As a Glaswegian I can't stress how embarrassed I am at this shambles. The minute Karen Dunbar with her flared nostrils and gurning face appeared my fears were realised - we were going to embarrass ourselves in front of the world.
As if that isn't enough viewers have had to endure the entire night incessant back patting about how friendly and down right amazing Glasgow and it's people are. I love Glasgow but I've never heard a host nation praise itself quite like we did tonight. It was excruciating.
Now please excuse me, I have an English accent to work on while I pack my suitcase for Devon.
Great post. I think you sum it up very well. Haven't got a clue who she was, but, by god she (and Barrowman) were ultimately an awful way to start it and sadly it never recovered.
The Commonwealth is to remind us of the days when the Scots and the English ran the world - and we knew that it's probably not a good idea to screw a baton up too tight.
Once the excitement of the lawn bowls event begins you will forget all this negativity!:D
Many Scottish nationalists would have you believe it was England that ran the world and poor wee Scotland was just another of our colonies.
Glasgow thinks everything it does is either hilarious or magnificent. As the media is based there we get it broadcast to us all the time. Manky Manfred's post was a good summation of how others see Glasgow actually.
I'm not sure of that's true, people from Glasgow are the most likely to take the piss out of that awful ceremony.
You'd better hurry up, we might not let you in after Sept !
I've seen some chicken transports driving up and down the M74. I'll squeeze in with them. Cant be any less fowl than living in an independent Scotland. See you soon then perhaps!
Your post was one of the best of the evening You're welcome in Suffolk where I live ! Don't forget if Salmond annexes Scotland we'll be building Hadrian's wall another 20 ft higher, so get a move on
Great post. I think you sum it up very well. Haven't got a clue who she was, but, by god she (and Barrowman) were ultimately an awful way to start it and sadly it never recovered.
The black singer in the red dress. She was wonderful. The athletes' parade was good, but then it's hard to cock that up anyway. The Scottie dogs were also great. Everything else was quite spectacularly mediocre.
Well as soon as I saw Karen I cringed, but in the end I really enjoyed it. We took the piss out of ourselves which is fine, any attempt at seriousness like 2012 would have failed.
Glasgow thinks everything it does is either hilarious or magnificent. As the media is based there we get it broadcast to us all the time. Manky Manfred's post was a good summation of how others see Glasgow actually.
You're talking nonsense, Glasgow doesn't take itself seriously at all.
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Great post. I think you sum it up very well. Haven't got a clue who she was, but, by god she (and Barrowman) were ultimately an awful way to start it and sadly it never recovered.
I liked the countdown from 30 to 15
After that it went downhill rapidly.
Many Scottish nationalists would have you believe it was England that ran the world and poor wee Scotland was just another of our colonies.
They'd have you believe a lot of things.
That's really rather sad, tbh.
Now time for a wee dram as a nightcap.
I'm not sure of that's true, people from Glasgow are the most likely to take the piss out of that awful ceremony.
Your post was one of the best of the evening
An introduction to 'Gay Friendly' Glasgow
The black singer in the red dress. She was wonderful. The athletes' parade was good, but then it's hard to cock that up anyway. The Scottie dogs were also great. Everything else was quite spectacularly mediocre.
We all take the p*ss out of ourselves up here.
You're talking nonsense, Glasgow doesn't take itself seriously at all.
She died sometime ago.
It did jarr a bit. Salmond trying to show he is 'statesmanlike' I guess
to be fair, they may have to have a minutes silence for the shambles of an opening ceremony too