Where to watch the Olympics?

Just ever so slightly off-topic, but I need somewhere else to have a rant, for those of you are watching the Olympics who are not a wake up to this (but you only needed to be watching the football last night to work it out in about 4.5 nanoseconds), when the anchor says, ‘We now cross back to [insert venue here]’, that will 8.75 times out of ten mean, ‘We now cross back to this bit of tape we recorded earlier that we’re making out is happening in real time’.

Why they can’t just say the latter is beyond me. But I rang Channel Seven this morning to politely express my pi$$ed-offedness anyhoo.

Listening to the radio this morning, Sir Andrew Barr came out and said that we should all get behind our athletes…

G-Fresh said :

I should think the Birds Nest would be the best place to watch it.

Depends whether the smog clears. Visibility down to 200m apparently, so maybe watching a monitor in the stadium would be the way to go if you were there.

I should think the Birds Nest would be the best place to watch it.

johnboy said :

Hillarious I’m sure.

But is O’Malley’s really the only option?

According to today’s BMA, Heuristic are playing O’Malley’s from 10pm (Opening Ceremony kick-off time). So unless Mitch is changing all the lyrics to synch up to the vision from Beijing, looks like you might be holding Granny’s wool for her, JB!

I’ve heard that there will be some sort of big screen at UC

surely the registered clubs will have something on a big screen of sorts… southern cross club, vikings, tradies or whatever side of town you’re on.

Hillarious I’m sure.

But is O’Malley’s really the only option?

iCanberran said :

I hear they’ll be a group protesting at the Chinese embassy as the ceremony begins, so if you prefer a thermos of instant coffee and protest banners, that’s an option.

Protest = very tempting, but sorry I can’t ’cause BigDave’s coming over to hold my yarn while I knit.

*chortle snort*

Starts at 9pm and goes for 5 hours. 4 beers an hour (conservative estimate), thats… 20! Celebrate!!!
I hear they’ll be a group protesting at the Chinese embassy as the ceremony begins, so if you prefer a thermos of instant coffee and protest banners, that’s an option.