Today is the day of the opening ceremony for the London 2012 Olympics. the countdown clocks have almost finished their work, the stadia are ready, the athletes arrived. Tonight a spectacular show will start the Games. Well, discounting the games that happened before the Olympics started, but were part of the Olympics. Seb Coe said so. He said just before the ladies GB football team played New Zealand that this was definitely the start of the Olympics, although the opening ceremony was in two days and then the Olympics would start.
Or something. It was pure magic watching him try to claim both things and it was only because his interviewer didn't press the issue that he didn't get in a complete mess. The football always starts before the Games officially begin, it's no big deal, but because the jumped up, self interested boobies who 'run' the show make it a big deal, so they hoist themselves on their own petard.
It is entirely possible to watch and enjoy the Olympics without all this grandstanding and posturing by people who tell you they are important. But with special lanes for VIP's vehicles and all the sponsorship crap and the corruption around tickets, these people will always be around to blight the spectacle. International Olympic Cretins.
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