Let the Games Begin

Just been watching the opening ceremony of the 20th Commonwealth Games.

As it started I thought "Blimey, did they get much change from a fiver for this". But as it went on I decided I'd done them an injustice. They produced a pretty good ceremony considering. They spent a fair old whack on the closing fireworks though.

Best bits were John Barrowman with his "big gay kiss" - nicely reminding people that being gay is still punishable by death in a couple of Commonwealth countries, and by imprisonment in about 40...

And South African singer Pumeza Matschikiza - lovely voice - singing a song in the Scots language (no - not Scots Gaelic but the lowland, related to English, language of the Anglo-Saxon areas of Scotland) - Freedom Come All Ye. Dedicated to Mandela.

And they raised a great deal of money for UNICEF too. (About £2.5 ,in the UK alone, in the first 20 minutes or so).

Competition starts tomorrow - I can't wait.

See you next week. Goodnight and may your God/s go with you.

Ze

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