Paris 2024

[Marth]

Clippity clop

[Pippedydeadeye]

This horse thing is cool.

[overthehill]

Love the horse. Better than David Beckham dressed as James Bond in a speed boat. :))

[Hobbes]

That horse was magic, at times you couldn’t really see the rig so it really did look like it was galloping down the water, I liked that.

This looks more like it, now we are off the river!

[rosy]

I think the silver horse has been the best bit, but it's a shame about the rain.

[Marth]

Flight tracker!

[Elya]

I might avoid the opening ceremony and rewatch London 2012 instead on Friday

An excellent plan.

This would definitely have been a better plan…

[Pippedydeadeye]

That is so weird, Marth! We saw a jet go over Disneyland around 6:45 so I assume that was involved in the ceremony.

[Hazey_Jane]

I’ve been watching both! Flicking to London 2012 when Paris is boring. Do you remember how amazed we were when she turned around and it really was the Queen?

I like how they’ve incorporated so many iconic buildings into the proceedings and I loved all the paintings in the Louvre running out of their frames. And the horse thing was inspired.

The catwalk was shit and far too much focus on it but I like the fact that overall they’ve tried something a little different

[Pippedydeadeye]

This is fabulous. Let’s give the French their Fleurs. London will always be the benchmark but they deserve this.

[Rosa]

I'm liking the torch boat crew.

[rosy]

Where are they going with this torch?

[Tabitha]

Who the hell is this mustard suit dude?

[Marth]

Who is the woman on the boat ?

[Rosa]

The one that's not Serena Williams? Not sure.

[Flora Poste]

No one seems to know!

[Rosa]

Ah, it's Nadia Comaneci (Romanian gymnast).

[Marth]

Ah, it's Nadia Comaneci (Romanian gymnast).

Ah!

[Tsu]

Dragging on a bit now.

[Hobbes]

Ok the light show was fabulous, but they’ve lost it again with this really dull torch plod - they just keep dragging things on!