The problem is whatever they do it's a colossal waste of money.

And whatever they do, there would always be people queuing up to bag it.

Given that we have the Olympics, and so must put on SOMETHING for the opening ceremony, the theme of "green and pleasant land" is to me as fitting as anything, since that's just what we live in. And even the roughest gangster from the worst parts of the inner city is within a short trip to the green and pleasant land if they were interested in visiting it - and it's free. Certainly for most visitors who see it, even from a plane, it is the lush green nature of the English landscape that makes the biggest overall impression.

No, that was the newspaper headline.

The big Olympic fantasy is spinning the fact that it's [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18421211four times over the initial budget as coming in half a billion under[/url.

Sounds good to me Hutchie.

Damn, thought it was an original thought.. Which paper was it?




And thank you for actually replying to something on a thread you've started.

Was it you who wrote a column in the daily mirror dally?

A columinst was whinging and saying how far away from "modern london" this "green and pleasant land" was. Not sure if he wanted a set with a block of offices and some posh tw@@ts racking up thousands of pounds on a wine bill, whilst working for a company recording huge losses on the stock market.

He kept going on about how this was such a misrepresentation of London. He never actually offered an alternative though. You only have to fly over England to realise this is a green and pleasant land that we live in (and I live next to the M1). As usual, people whinge, but there isn't any better suggestions. I look forward to what this great country can offer. I am sure it will not disappoint.

[url=http://www.frontpagestoday.co.uk/He's telling porkies again[/url

Why don't tey just have the massed bands of the Army playing for a bit, bring the Queen out for a bit, then light the cauldron. It's what people would actually want to see from an opening ceremony and it would be a hell of a lot cheaper.

Mail, I believe.

[url=http://www.frontpagestoday.co.uk/2012/06/13/archive.cfmNo it wasn't[/url

Cheers Coddy.

come one, the headline clearly reads "Online Porn turning Children into Sex Attackers" easily confused with "Tleleytubbyland"

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ening.html www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/lo ... ils-878845

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ening.html www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/lo ... ils-878845

Quote ="Dally"www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2158062/Hundreds-farm-animals-cricket-pitch-maypoles-fake-clouds-rain--vision-Britain-world-27m-Olympic-opening.html www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/lo ... ils-878845'" online pictures are not headlines, try harder.

Quote ="Dally"www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2158062/Hundreds-farm-animals-cricket-pitch-maypoles-fake-clouds-rain--vision-Britain-world-27m-Olympic-opening.html www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/lo ... ils-878845'" online pictures are not headlines, try harder.

See Mirror.

[url=http://www.frontpagestoday.co.uk/uk/daily-mirror/newspaper.cfm?frontpage=16971This one?[/url

The one from yesterday with not a mention of any tellytubbies site or even an Olympic dream anywhere close to the front page?

That Mirror?

I did not refer to the front page but a "headline" - conventionally taken as the caption at the top of a newspaper article (rather than just the front page).

Cheers Dally...

You must have little to occupy yourself if trawling through red-top on-line rags is a primary function

I'm just highly efficient.

and consistent, you post garbaage every time you login, without fail, in fact, you must be in need of a rest, why not have a month off, or maybe evn six weeks, the summer holidays are coming up so we'll have plenty of trolls with a 13 year olds mentality, you wouldn't be missed.

You'll need to be careful of the proposed legislation comes in!

how is it bullying to tell a pathetic individual the truth about their online activity?

There you go again. Could you point me to some of your erudite posts please?

Why use the term 'pathetic'? A tad personal I would have said. From where I sit, this MB would be sooooooo dull if there weren't people with alternative views putting them on here, even if they are a complete nonsense. As would real life.

As for the opening ceremony, I find all such events dreadful - including the much vaunted Sydney version.