I would like to congratulate the British for your Olympic Ceremony 2012

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I would like to congratulate the British for your Olympic Ceremony 2012. They were full of humanity, sensitivity, humor, and British hits!

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Re: I would like to congratulate the British for your Olimpic games 2012

So I hear- I woke up to hear about them. ;-)
 

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Re: I would like to congratulate the British for your Olimpic games 2012

Thank you, but I think you need to specify that you were talking about the Opening Ceremony. The Olympics 2012 have not finished yet - they have barely started! ;-)

Note the correct spelling of Olympic.
 

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Re: I would like to congratulate the British for your Olimpic games 2012

I hear there's been even Olympic scandals already!
 

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Re: I would like to congratulate the British for your Olimpic games 2012

I hear there's been even Olympic scandals already!

There were Olympic scandals before it started! For the British, the main scandal is just how much of the taxpayers' money is being spent on it.

You're right though - on Wednesday night, some idiot put the South Korean flag on screen when the North Korean ladies' football team came out. It nearly caused a diplomatic incident! Still, it could have been worse - they could have done it at a sport that people actually watch!
 

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Re: I would like to congratulate the British for your Olimpic games 2012

I am grateful to this thread for informing me that the Olympics had started, though a little disappointed also - I thought after reading the first post that I had completely missed them. Alas, I was mistaken.
 

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Re: I would like to congratulate the British for your Olimpic games 2012

I'm going to make it even worse! According to some idiot on the Organizing Committee I've been living for the past 21 years not in Kyiv,Ukraine but the Ukraine region (RUS). Lutsk, a Ukrainian city, has become Lutsk(RUS) as well as Lviv is from now on the Lvov region(RUS). A Gerorgian born Russian athlete was not born in Southern Osetia (Georgia) but Southern Osetia(RUS)!!!! These are intolerable mistakes! I guess you guys would not want to learn from the Olympic Games in the future that England is not part of the United Kingdom but the fifty-...whatever state in the US.;-)
 
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Re: I would like to congratulate the British for your Olimpic games 2012

I am grateful to this thread for informing me that the Olympics had started, though a little disappointed also - I thought after reading the first post that I had completely missed them. Alas, I was mistaken.

:cry:
Cheer up!
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Re: I would like to congratulate the British for your Olimpic games 2012

I'm going to make it even worse! According to some idiot on the Organizing Committee I've been living for the past 21 years not in Kyiv,Ukraine but the Ukraine region (RUS). Lutsk, a Ukrainian city, has become Lutsk(RUS) as well as Lviv is from now on the Lvov region(RUS). A Gerorgian born Russian athlete was not born in Southern Osetia (Georgia) but Southern Osetia(RUS)!!!! These are intolerable mistakes! I guess you guys would not want to learn from the Olympic Games in the future that England is not part of the United Kingdom but the fifty-...whatever state in the US.;-)

Hello, ostap.:-D
Please don't let their mistakes spoil your enjoyment.;-)
 

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Re: I would like to congratulate the British for your Olimpic games 2012

Thank you, but I think you need to specify that you were talking about the Opening Ceremony. The Olympics 2012 have not finished yet - they have barely started! ;-)

Note the correct spelling of Olympic.

Hi,
Sorry about the misspelling. I was too sleepy due to the 'Opening Ceremony', a few friends, and a couple of drinks.:sleeping:
I have already corrected it.


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Re: I would like to congratulate the British for your Olimpic games 2012

Hi,
Sorry about the misspelling. I was too sleepy due to the 'Opening Ceremony', a few friends, and a couple of drinks.:sleeping:
I have already corrected it.


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You are leaning your head on your armchair, I see.
:-D
 

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Re: I would like to congratulate the British for your Olimpic games 2012

I guess you guys would not want to learn from the Olympic Games in the future that England is not part of the United Kingdom but the fifty-...whatever state in the US.;-)

Considering the way some Prime Ministers have had their head firmly stuck up a US President's back passage, you could think it already is.

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Re: I would like to congratulate the British for your Olimpic games 2012

I imagine fewer mistakes occurred in 1896 in Athens when only 15 (approximately) countries were represented. Mind you, there were far fewer individual countries in the world at that time too!
 

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Re: I would like to congratulate the British for your Olimpic games 2012

Do you guys know if there've been corrections made to the recent screw-ups about the regions that were accidently seceded from other nations due to the incompetence of some idiots on the Organizing Committeee?
 

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Re: I would like to congratulate the British for your Olimpic games 2012

Do you guys know if there've been corrections made to the recent screw-ups about the regions that were accidently seceded from other nations due to the incompetence of some idiots on the Organizing Committeee?

As far as I'm aware, each error was corrected after it was identified. No doubt there will be more cock-ups as the Games go on! Human error and all that.
 
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