[Other Sport] Commonwealth Games

Frutos

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Anyone else tuning in for the Opening Ceremony?

I always like the Commonwealths, feels a bit like a giant sports day, and I love seeing people from some tiny Pacific island that might score well on Pointless turning up to play bowls or something.

 

swindonseagull

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Mrs is watching it.....but I saw Lenny Henry and have turned on my selective deafness......can't stand the bloke.

 

Popeye

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Doing it in college and being a lover of the sport in general, I will deffo tune into the shot put and discus. Probably some of the boxing also.

 

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Heading up to some of it - should be good. Brum is a great city but admittedly has a bad press it seems, I hope some of that negative perception can be changed over the next couple of weeks.

 

Bry Nylon

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Will definitely make a point of watching the heats and finals of the track events, particularly the middle distance events. The rest of the sports I'm not so bothered about tbh, but I find myself getting drawn in once they are on tv. I remember watching the Olympics from Tokyo last summer and it suddenly seeming really important that I stayed up until 2:40am to watch something I normally have zero interest in, like the final of the men's shot put or the women's freestyle skateboarding, ffs. So I'll probably end up watching all most of it.

 

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I think this is great, and I'm glad there is a sensible thread on it. Nice one [MENTION=4675]Frutos[/MENTION]

 

Bry Nylon

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Just turned on the opening ceremony.

Wikipedia is doing a lot of heavy lifting for the tv commentators as each nation walks out...

 

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I was forever getting Swaziland and Switzerland muddled up, so I'm glad that Swaziland changed.

 

Bry Nylon

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Frutos said:

I was forever getting Swaziland and Switzerland muddled up, so I'm glad that Swaziland changed.

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Potentially an expensive mistake to make if you're planning a skiing holiday.

 

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Still loving this.

 

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Bry Nylon said:

Potentially an expensive mistake to make if you're planning a skiing holiday.

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Or a safari.....

 

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I love the Durannies

I hope this will be good.....

 

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Is that Genesis P Orridge on keyboards

(This is BRILLIANT btw)

 

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Soooo good! What a voice

 

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Hey [MENTION=4675]Frutos[/MENTION], can't you just put the crodo thread in the pit?