tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post5936552907616776750..comments2024-03-28T13:13:12.506+00:00Comments on SCOT goes POP!: Come On In, Scotland! (Or 'My trip to the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, plus yet another rubbish photo of the Queen')James Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-961617362763428042014-07-29T00:51:04.644+01:002014-07-29T00:51:04.644+01:00I remember in the press recently aboutsomeone down...I remember in the press recently aboutsomeone down south betting £200,000 on a no vote...my mate was impressed with this and asked me how much the wager would return...absolutely feck all! was my reply LLFAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09274885349073372299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-62145762480458194202014-07-28T22:26:53.034+01:002014-07-28T22:26:53.034+01:00Pantone
It looks like they are giving good odds to...Pantone<br />It looks like they are giving good odds to suggest no chance of a successful yes vote but limiting the stake to ensure they don't lose too much. If I were a conspiracy theorist I might think that UK wide businesses were trying to suggest that the yes vote was weaker than it is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-45702932189480161732014-07-25T15:38:28.598+01:002014-07-25T15:38:28.598+01:00Off topic, but may be of interest to you guys on h...Off topic, but may be of interest to you guys on here: <br /><br />I'm a total amateur at this but I tried to place an internet bet of £100 on a yes vote at 888.com this morning. The system said it had to be approved manually. Eventually it accepted a bet of only £15 on a yes outcome and rejected the other £85. <br /><br />So the bookies are offering very attractive odds for a yes vote which suggest Yes has little chance of winning (currently between 4:1 or 9:2) but then only allow a maximum bet of £15? <br /><br />FIFTEEN POUNDS??? How come we hear about folks putting bets on a no outcome of hundreds of thousands?<br /><br />What's that all about?<br />Pantone300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-77637040609649098542014-07-25T10:48:21.357+01:002014-07-25T10:48:21.357+01:00I watched most of the ceremony in a hot and humid ...I watched most of the ceremony in a hot and humid London with a few friends. When Susan Boyle forgot her words I thought it would be awful so went to help in the kitchen and came back to see that Barrowman chap on. A lot of the local references were lost on my friends so gave my own running commentary.<br /><br />It improved in the second period and my Malaysian friend shed a tear to the tribute by the FM. My friends in London did enjoy it as I did when the second half made you forget the first half.Marcianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-16526721428099194992014-07-24T23:43:02.713+01:002014-07-24T23:43:02.713+01:00I'll have a look when I have a minute - I thin...I'll have a look when I have a minute - I think it was in the downloadable spectator's guide to Celtic Park, but that particular section seems to be identical for every venue.James Kellynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-47586496921159760812014-07-24T23:36:30.357+01:002014-07-24T23:36:30.357+01:00"Before I set off for the ceremony, I had a g..."Before I set off for the ceremony, I had a good look at the list of items that were not permitted, and one of them was the flag of any non-participating country."<br /><br />Have you got a link to that list, James?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05736449809834680940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-82381805906696499602014-07-24T23:18:44.416+01:002014-07-24T23:18:44.416+01:00Niall, yes there is a comments policy here - and t...Niall, yes there is a comments policy here - and the policy is not to delete comments unless it's absolutely unavoidable. I've no intention of going down the James Mackenzie route. That said, it would obviously be a lot better if people simply refrained from saying stupid and offensive things.James Kellynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-9991396437617276442014-07-24T23:03:35.788+01:002014-07-24T23:03:35.788+01:00You've cheered me up. All that I heard last ni...You've cheered me up. All that I heard last night was that it was an embarrassment. I guess people must have been referring to the opening as opposed to what came after.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-26646943946472230412014-07-24T23:03:27.993+01:002014-07-24T23:03:27.993+01:00You've cheered me up. All that I heard last ni...You've cheered me up. All that I heard last night was that it was an embarrassment. I guess people must have been referring to the opening as opposed to what came after.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-29655168246743888222014-07-24T21:44:43.273+01:002014-07-24T21:44:43.273+01:00As to double sided flags - I was in London when th...As to double sided flags - I was in London when the big parade of Team GB athletes was taking place.<br /><br />I rescued one of the free flags from a bi, as it was so delightfully ironic.<br /><br />On one side, the Union Flag. It was backed by a VISA credit card advert.oldnathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14472618583129398722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-21571592417448764732014-07-24T18:42:28.296+01:002014-07-24T18:42:28.296+01:00Yeah, isn't there a comments policy here? I th...Yeah, isn't there a comments policy here? I think 'notorious pervert' crosses the line.Niallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-2268609582176214002014-07-24T18:32:49.520+01:002014-07-24T18:32:49.520+01:00"Notoious pervert" eh? Who'd have gu..."Notoious pervert" eh? Who'd have guessed that the angry anonymous idiot would turn out to be a homophobic arsehole as well?Doug Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15017218581660887134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-80607309130963997582014-07-24T18:29:34.933+01:002014-07-24T18:29:34.933+01:00I was delighted that they had found a singer from ...I was delighted that they had found a singer from Nyanga to sing Hamish's magnum opus, however singing a vernacular song in an operatic tone doesn't work at the best of times and I'm certain that not one in a hundred who didn't already know the song could have discerned the meaning in itCammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04726097312558395133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-44177904507279886992014-07-24T18:18:46.691+01:002014-07-24T18:18:46.691+01:00James, those overtly pro-union, and very 'poli...James, those overtly pro-union, and very 'political' flags were apparently being handed out during certain 'marches' in Glasgow recently, and the same thing happened at another unionist event on the 19th (see Craig Murray's blog comments for more).<br />A Yes supporting friend actually asked the people responsible, and the reply was 'we're a church group'- something the Lodge often says when it's backed into a corner.<br />I'm hoping that Bella, Wings, NNS, your good self, and others (not Yes politicians, for obvious reasons)start making a lot of noise about these flags, because whatever else they are - they're 100% rule-breakers.elrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07215895554490007594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-88739949328492835782014-07-24T17:32:39.388+01:002014-07-24T17:32:39.388+01:00The planned blue and white smoke for the Red Arrow... The planned blue and white smoke for the Red Arrows flypast blocked by the an english cabinet minister. Well that's not acting like our colonial overlords at all.<br /><br /> An opening ceremony where an notorious pervert prances into view from under a giant kilt isn't designed to make people cringe? Thick, blind or a moron, which one are you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-91396271947180935532014-07-24T16:58:03.990+01:002014-07-24T16:58:03.990+01:00"The whole event was designed in order to rei...<i>"The whole event was designed in order to reinforce the cringe. Anybody claiming otherwise is mad, stupid or blind to reality."</i><br /><br />Aye, that stunning rendition of Loch Lomond, having someone sing Freedom Come All Ye to a global audience, and the general themes of equality, diversity and justice that were being promoted (the sort of things we tell people an independent Scotland would stand for) - all very cringeworthy and clearly designed specifically to brainwash people into voting No in September...<br /><br />What is all this Britnattery that was imposed on people during the actual ceremony? John Barrowman?Doug Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15017218581660887134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-24033962981911996542014-07-24T13:46:52.699+01:002014-07-24T13:46:52.699+01:00According to the britnat racists it is appropriate... According to the britnat racists it is appropriate for Scotland to be independent at The Commonwealth Games but not The Olympics. Scotland Know Your Place!!!<br /><br /> Then Scotland hosts said Games and you can't move for union flags, GSTQ and britnattery imposed by those enemies of Scottish democracy. GCC and the BBBC. It's just more Scotophobic britnat hypocrisy.<br /><br /> Lots of wet-nats defending the opening ceremony in the same way people defended gormless brown because he was Scottish and being attacked by outsiders. The whole event was designed in order to reinforce the cringe. Anybody claiming otherwise is mad, stupid or blind to reality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-13663371021022202052014-07-24T13:35:57.536+01:002014-07-24T13:35:57.536+01:00I don't know about Australia, but India didn&#...I don't know about Australia, but India didn't play their national anthem at the 2010 opening ceremony. They did in the closing one, though.<br /><br />I don't really see why you'd play the host nation's national anthem though. I don't recall the Brazilian anthem being played in the opening ceremony of the World Cup.<br /><br />If Flower of Scotland isn't played when Scottish athletes win golds, then I'll moan about it. But as it stands, I think an awful lot of folk are being a bit - dare I say it - Cybernatty about the anthem.<br /><br />GSTQ shouldn't have been called the national anthem right enough, but I would have been surprised (delightedly so, mind) if it hadn't been played when the Queen came in. She is the head of the Commonwealth, after all...Doug Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15017218581660887134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-3531072181663668352014-07-24T11:44:54.453+01:002014-07-24T11:44:54.453+01:00I thought they did?I thought they did?Rolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17849975010197698907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-9250898621664769342014-07-24T11:14:06.957+01:002014-07-24T11:14:06.957+01:00Why didn't they have a statue of Wellington wi...Why didn't they have a statue of Wellington with a traffic cone on his heid?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-18447875282153575752014-07-24T11:01:37.293+01:002014-07-24T11:01:37.293+01:00That little pile of unpolished turds cost more tha... That little pile of unpolished turds cost more than the eventual debts from the 1986 games. £5,000,000 then, or £13,000,000 in today's money. Not that I'm still angry about the failure of Government to provide any help to the Capital of Scotland when slums like manchester and glasgow got Hundreds of Millions and massive new facilities all paid for by other people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-50687677050445176222014-07-24T10:07:46.447+01:002014-07-24T10:07:46.447+01:00Who told John Barrownam he could sing? I mean, th...Who told John Barrownam he could sing? I mean, that was beyond terrible. Not even close to competent. Some "entertainers" aren't particularly good, but that was something else again. He sounded as if he'd never had a single singing lesson in his life. ANYONE can do better than that with a modicum of instruction from a decent teacher. And yet they attached a microphone to him and let him loose? Who thought that was even close to a good idea. (Or were they deliberately trying to make the man look like an idiot, purple tartan suit and all?)<br /><br />Having said that, the soprano who sang "Freedom Come All Ye" was fantastic. And so great to hear a true soprano, instead of all these women who think they're tenors and growl from the backs of their throats.<br /><br />To have heard Benedetti at her best you had to have been listening to Radio 3 just before six o'clock. She was live in the studio I think, and she played the entirety of Loch Lomond in a special arrangement, and it was absolutely awesome. Loved her performance at the Games too, though.Rolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17849975010197698907noreply@blogger.com