "Imagine".

& that's when I decided I had better get up & face the day:-6

that song makes me sad everytime I see it... dang I ain't watching for sure now sniff sniff

minks · Post by **minks** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 3:05 pm

Jives wrote: By the way! Tonight the Italians decided that ice was too slow for the kinds of stuff they wanted to do, so they substituted white painted plywood and rollerblades! Watch out for a blazingly fast presentation with lots of acrobatics!

They still haven't announced who's lighting the oympic torch..possibly SOPHIA LAUREN?!!!!:D

Ooooo well maybe I will watch, that lady has timeless beauty sigh....

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 3:06 pm

Jives wrote: By the way! Tonight the Italians decided that ice was too slow for the kinds of stuff they wanted to do, so they substituted white painted plywood and rollerblades! Watch out for a blazingly fast presentation with lots of acrobatics!

They still haven't announced who's lighting the oympic torch..possibly SOPHIA LAUREN?!!!!:D
Oh Jives, no lie, she is carrying in the flag..................

Blackjack · Post by **Blackjack** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 3:07 pm

mrsK wrote: She didn't sing(thank goodness) she just spoke about peace
Oh really? I guess I overreacted, then, I just saw her standing there in front of a microphone and instinctively shut off the TV in horror without allowing myself sufficient time to fully analyze the situation. It sounded to me like she was, though.

SOJOURNER · Post by **SOJOURNER** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 3:07 pm

Yes. Beautiful hands too.

But why would they pick her? This is sports!:-3

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 3:08 pm

This is from MSN:

For the first time, eight women carried the Olympic flag: Italian actress Sophia Loren, Chilean writer Isabel Allende, American actress Susan Sarandon, Nobel Peace-prize winner Wangari Maathai of Kenya, and three Olympic medal winners. They were Nawal El Moutawakel of Morocco, Manuela Di Centa of Italy, and Maria Mutola of Mozambique. The eighth was Cambodian human rights activist Somaly Mam.

minks · Post by **minks** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 3:10 pm

SOJOURNER wrote: Thanks Chonsi. I won't tell. :sneaky:

Nor I

SOJOURNER · Post by **SOJOURNER** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 3:12 pm

chonsigirl wrote: This is from MSN:

For the first time, eight women carried the Olympic flag: Italian actress Sophia Loren, Chilean writer Isabel Allende, American actress Susan Sarandon, Nobel Peace-prize winner Wangari Maathai of Kenya, and three Olympic medal winners. They were Nawal El Moutawakel of Morocco, Manuela Di Centa of Italy, and Maria Mutola of Mozambique. The eighth was Cambodian human rights activist Somaly Mam.

Ummmmmmmmm. :-3

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 3:13 pm

Interesting choices, here is the official website, has loads on it. We look at it every day at school.

http://www.torino2006.org/ENG/OlympicGa ... index.html

Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 10:00 pm

I just got through watching it. It was the lead singer of Genisis who sang Imagine. I also must say there are several new nations since I took geography in school. I had never heard of some them.

chrisb84uk · Post by **chrisb84uk** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 3:58 am

Well I love watching the Olympics, even the Winter version. Some of the events should be pretty exciting, but I shall still keep reservations about others, until I see them in action.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 4:34 am

It was a pretty Opening Ceremony, they were even repeating it this mornign as I was doing my chores.

chrisb84uk · Post by **chrisb84uk** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 5:07 am

Well I hope that we have a good Olympic games when it comes here in 2012. I know that preparations and gossip are both all ready under way, despite being still 6 years away.

SOJOURNER · Post by **SOJOURNER** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 7:01 am

Here's the logo already...........

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chrisb84uk · Post by **chrisb84uk** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 7:07 am

SOJOURNER wrote: Here's the logo already...........

Just thinking that with all the problems that surround the building of our new Wembley football stadium, that is far behind the estimated finish date, I hope that this doesn't give us a bad reputation with construction delays in our country.

This needs to be sorted out, as all the construction that willl need to be done for the 2012 Olympics is going to be extense, so perhaps that is why all the early planning is going on, to avoid problems like Wembley.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 7:23 am

Who lit the cauldron please ?

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 7:28 am

Is anyone else having a problem with curling as a sport ? Why not add paneling or lawn mowing ?

chrisb84uk · Post by **chrisb84uk** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 7:31 am

Well I'd never watched curling until last Olympics, and it wasn't that bad, though I can see why a lot of people see it as pointless.

And if we are going to add lawn mowing to the Olympics, then why not add car washing. If that were to happen then I could enter and try for gold!! :wah:

SOJOURNER · Post by **SOJOURNER** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 7:33 am

Curling: Isn't that like Bocca Ball, but on ice?

chrisb84uk · Post by **chrisb84uk** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 7:34 am

What the heck is Bocca ball Sojo??

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 7:37 am

Nomad wrote: Who lit the cauldron please ?
Stefania Belmondo, a two-time gold medal winner in cross-country skiing.

chrisb84uk · Post by **chrisb84uk** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 7:42 am

There sure are some strange events in the Winter Olympics though. I mean what the heck is the Super G event??

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 7:43 am

Skiing, with more turns than the giant slalom.

chrisb84uk · Post by **chrisb84uk** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 7:47 am

Now I'm no expect but that sounds like virtually the same event doesn't it?? Couldn't they come up with something more original like snowball fighting or snowman building contests?? Surely that would get a larger viewing audience!!

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 7:49 am

Ha-ha, I like that idea! Snow ball toss-right at the snowmen!

chrisb84uk · Post by **chrisb84uk** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 7:55 am

Yep it would be a great addition to the Winter Olympics. Then we could all enter and try for a medal, though of course you still are going to have to practice that throwing arm if u want to win. Mind u seeing as how we don't get snow over here, I'm going to have to move to be able to practice.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 7:59 am

chrisb84uk wrote: Well I'd never watched curling until last Olympics, and it wasn't that bad, though I can see why a lot of people see it as pointless.

And if we are going to add lawn mowing to the Olympics, then why not add car washing. If that were to happen then I could enter and try for gold!! :wah:

We are brothers.

Car washing is such a valid event.

Waxing being the difference between boys and men.

Part science/part skill

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 8:02 am

Well, for the Summer Olympics, with all that discus throwing, why can't dish washing be an event? I practice that daily.......................:wah:

chrisb84uk · Post by **chrisb84uk** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 8:02 am

Nomad wrote: We are brothers.

Car washing is such a valid event.

Waxing being the difference between boys and men.

Part science/part skill

Oh you are so right, it takes a lot of practice to master the art of car washing. So many people think that it's just a matter of getting a sponge and warm water and going over the car, but they are wrong, there is so much more to car washing than that.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 8:03 am

You can always practice on my car, Chris. You know, I'm showing the old team spirit here..................

chrisb84uk · Post by **chrisb84uk** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 8:05 am

chonsigirl wrote: Well, for the Summer Olympics, with all that discus throwing, why can't dish washing be an event? I practice that daily.......................:wah:

Hahaha well we may as well add vacuum cleaning to that as well, or perhaps making the bed. I think we should start a petition to add these events to the Olympics rather than some of the drab events that we currently have!

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 8:08 am

chrisb84uk wrote: Oh you are so right, it takes a lot of practice to master the art of car washing. So many people think that it's just a matter of getting a sponge and warm water and going over the car, but they are wrong, there is so much more to car washing than that.

ignorant bastards

chrisb84uk · Post by **chrisb84uk** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 8:08 am

chonsigirl wrote: You can always practice on my car, Chris. You know, I'm showing the old team spirit here..................

Chonsi u are too kind. Would u like to be my coach and official cheerleader, then we can work together for car washing gold. I'm sure that I will need all the practice that I can get if I'm to beat Nomad. He's going to be fierce competition I'm sure!

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 8:10 am

I'll be there, cheering you on!

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chrisb84uk · Post by **chrisb84uk** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 8:12 am

Ah thank u, I knew I could rely on you. We will have to work on your cheerleading moves and the official 'let's go Chris' theme chant before then.