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Closing ceremony

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Whitewavemark2 Sun 11-Aug-24 20:19:53

Well done everyone who took part

Smileless2012 Sun 11-Aug-24 20:21:00

Didn't they do well.

RosiesMaw2 Sun 11-Aug-24 20:27:03

Bored already!
That singer of Sous Le Ciel de Paris was underwhelming and dead frumpy.

JamesandJon33 Sun 11-Aug-24 20:31:25

We’ve been watching since seven. Boring. Even the Marseillaise was lack lustre.

tanith Sun 11-Aug-24 20:34:14

I've just put it on hoping to catch the more interesting bits.

RosiesMaw2 Sun 11-Aug-24 20:34:16

Wasn’t it just!
I think Rosie might get a walk after all - this is boring with our commentating team desperately trying to pad it out!

Smileless2012 Sun 11-Aug-24 20:36:55

I think it's for all those who took part rather than for the audience. Whether they won a medal or not, they've earned their moment haven't they.

NotAGran55 Sun 11-Aug-24 20:42:05

Well done to everyone, whatever their role or achievement 👏

Roll on the 28th.

Smileless2012 Sun 11-Aug-24 20:46:52

OMG what's with the music, it's awful.

Whitewavemark2 Sun 11-Aug-24 20:49:56

I was talking to my son this afternoon who has just come back from Paris, and he told me how he was sat next to one of the athletes fathers. He was telling my son the work and sacrifice, the pressure both physical and mental - and they are very young.

Well done all of them

Ladyleftfieldlover Sun 11-Aug-24 20:50:25

OH is watching it with headphones on. I did my ironing and now I’m about to read the paper.

merlotgran Sun 11-Aug-24 20:52:00

It looks like they’re making it up as they go along.

Whitewavemark2 Sun 11-Aug-24 20:55:04

Good old Freddie.

Smileless2012 Sun 11-Aug-24 20:58:03

Yes that was a brief improvement but it seems to have gone down hill again.

ixion Sun 11-Aug-24 21:00:59

Whitewavemark2

Good old Freddie.

It's what you need, isn't it?
Universally loved and 100% appropriate. That's what you need for a karaoke!

RosiesMaw2 Sun 11-Aug-24 21:02:15

The Marathon medal ceremony made for a nice highlight- as did a bit of Freddie.

merlotgran Sun 11-Aug-24 21:12:34

Two hours of nothing.

Smileless2012 Sun 11-Aug-24 21:15:59

Oooh looks as if something exciting might be coming.

keepingquiet Sun 11-Aug-24 21:17:35

Yep, after seeing the excitement on the remaining athletes faces and thinking what a great expereince it must have been, we have something almost as tedious as the opening ceremony but without the rain...

Whitewavemark2 Sun 11-Aug-24 21:18:03

I have decided that with the French, it is all about posing in elaborate costumes with little action.

It’s the same as the opening ceremony.

Smileless2012 Sun 11-Aug-24 21:19:57

With all that smoke, how can the audience see what's going on?

TillyTrotter Sun 11-Aug-24 21:20:41

Well done for all the medals won by the Great Britain team 🇬🇧

grumppa Sun 11-Aug-24 21:21:04

Good to see The Wicker Man resurrected.

ixion Sun 11-Aug-24 21:21:14

Couldn't we have the handover ceremony then one big party?

Callistemon213 Sun 11-Aug-24 21:23:51

It's all very um, er, atmospheric?
Apart from That Carpet.

The Antiques Road Show was interesting.