2012 Olympics

[Griffin NoName]

Mr Bean

[youtube=425,350]p_5PXRJUQKM[/youtube]


Note:: lots of these, they seem to disappear, search for another one if this one gone


Her Maj. with 007

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[Sibling DavidH]

I didn't watch it live.  I'm livid that at the end of the excellent royal arrival spoof, Her Maj was introduced in FRENCH.   

Maybe it was part of the spoof.

[Griffin NoName]

Unfortunately FRENCH is the official Olympics language.

I watched it live, not expecting to enjoy it, but finding I did....... though whether actually worth the cost?  £2.50 per person apparently.

[Sibling DavidH]

Unfortunately FRENCH is the official Olympics language.

That doesn't make it right.  The traitors must be unmasked and executed forthwith.

[Swatopluk]

Too late for that. the Frenchies even sneaked into your English Coat-of-Arms and doubly so.
And in typical French fashion referring to a lady's underwear.


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[Griffin NoName]

Apparently the sequence with Bond in Buckingham Palace was filmed with Her Maj three months ago. Didn't realise this was actually her, thought it was an actor. So........ was it her actually parachuting down???

[Griffin NoName]

I don't know where I've been all these years, but I just watched the womens synchronised diving, I didn't know there was such a thing. Whatever will they synchronise next?

[Swatopluk]

Watches, I presume 

[Sibling DavidH]

Whatever will they synchronise next?

Sheep shagging (Wales & New Zealand)
Old man bashing (Metropolitan Police)
Bag snatching (central London) .....

[Opsa]

HAH!

I loved the title sequence with Moley, Ratty and Mr. Toad making an appearance.

Thanks for explaining that French is the official Olympics language. That was confuddling me. I thought it was Greek.

[Griffin NoName]

It was a Frenchie who invented the "modern" Olympics.

Yes, I too spotted Mr Toad, and wondered if anyone would actually spot him. There was so much like that which makes me think I must have missed a lot, and if we Brits missed a lot, what hope for the bewildered furriners.

[Opsa]

It was kind of like a treasure hunt, wasn't it? I've looked for a YouTube post of the opening title sequence, but haven't been able to spot it yet.

[Griffin NoName]

I think Youtube is a bit hit and miss on the Olympics because of the whole branding stuff. There was a really good copy of the Mr Bean section, but within an hour or so it was replaced with "this content has been removed at the request of LOCOG (or somesuch - so many initials - ) and the BBC due to copyright'.

The branding is nuts. They even put masking tape over the manufacturers name on the hot air hand driers in the toilets as they hadn't paid for advertising their company. As someone pointed out, as if anyone was going to go home and order a hot air drier for their home- Not.

[Opsa]

Clearly, the bigger the business, the more likely it is to be completely bonkers.

All that aside, we Yanks is awfully proud of our little Flying Squirrel (a Virginian) and her whole team of leaping pixies.

[Roland Deschain]

I watched the James Bond sequence, but that's about it. I've accidentally caught other bits when at my parents' place, or seeing friends in a pub, but not a single piece has entered my mind beyond those. I will probably end up watching the opening sequence in full, though, but not for a while.