Inseine...Para-Oly commentary with spoilers

My money is on errrr France….

Politically unstable for some time…I think we will see more unrest…and the new Olympic sport of street fighting…

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If it involves chucking plastic furniture around, there’s a few thousand England fans that will have a good chance of a medal

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Yeah, ain’t like the French to sit back and suck things up when they can set fire to stuff :joy:

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Or violating Australians!

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And so it begins. Arson attacks on the Eurostar

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the rochdale police were putting together a training video for the french riot police, i understand…

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Australian hockey star amputates finger to play at Olympics Hockey star Matt Dawson amputates finger to play at Olympics - BBC News

:flushed:

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Absolutely pissing down in Paris right now - what does that do to the chances of them being able to swim in the river?

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depends where the heavy rain falls

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I was thinking the same thing. This is the radar right now. And you can also just about see where I live!

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It’ll put the fires out…

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Afraid this opening ceremony isn’t doing it for me. Cotter’s subtle irony is saving it.

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Are they playing out the great moments of French history from the Revolution to Plastic Bertrand???

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Paris-Tahiti is the longest distance between Olympic venues ever. I would have thought it was Melbourne - Stockholm but not so , apparently.

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I was waiting for Iran, Iraq and Israel to share a boat. :wink:

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I actually have no idea what’s going on. Just lost.

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Im watching it in Italian, makes it even more obscure :rofl:

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Not sure getting soggy for a few hours on the river is best race prep for the athletes ?

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Probably makes it more logical.

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Hazel Irvine absolutely mangling the pronunciation of Teahupoʻo. Painful :hear_no_evil:

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