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The opening ceremonies are on.

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  • M Mik
    27 Jul 2024, 14:44

    I could see the participants trying to slip it in without the knowledge of the organizers.

    And yes, it was crass and vulgar, but that's where we are as a society now.

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    LuFins Dad
    wrote on 27 Jul 2024, 14:57 last edited by
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    @Mik said in The opening ceremonies are on.:

    I could see the participants trying to slip it in without the knowledge of the organizers.

    And yes, it was crass and vulgar, but that's where we are as a society now.

    I’ve gone to drag shows, hell, I played Brad for 2 years in The Rocky Horror Picture Show that had me running around in a neglige. Fine, whatever. Not at the frigging Olympics.

    The Brad

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    • L LuFins Dad
      27 Jul 2024, 14:57

      @Mik said in The opening ceremonies are on.:

      I could see the participants trying to slip it in without the knowledge of the organizers.

      And yes, it was crass and vulgar, but that's where we are as a society now.

      I’ve gone to drag shows, hell, I played Brad for 2 years in The Rocky Horror Picture Show that had me running around in a neglige. Fine, whatever. Not at the frigging Olympics.

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      George K
      wrote on 27 Jul 2024, 15:02 last edited by
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      @LuFins-Dad said in The opening ceremonies are on.:

      I’ve gone to drag shows, hell, I played Brad for 2 years in The Rocky Horror Picture Show that had me running around in a neglige.

      Pictures or it didn't happen.

      Fine, whatever. Not at the frigging Olympics.

      And not with kids.

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      • L LuFins Dad
        27 Jul 2024, 14:57

        @Mik said in The opening ceremonies are on.:

        I could see the participants trying to slip it in without the knowledge of the organizers.

        And yes, it was crass and vulgar, but that's where we are as a society now.

        I’ve gone to drag shows, hell, I played Brad for 2 years in The Rocky Horror Picture Show that had me running around in a neglige. Fine, whatever. Not at the frigging Olympics.

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        Mik
        wrote on 27 Jul 2024, 15:29 last edited by Mik
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        @LuFins-Dad said in The opening ceremonies are on.:

        I’ve gone to drag shows, hell, I played Brad for 2 years in The Rocky Horror Picture Show that had me running around in a neglige. Fine, whatever. Not at the frigging Olympics.

        AND YOU BUSTED MY BALLS ABOUT A PEDICURE?!?!?!?

        I'm gonna have to beat yer ass. In a hunting and fishing kinda way, of course.

        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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          George K
          wrote on 27 Jul 2024, 15:49 last edited by
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          Thou shalt not mock.

          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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          • G George K
            27 Jul 2024, 15:49

            Thou shalt not mock.

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            taiwan_girl
            wrote on 27 Jul 2024, 16:03 last edited by
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            @George-K I think that the Olympics goes after anybody who uses the name or symbols with out permission. They are "equal opportunity" when it comes to that. LOL

            For example

            Tom Waddell, the former Olympian who helped found the games, intended them to be called the "Gay Olympics", but a lawsuit filed less than three weeks before 1982's inaugural Gay Olympics forced the name change. This forced volunteers to suspend the sales of buttons and t-shirts in order to remove the terms "Olympic" and "Olympiad" from medals, souvenirs, t-shirts, signs, and programs, which would cost the organization an estimated loss between $15,000 and $30,000.

            Event organizers were sued by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) under the U.S. Amateur Sports Act of 1978, which gave the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) exclusive rights to the word Olympic in the United States. Defendants of the lawsuit contended that the law was capriciously applied and that if the Special Olympics were not similarly prohibited, the Gay Olympics should not be either.

            Others, like Daniel Bell, cite the IOC's long history of protecting the Olympics brand as evidence that the lawsuit against the "Gay Olympics" was not motivated by discrimination against gays. Since 1910 the IOC has taken action, including lawsuits and expulsion from the IOC, to stop certain organizations from using the word "Olympics." Annual "California Police Olympics" were held for 22 years, from 1967 through 1989, after which, the word Olympics was no longer used for the event. The Supreme Court ruled for the USOC in San Francisco Arts & Athletics, Inc. v. United States Olympic Committee.

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              George K
              wrote on 27 Jul 2024, 16:20 last edited by
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              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                Mik
                wrote on 27 Jul 2024, 16:23 last edited by
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                Well, just shoot up a few brasseries and they'll get the message. Allahu akhbar.

                “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                • M Mik
                  27 Jul 2024, 15:29

                  @LuFins-Dad said in The opening ceremonies are on.:

                  I’ve gone to drag shows, hell, I played Brad for 2 years in The Rocky Horror Picture Show that had me running around in a neglige. Fine, whatever. Not at the frigging Olympics.

                  AND YOU BUSTED MY BALLS ABOUT A PEDICURE?!?!?!?

                  I'm gonna have to beat yer ass. In a hunting and fishing kinda way, of course.

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                  LuFins Dad
                  wrote on 27 Jul 2024, 16:31 last edited by
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                  @Mik said in The opening ceremonies are on.:

                  @LuFins-Dad said in The opening ceremonies are on.:

                  I’ve gone to drag shows, hell, I played Brad for 2 years in The Rocky Horror Picture Show that had me running around in a neglige. Fine, whatever. Not at the frigging Olympics.

                  AND YOU BUSTED MY BALLS ABOUT A PEDICURE?!?!?!?

                  I'm gonna have to beat yer ass. In a hunting and fishing kinda way, of course.

                  Dude, it was a mostly female cast, including 2 really hot girls that were theater majors at my school playing Dr. Frank-N-Furter and Janet. The girl playing Frank-N-Furter and I dated off and on, and she went by the name Trillian. Yes, from Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. The hot blond playing Janet was a total hippy, so dating wasn’t really a thing for her. So yes, I dealt with a fucking wedgie from hell for 2 hours one weekend a month for two years, and it was worth it.

                  That does not compare with getting your nails done because it feels good and relaxes you…

                  The Brad

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                    Mik
                    wrote on 27 Jul 2024, 16:37 last edited by Mik
                    #40

                    Keep dancing, Nightie Boy.

                    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                      George K
                      wrote on 27 Jul 2024, 17:37 last edited by
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                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                        LuFins Dad
                        wrote on 27 Jul 2024, 18:04 last edited by
                        #42

                        This has a real Streisand Effect feel to it.

                        The Brad

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                          Renauda
                          wrote on 27 Jul 2024, 18:07 last edited by Renauda
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                          An outrage I tell you. A mockery of the cult of Dionysius and the French Romantics. A spit in the eyes of Berlioz, Saint-Saens, Balzac, Hugo, Delacroix, Ingres and Dumas!

                          Harrumpf!

                          Elbows up!

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                            Mik
                            wrote on 27 Jul 2024, 18:14 last edited by
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                            And another gaffe....

                            https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/olympic-organizers-deeply-apologize-for-introducing-south-korea-s-delegation-as-being-from-north-korea-during-opening-ceremony/ar-BB1qJcWT?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=d23d671135314f18bfb635c36041a80d&ei=94

                            “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                            • R Renauda
                              27 Jul 2024, 18:07

                              An outrage I tell you. A mockery of the cult of Dionysius and the French Romantics. A spit in the eyes of Berlioz, Saint-Saens, Balzac, Hugo, Delacroix, Ingres and Dumas!

                              Harrumpf!

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                              Mik
                              wrote on 27 Jul 2024, 18:15 last edited by
                              #45

                              @Renauda 😄

                              “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                Renauda
                                wrote on 27 Jul 2024, 20:46 last edited by
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                                The Kremlin was outraged at the spectacle as well:

                                https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/07/27/russia-slams-olympic-opening-as-massive-failure-a85851

                                Elbows up!

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                                  George K
                                  wrote on 27 Jul 2024, 21:28 last edited by
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                                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                    Copper
                                    wrote on 27 Jul 2024, 21:32 last edited by
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                                    The perverts will now have to double-down at the closing ceremony.

                                    Assuming they are still on the air.

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                                    • R Renauda
                                      27 Jul 2024, 18:07

                                      An outrage I tell you. A mockery of the cult of Dionysius and the French Romantics. A spit in the eyes of Berlioz, Saint-Saens, Balzac, Hugo, Delacroix, Ingres and Dumas!

                                      Harrumpf!

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                                      Doctor Phibes
                                      wrote on 27 Jul 2024, 22:19 last edited by
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                                      @Renauda said in The opening ceremonies are on.:

                                      An outrage I tell you. A mockery of the cult of Dionysius and the French Romantics. A spit in the eyes of Berlioz, Saint-Saens, Balzac, Hugo, Delacroix, Ingres and Dumas!

                                      Harrumpf!

                                      I thought the guy in one of the pictures produced quite an interesting interpretation of Balzac.

                                      And just in case you missed it, Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells posted a photo of it just to make sure everybody got to see what was clearly keeping him up at night.

                                      I was only joking

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                                      • D Doctor Phibes
                                        27 Jul 2024, 22:19

                                        @Renauda said in The opening ceremonies are on.:

                                        An outrage I tell you. A mockery of the cult of Dionysius and the French Romantics. A spit in the eyes of Berlioz, Saint-Saens, Balzac, Hugo, Delacroix, Ingres and Dumas!

                                        Harrumpf!

                                        I thought the guy in one of the pictures produced quite an interesting interpretation of Balzac.

                                        And just in case you missed it, Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells posted a photo of it just to make sure everybody got to see what was clearly keeping him up at night.

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                                        Renauda
                                        wrote on 27 Jul 2024, 23:06 last edited by Renauda
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                                        @Doctor-Phibes

                                        I don’t know how but I must have missed Disgusted’s post with picture this time round.

                                        Elbows up!

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                                        • C Copper
                                          27 Jul 2024, 21:32

                                          The perverts will now have to double-down at the closing ceremony.

                                          Assuming they are still on the air.

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                                          Jolly
                                          wrote on 28 Jul 2024, 00:11 last edited by
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                                          @Copper said in The opening ceremonies are on.:

                                          The perverts will now have to double-down at the closing ceremony.

                                          Assuming they are still on the air.

                                          He said perverts and double-down...

                                          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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