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FriarReb98		2012-08-12 09:04:06 PM

Would John Lennon want to be involved with the Olympics? I seriously have my doubts.

\also, QUEEN!

WordsnCollision		2012-08-12 09:04:18 PM

Earguy: Shuichi: Did Bob Costas sneakily mention all the sex in the Olympic Village?

14 condoms per athlete at the Olympic village. And I assume Gabby Douglas didn't use any, leaving more for others.

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texdent		2012-08-12 09:04:31 PM

What, no holographic Beatle?

shotglasss		2012-08-12 09:04:52 PM

I thought this guy was dead!

Roook		2012-08-12 09:04:59 PM

QUEEN!

EngineerAU		2012-08-12 09:05:00 PM

The Bestest: Earguy: 14 condoms per athlete at the Olympic village. And I assume Gabby Douglas didn't use any, leaving more for others.

Is the 14 condom thing true? If so, then they anticipate, on average, 2 farkings per day per athlete?

I'm going to guess that a bunch of those condoms are being taken home for later use. If you placed eigth in air rifle, no one at the bar is going to believe you're an Olympic athlete but you can show off the condom as proof.

/And then be "that guy" who pulled out a condom at the bar

shastacola		2012-08-12 09:05:10 PM

I love that they're paying tribute to Lennon.

DamnYankees		2012-08-12 09:05:17 PM

FriarReb98: Would John Lennon want to be involved with the Olympics? I seriously have my doubts.

\also, QUEEN!

He'd have sold out had he lived.

tlchwi02		2012-08-12 09:05:24 PM

they didn't edit it, little surprised, but happy

IMDWalrus		2012-08-12 09:05:35 PM

I kind of wish they'd gotten someone to cover the song.

The Arctic Monkeys nailed "Come Together." I'll bet they could have found someone to do justice to "imagine."

WhyteRaven74		2012-08-12 09:05:53 PM

Imagine does fit with what Pierre de Coubertin was trying to achieve with the Olympics.

DamnYankees		2012-08-12 09:05:54 PM

shastacola: I love that they're paying tribute to Lennon.

See? The GOP is right - Europe is communist.

texdent		2012-08-12 09:05:55 PM

It's a giant jigsaw puzzle.

tuffsnake		2012-08-12 09:06:05 PM

Imagine what would happen if people didn't have politics and religion to argue about

Mr. Chainsaw		2012-08-12 09:06:05 PM

Kenny B: The real question is. Is Makayla impressed?

Nope.

Farksteron		2012-08-12 09:06:11 PM

Next on Fox: "Are the British Godless liberals that want to destroy you? No wonder they didnt like our hero Mitt"

paj		2012-08-12 09:06:19 PM

WhyteRaven74: paj: FYI the athlete walk-in took 20 minutes too long, they had to play a tape of already-performed songs in the stadium to cover.

who mentioned that?

The Telegraph's liveblog: "Inside source confirms that the atheletes were all meant to come on to the two elbow songs." Impossible to say if that is true at the moment, but would explain why we heard a tape of the music from 20 minutes previously."

Practical_Draconian		2012-08-12 09:06:22 PM

The thing on my mind is where the Olympics go after Rio ...

Istanbul, Madrid or Tokyo.

Roook		2012-08-12 09:06:23 PM

It's a John Lennon jigsaw! nice.

IMDWalrus		2012-08-12 09:06:31 PM

That giant puzzle piece Lennon face is CREEPY.

geom_00		2012-08-12 09:06:49 PM

The sculpture was pretty cool!

Tor_Eckman		2012-08-12 09:06:52 PM

Well that's one song you would never hear at an American Olympics.

Earguy		2012-08-12 09:06:57 PM

Cool John Lennon thing, but it reminded me of the photo of him dead, and made me sad.

DamnYankees		2012-08-12 09:06:59 PM

Is Andrew Ridgely there?

WhyteRaven74		2012-08-12 09:07:06 PM

paj: but would explain why we heard a tape of the music from 20 minutes previously."

I figured they were playing the songs so the athletes could hear what everyone else heard.

paj		2012-08-12 09:07:10 PM

Hopefully they'll cut George's second song, it was his new single and wholly unnecessary.

Mrtraveler01		2012-08-12 09:07:20 PM

Oh for godsakes Seacrest this isn't American Top 40. Just shut up and let's hear the damn music for once!

Quintessential_Cynic		2012-08-12 09:07:24 PM

Queen....John Lennon....George Michael?

geom_00		2012-08-12 09:07:29 PM

WHAM! I HATE YOU...ALL because of Last Christmas!!

Joe_diGriz		2012-08-12 09:07:30 PM

OKay, the piano LCD screens are pretty cool

InflamedGonads		2012-08-12 09:07:37 PM

WhyteRaven74		2012-08-12 09:07:53 PM

Practical_Draconian: Istanbul, Madrid or Tokyo.

Prolly Tokyo.

shotglasss		2012-08-12 09:07:59 PM

Cover yourself with viszqueen, fast!

eyeq360		2012-08-12 09:08:02 PM

WhyteRaven74: FriarReb98: I have serious doubts about the veracity of what we see in the commercials for Stars Earn Stripes....
I want to see how they handle things when they use live ammo, you damn well know they'll have things set up so there can't be any "ooooops....." moments.
I want live ammo, live fire exercises, and a massive training accident involving lots of explosives so the show will be over in one episode since everyone got blown up. But not the actual US troops. Because they're doing something worth a damn.

E-Brake		2012-08-12 09:08:02 PM

So we watched this live on BBC streaming and it was about 3 hours 15 minutes. NBC is cutting almost an hour out, really? Looks like they've cut some really good stuff out already, am glad we got to see the whole thing. This is heavily edited.

Practical_Draconian		2012-08-12 09:08:04 PM

tuffsnake: Imagine what would happen if people didn't have politics and religion to argue about

We'd be arguing dick sizes in the open.

RminusQ		2012-08-12 09:08:05 PM

paj: Stars Earn Stripes = 30min Call of Duty commercial.

Can we have, like, a bracket to determine the worst new NBC show they've been hyping?

Play-in game
Revolution vs New Normal

Semifinals
Animal Practice vs Go On
[play-in winner] vs Guys with Kids

DamnYankees		2012-08-12 09:08:05 PM

make me some tea		2012-08-12 09:08:06 PM

Holy crap they edited the shiat outta this.

Roook		2012-08-12 09:08:08 PM

yes George Michael

FriarReb98		2012-08-12 09:08:10 PM

DamnYankees: FriarReb98: Would John Lennon want to be involved with the Olympics? I seriously have my doubts.

\also, QUEEN!

He'd have sold out had he lived.

And we'd still blame Yoko. Though given what he did while he was alive, being an Asian born in Africa and achieving superstardom in Europe, Freddie would have totally end up here.

\I know his "image" was used during the ceremonies - saw it on the Facebook feed before....

tuffsnake		2012-08-12 09:08:15 PM

geom_00: WHAM! I HATE YOU...ALL because of Last Christmas!!

Did you give them your heart last Christmas?

Kenny B		2012-08-12 09:08:19 PM

Georges fly is open.

Furious_Chicken		2012-08-12 09:08:20 PM

I wonder if they're gonna leave the seat LEDs for future concerts

Tor_Eckman		2012-08-12 09:08:26 PM

Quintessential_Cynic: Queen....John Lennon....George Michael?

Well, they wanted Gary Glitter, but he was busy.

Joe_diGriz		2012-08-12 09:08:31 PM

geom_00: WHAM! I HATE YOU...ALL because of Last Christmas!!

And now I hate you. Thanks a lot.

Gosling		2012-08-12 09:08:33 PM

ALSO CUT FROM ATHLETE ENTRANCE:

*Irish guy who stole an identifier flag signifying the presence of a beer vendor
*Canadian human pyramids
*Several African nations dancing pretty gingerly, Ethiopia in particular

tlchwi02		2012-08-12 09:08:49 PM

Practical_Draconian: Istanbul,

if they go to instabul, i am so there. don't care what i need to sell to finance it

Earguy		2012-08-12 09:08:52 PM

No matter what this guy does, people in England seem to embrace him. Good for him, you drug-addled, park-restroom-BJ-giving guy.

Why Would I Read the Article		2012-08-12 09:09:07 PM

I watched about 18 hours of NBC coverage over the last two weeks. How did America do in the only two Olympic sports, diving and that one where those idiots leisurely jump their horses over shiat? I hope we did well.

A'murica!

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