6 August 2008

Where to watch the Olympics?

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Which venue will be best for Olympic opening watching on Friday night?

Even if the whole event strikes you as a revolting farce the opening is still the most expensive spectacle ever staged, so probably worth a gander.

If I stay home I’ll end up wandering off to watch the comments pour in here and debate whether it’ll be Maelinar or DMD I finally crack and throw into moderation (or maybe both?) for their childish bickering and name calling.

So, suggestions for where to go out and watch?

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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

grunge_hippy10:10 pm 06 Aug 08

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.

Thanks BigDave – don’t let the door hit you on the backside on your way out.

I’m not watching any of it. Athletics does absolutely nothing for me. Full of people whinging, blaming everyone else and generally getting the excuse book out when they lose. A fair part of that comes from the commentators on Channel 10 or whatever bunch of clowns are showing it this time round. Besides, it’s not about the Games now, it’s all political BS.

Pandy you are such a tart. Every new post on RiotACT is an opportunity for you to try to pick up.

Having said that, I’m totally easy. Not really interested in your scrapbook, but give me a mars bar and a bottle of coke and I’m all yours.

I watched the opening of the Sydney Olympics at O’Malley’s on the big screen. That was suitably rowdy, yet listenable, and within striking distance of many pints of Guinness. You need some distractions while there’s two hours of countries filing in to the stadium.

Not sure if they’re doing the same this year as the later hour might cut into their live music.

I won’t be there though, as I have a date with a microphone at The Merry Muse. (Small screen in the bar area might be on.)

I’ll show you my scrap book of Chinese children to adopt. You bring along the shiraz.

Generally I like to meet somewhere public on a first date Pandy.

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