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For those who poo poo'd the Olympics Games coming to the UK
And said that we're no longer capable of putting on a show, we'll embarrass ourselves as we're skint, etc etc etc....
Watch this and eat your sour grapes ;-)
Watch this and eat your sour grapes ;-)
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.that was a great show. As I recall they trimmed it back from 10 minutes to seven last year to save a couple of million, but this year it was up to 12. I didn't go as they were predicting rain (and it takes half an hour to get free of the Embankment crowd), but I saw it on the telly and enjoyed it.
MarkRae, I see only one metaphor there. "Watch" is not a metaphor.
MarkRae, I see only one metaphor there. "Watch" is not a metaphor.
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Well unless I imagined it rojash (distinct possibility!) I'm sure I read of grumblings of "meh, we still believe we're a great nation, we can no longer put on the shows like we used to" kind of posts whenever the Olympics were mentioned, as well as the obvious hand wringing "we simply can't afford it" twaddle.
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