@Mr_Extravagent: It was literally right by my house, so we watched it on TV until they were close enough, then went out to see it live.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ycb9_Y_gJ-g
when i heard it was in London it reminded me of this

@Rawmeat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCyr1ugzxXM&feature=related
also this

@Anonymous: >estimate

From what I understand, most nations lose money by sponsoring the Olympic games. There are some isolated cases of multi-million or billion dollar payoffs, but a number of nations go into debt for years or decades in order to pay the costs off.

Particularly in this economic climate with people rioting in the streets of Britain it seems callous and absurd to throw such an amount of money at such an unreliable return.

@Anonymous: I go to college with her

@Rawmeat: be my best friend! I fucking love Python!