QUESTION TIME! Summer Olympics! 1. Did you watch the 2008 opening ceremony and the 2012 opening too? If so, which one do you think was best? I watched all of the 2012 opening ceremony from 9pm to way past 1 am. I can’t compare it to any earlier ceremony because I’ve never seen one, can you believe that! The earliest Olympic Games that I remember was the Tokyo one, 1964, I think. I remember the opening music to it to this day. For the last 40 odd years I’ve avoided watching every Olympic Games apart from a bit of the gymnastics at the Munich Olympics (Olga Korbut and Mark Spitz). 2. Are you interested in watching the Olympics? I think you can guess my answer, erm, No. 3. If you could choose an Olympic sport to try out for which one would you like to be involved in? All my joints creak so I’m way past any competitive sport. When I was very young I was very thin and bendy, so if I was still about 11 years old it would have to be gymnastics. 4. Which sport will you be watching if you are interested? Apart from the world cup, I’m not interested in watching sport on the TV. Two more years to go… 5. What was your favorite part of the opening ceremony? Mr. Bond and Mr. Bean! And when the torch was being brought into the stadium and the cauldron was being lit by all those young people. I didn’t realise how many countries there were in the world. I missed some countries between R and U as I nodded off for about 20 minutes. 6. What did you think about the Queen's reactions? I think she looked a bit tired having to sit for so long. A least she wasn’t on a boat in the pouring rain. I have a suspicion that the queen enjoyed her thespian interlude and is secretly hoping for a bit part in ‘Corrie’ in the future. 7. Do you know anyone who would like to compete in the Olympics? No, but I used to work with someone who competed at the Munich Olympics. He encouraged me to learn to swim at the age of 26. 8. Will you be rooting for anyone? I have no preferences; whoever gets a medal deserves it 9. What did you think about the Olympic torch lighting? I thought the way all the individual petals came together to create the cauldron was brilliant. 10. (For Doctor Who fans) Were any of you waiting to see David Tennant dressed as Doctor Who carrying the torch like in that one episode? Matt got to though. lol! I was a bit disappointed that here were no Daleks in the opening ceremony. (unless I missed them?)