[Nate]

Here's a thread for all your Olympic-based discussion.

I thought I would kick it off by asking people what they thought of the opening ceremony. The big lake was impressive but they didn't really do anything with it. What the heck was with that little kid in the paper boat? The huge mask that split into the bits was quite incredible. The parade was okay but the camera stayed zoomed in so you didn't really get the whole effect. And people up the top of the stands in Athens probably couldn't see a thing. What the heck was with Bjork singing in Icelandic? The whole thing was really quite short compared to previous ones with no dancing lawn-mowers.

And on to the sport. I'll probably get caned from the rest of the australians but Thorpie really irritates me. I'd love to see Grant Hackett win just once.