Monday, August 11, 2008

where the "bird nest" glow, glimmer and shimmer..

To start the 080808 Olympic Event..


More photos from HERE by Alan Taylor

1.3 billion —
Approximate population of China, and probable amount of money spent on opening ceremony fireworks in US dollars.

100 million —
Number of media stories in past three weeks to mention dogs and animal penises as foodstuffs.

15,000 —
Number of swear words used in five minutes by NBC executives when they discovered their delayed telecast of the opening ceremony was being circumvented by live streaming on internet.
5000 —
People worldwide who claimed to understand all of opening ceremony.

29,000 —
Approximate number of times Seven's commentators used the word "spectacular" during the opening ceremony.

08/08/08 — Winning numbers in a Chinese national lottery based on when the opening ceremony would occur. Winning payouts were extremely low.

2 comments:

Dr. Yi Yi Win said...

They had to spend, they could spend for such festival.
So, poor country could not be the host of that Olympic.
Actually, I don't think such game is essential basic need for human beings. However, I don't know too much about dignity of a huge country. That's why I'm not happy to join such huge participation.
Thanks for this post, sis.

Anonymous said...

Very spectacular!