The Olympics..

straightfairy · Post by **straightfairy** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 3:50 pm

It was good to see many of the visiting nations' men wearing their national robes and skirts rather than going for the default jacket-and-trousers.

Kirbstone · Post by **Kirbstone** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 4:40 pm

I agree. It was nice to see so many (mostly Pacific) nations' men in traditional unbifurcated attire. I was wistfully hoping that the Scots might show up in kilts, but they were all subsumed in the UK team with their ghastly white long shorts and glittering gold bits.

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Website · Post by **crfriend** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 4:44 pm

Kirbstone wrote:It was nice to see so many (mostly Pacific) nations' men in traditional unbifurcated attire.

Drat! I missed it.

skirtingtoday · Post by **skirtingtoday** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 5:04 pm

straightfairy wrote:It was good to see many of the visiting nations' men wearing their national robes and skirts rather than going for the default jacket-and-trousers.

Yes! I spotted 5 or 6 nations where the men had skirts - American Samoa and Togo to name two.

skirtyscot · Post by **skirtyscot** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 6:06 pm

Was watching it with the family, and the American Samoans and all other enlightened men got the same sort of comment from Son 2: "Those weird guys are wearing skirts", that sort of thing.

Was good to see those nations wearing skirted garb anyway.

skirtyscot · Post by **skirtyscot** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 6:11 pm

crfriend wrote:
Kirbstone wrote:It was nice to see so many (mostly Pacific) nations' men in traditional unbifurcated attire.
Drat! I missed it.

Have you tried the BBC i-player on bbc.co .uk? The entire ceremony is on there, all 4 hours plus of it. Access from foreign parts is somehow restricted, but maybe they let you see this one, in a spirit of internationalism. I'd start watching about 2hrs 30 mins in.

renesm1 · Post by **renesm1** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 9:33 am

I'm afraid the BBC is banned by the IOC from showing this outside of the UK. Britain no longer appears to rule the (air) waves....

Website · Post by **crfriend** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 10:11 am

renesm1 wrote:I'm afraid the BBC is banned by the IOC from showing this outside of the UK. Britain no longer appears to rule the (air) waves....

So the moniker "The Censorship Games" is accurate after all. Nice. I just lost interest in it.

Post by **Uncle Al** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 2:50 pm

Try this link to www.NBC.com/2012-summer-olympics.
Full coverage 24/7

Uncle Al

janrok · Post by **janrok** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 5:04 pm

Samoa

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janrok · Post by **janrok** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 5:10 pm

Fiji and Tonga

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straightfairy · Post by **straightfairy** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 12:12 pm

Lovely pics, just what I meant.

skirtingtoday · Post by **skirtingtoday** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 9:56 pm

Anyone see the Beach Volleyball tonight? Exciting men's game between Spain and USA. (USA won in a very close game)

Anyway, at that match the TV cameras kept returning to an enthusiastic Spanish fan at the front of the stands - I'm sure he was wearing a white dress with red spots! Anyone else see that?

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