Just wondering if you'll be watching or not. They begin on Friday, July 27th.
What do you usually watch at the Olympics?

Maximum 2 votes per person.

How nice... you put an option in there just for Howard!  ;D 



I'm not planning on watching. I'm not a big fan of the Olympics. I may... and it's a big may... watch some of the basketball, but only if USA is playing and only if I stumble across the fact that it's happening. I'm not actively seeking it out and don't care one way or another if I wind up seeing none of it...

You didn't put an option for me....I like the opening and closing ceremonies but I also like the gymnastics.  I will probably watch swimming, too.  Not for the girls, though. ;D

You didn't put an option for me....I like the opening and closing ceremonies but I also like the gymnastics.  I will probably watch swimming, too.  Not for the girls, though. ;D

Good idea there, I've added the "gymnastics" option, as well as "basketball".

Good idea there, I've added the "gymnastics" option, as well as "basketball".


Yay!  Thanks, I voted then. :)

Good idea there, I've added the "gymnastics" option, as well as "basketball".


too late for me.. .it was inaccurate anyway  :D   

Yay!  Thanks, I voted then. :)


I might be warped, but also flexible.

I just hope no one wants an option of "I'm only watching my favorite breed of horse in the dressage contest, but only if the ryder is from an African country and if he wears glasses, and if it's after my dinner (as long as the kids do the dishes)"

I might be warped, but also flexible.

I just hope no one wants an option of "I'm only watching my favorite breed of horse in the dressage contest, but only if the ryder is from an African country and if he wears glasses, and if it's after my dinner (as long as the kids do the dishes)"



AW MAN!!! THAT'S THE OPTION I WOULD'VE PICKED!!! That...or bobsledding Jamaicans!  :D

Probably going to go down town to watch the opening ceremony on a big screen.

Will watch a session of table tennis live in the arena on Saturday.

Might catch a bit of the cycle road race while we're in London.

Will probably watch something every day or at least catch the highlights, depending on the actual events schedule.  Not interested in handball, greco-roman wrestling, beach volleyball or the equestrian events (even though we stand a chance of winning a medal or two in this)

How nice... you put an option in there just for Howard!

ah... who cares!  :P

Gimme a comfortable chair, I'm watching everything I can!

... a may still see some of the road cycling live.

My answer isn't up there. It is a cross between "Don't know" or "Maybe." I may catch a bit of it but it is not on my list of things to do.


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How nice... you put an option in there just for Howard!  ;D 




Since the "bikini" option has 0 votes so far, I assume Howard has not voted yet.

Since the "bikini" option has 0 votes so far, I assume Howard has not voted yet.


;D

Since the "bikini" option has 0 votes so far, I assume Howard has not voted yet.


I don't want to vote.

If I'm in the mood, maybe I'll catch the opening ceremony. Maybe.

Please add an option, stay at home because of the impending transportation strikes.

I'm not watching the olympics, since I don't care for sports related events.

I'll watch the College Girls All Nude Gymnastics--and--Beach Volleyball...but that's about it.
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I hope I can watch the Olympics. I've been having problems with my satellites losing signal lately. I'm curious as to how the opening ceremony is going to be. The Beijing 2008 Olypmics opening ceremony was phenomenal. I'm wondering if London could match up to it.

I'll watch the College Girls All Nude Gymnastics--and--Beach Volleyball...but that's about it.
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nude gymnastics? Wow I'll watch it now. :D

Didn't really watch them that much last time. Maybe this year I might pay attention to them, I dunno.  :-\\

I'll watch the College Girls All Nude Gymnastics--and--Beach Volleyball...but that's about it.
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Our words are strong, but... our votes are weak.  The boobie events still stand at 0%.

My son is showing a strong interest in it, so we'll probably catch what we can.

All set up now!!!

I am an Olympics junkie...love it. Always try to catch all of it that I can! :)

Only a few hours away, think it begins at 4pm my time.

Only a few hours away, think it begins at 4pm my time.
18:30 here, BBC TV are capturing the atmosphere around London and the UK at 19:00, and the opening ceremony starts at 21:00. I should dash to the TV now.

Something should be happening at 20:12 tonight!

18:30 here, BBC TV are capturing the atmosphere around London and the UK at 19:00, and the opening ceremony starts at 21:00. I should dash to the TV now.

Something should be happening at 20:12 tonight!
It was the airplane display team the Red Arrows!

Only 30 minutes 'till the opening ceremony starts! Can't wait!

No, I honestly cannot stand watching sports. They are more fun to play than to watch. -.- Plus, it makes me angry because they always air it when Days of Our Lives is supposed to be shown and I've been watching that since I was a kid with my mom. If I watch the olympics at all it will be in small doses.

Alright, looks like I will be watching the Olympics more often than usual this time around since my roommate loves watching it. So far, I'm liking the opening ceremony.

There isn't an option for me.

I don't like the opening and closing ceremonies, they are complete BS, but I will watch any number of the actual sporting events, gymnastics, track, swimming whatever as long as there is some real competition to bee seen and a real contest to be watched. And not just the athletes from my home country either.

I don't care for the opening ceremony crap, and don't see how it has ANYTHING to do with the actual effort and training the athletes have done to get to the Olympics.

I just watched about 20 mins of the opening and I saw a choreographed mess of nurses and doctors and beds with sick kids on them jumping up and down on the beds. THEN a rapper with a little house being moved around within a crowd of lights, and...a MOSH pit?

WTH? WTF has any of any of this got to do with all of the countries of the world bringing their best trained and capable athletes to a center location to compete to see what they are capable of?  ::)

If I want ridiculus stage shows or entertainment, I have 1200 channels of cable, 900 channels of satellite radio and, of course the internet.

For sports, I want to see SPORTS. >:(

/rant.

The opening ceremonies will give Danny Boyle, and anyone who tried to watch them, nightmares for years to come.  It was just awful.  8-P

The opening ceremonies will give Danny Boyle, and anyone who tried to watch them, nightmares for years to come.  It was just awful.  8-P


After watching Beijing's 4 years ago, this was a letdown. I still like the Rowan Atkinson bits. I was waiting for Monty Python's giant foot to come down at some point and squish everything.

After watching Beijing's 4 years ago, this was a letdown. I still like the Rowan Atkinson bits. I was waiting for Monty Python's giant foot to come down at some point and squish everything.
I knew something was missing last night!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/2012/newsspec_4016/img/olympic_opening_976.jpg

How did Danny Boyle do?

I enjoyed it, but I watched the Live feed (and I'm a massive Anglophile, so I enjoyed the nods to the history and culture of the UK).  Heard NBC completely botched their airing of it by cutting stuff and airing commercials every five minutes.

I personally feel based on careful research from higher sources that:


"There will be a defying moment in British history" during the  summer Olympics...

It will be the epitome for what started the first political culture of the 2010's!

i see the media rolling it out now. Remember what Rodney said about the security measures being "disconcerting" this pass week?

I'm scared to see anything bad happening during the olympics, but you can never be too sure if it does occur.
Yes I watched the opening ceremony and i felt this erie feeling about it...

The opening ceremonies will give Danny Boyle, and anyone who tried to watch them, nightmares for years to come.  It was just awful.  8-P

Ah.. that answers one question: I was watching on Saturday morning (I had a gig Friday, and was finishing my set with this surreal scene unfolding on a silent TV screen in the background) with my family wondering how the rest of the world would deal with it - there are so many nods to and namechecks for so many parts of British history and culture, if you didn't get the references it'd feel even weirder than if you did.  Not sure where the neon cycling doves came in, though.. (though they were very pretty).

There've been (well-supported) calls for Danny Boyle to get a knighthood for the opening ceremony.. after getting over my initial "WTF??" sort of feeling, I'm in awe of what he managed to achieve, both technically and with a wonderful bit of self-deprecatory humour.  But I can completely understand the rest of the world not getting it at all.