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The 2012 Olympics
jwhouk:
I believe there were a lot of US watchers who had NFC about who or what Brannagh was playing in the first part of the OC. I picked up the imagery right away - he was playing a "John Bull"- like character.
pwhodges:
Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
jwhouk:
No fair, you have the home-field advantage. :P
Silentbanksy:
I love how damn British the queen is. (As much as she's er... Not...) She just sat there looking miserable throughout the entire thing, probably the highlight of the games for me. Or the fact we're trying to show other countries how great we are by demonstrating the horrors of both hospitals and our history.
Damn, we ARE a misery bunch.
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: jwhouk on 28 Jul 2012, 09:27 ---No fair, you have the home-field advantage. :P
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And my degree is in Engineering, so he's a bit of a worship figure for me. And my wife said that if we had been able to have a child, she would have called him Isambard, just for the pleasure of shouting that name in the park!
--- Quote from: Silentbanksy on 28 Jul 2012, 09:52 ---She just sat there looking miserable throughout the entire thing,
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And when she declared the games open, she sounded proper fed up, I felt.
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