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I've been craving a huge burger with cheese all week and even on my birthday I still didn't get one (the curry house in Brecon was particularly awesome though).

Have to say too (don't think anyone has picked up on it yet), what a brilliant gesture to not have a "big name" lighting the Olympic flame but instead pass it over to a bunch of young athletes. Aside from Paul bloody McCartney *shudder*, top notch.

On behalf of Villa fans, Midlanders, Englishman and well, all of the UK: This is for you, Mitt. Penarse.

I thought it was ace (high five us all!) but Paul (can't sing or hit his note or hit his cue) McCartney? Jeez. If he had to sing, they should have done the Jubilee routine, i.e. him singing Live or Let Die but drowning him out with fireworks. That would have worked much better. Oh well, it could be worse. Poor old Grandmaster Flash (legend!) was creating his own party on the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony.

Had to google that javelinthrower. Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir. Looked tasty but those arms looked like pythons when in competition each to their own... I would.

You've missed lots! It's been really good. I don't doubt that it has been brilliantly choreographed and the light show and soundtrack is probably brilliant but this sort of thing doesn't do a lot for me and stinchy was just to much for me to take. Who's lighting the flame? Do we know yet or is it a surprise? I haven't took much notice to be honest If I was to wage a fiver, I'd say it was Queenie (being Jubilee year and all).

You've missed lots! It's been really good.

Aha, athletes walking out. Time to get beer before the offy shuts methinks!

Hear hear. It's away from the norm and showing the modern Britain. I love it.

A good buddy of mine left work today (he's took up another job). I'm now left with super-nerds who couldn't converse like normal people if their life depended on it. Work just got much less fun.

It has to be done following the Olympics thread: I love it! No idea what the lyrics are but it's certainly catchy and it reminds me of Kill Bill!

Yep, that was good. I was also amused by his live interview on Sky about half an hour ago - how did an interview to discuss the Olympics turn into a story about his secretary tricked him into getting a haircut. Comedy gold.

That is quality lol. It's an Indian Kill Bill!

Brilliant news.

Maria on said programme above.

I love this, even though most I know slate it Hurrah for the repeats on BBC1.

There's a few quirks that really piss you off until you figure out how to change / do certain functions. Now I've customised it a fair bit and understand how the new interface works, I think it's a winner. I need to get another HDMI cable to have it through the telly now

I would kill for someone to post that Jack pirate photoshop. The stuff of legends.

Rum and raisin ice cream. Yum.

...and surprisingly I think it's bloody ace. I've installed it on a separate partition on my hard drive (just in case it turned out to be "Sail on the mayonnaise sea" (and yes, I did just type that out) before I bought it) and so far, apart from the odd glitch in the new "Metro" interface, I've found it really stable and dare I say it, even smoother than Windows 7 (I've updated my drivers fine). It takes a bit of getting used to, like no start button for instance (you can install a 3rd-party add-on though...and it's good ). I like the whole look and feel of it. You can personalise the Metro interface to only show buttons to things you like and there are already lots of free apps on the store. Anybody tried it yet? You can download it and install it direct from Microsoft here. This runs out in January but its good for a play to see if you like it before buying it when released. At first I thought the new UI was a right royal pain in the arse but actually, now having used it a bit and having read the tips and tricks on the net, I really do like it. (I type this using Chrome on Windows 8 8))

Every time the BBC commentary refers the Great Britain National Team as "Team GB" is really doing my nut. We don't call Brazil "Team Brazil" now do we? Just call it GB! (oh and the clanger, unless I heard it wrong, of referring Diego Maradona as Brazilian...classic).

From reports I've read, lethal injection is hardly painless but yes, I agree with you: If I lost a friend / family member etc to something like this, I would want to see his balls fed through a grater (whilst he's alive) to a baby eagle.

...make it so that Morgan Freeman should narrate it. What are your plans? I plan on doing not a lot. I have to cut my hair (clippers FTW), need to plan my mini-break next weekend (pinching the campervan to do a bit of Shropshire and maybe bits of the Brecons) and if the weather looks to be as good as it sounds like it will be on Sunday, I might nip to Hitchin in the Chilterns to chill out and walk in a hills (I say hills, more like raised plains). (I only post this as inspired by BOF 8)).

Any excuse to post...

Apparently it happens on the last Wednesday of the month and includes such things as speed dating (yes, really), a silent disco where everyone wears headphones and dances like a maniac to whatever music they choose to listen to, comedy club and other bits and bobs like the pub quiz. Science Museum Lates