Olympic Games London 2012 opening ceremony.

[8086]

Not content with sending large portions of their gold to Uzbekistan, those whacko poms are now using the games as a showcase of their engineering prowess. Either that or Boris has been into the pies.

http://www.smh.com.au/olympics/off-the-field/mayor-on-a-wire-20120802-23g55.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-19079733

[Uncle Vernon]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-19079733

Sorry 8086, I'd missed your prior post!

It is one of the great regrets from the Sydney Games, that we missed our opportunity to string up our own city mayor.

[GK]

BTW, I have read the P of Z and I wouldn't call it a history book, and that is putting it mildly.

Ah, here we agree completely! Neither do I consider it a book of any real historical value; I would rather call it a dystopian novel for public consumption.

  Well the basic premise is clearly something that you have some enthusiasm for. But this has been enough time in the asylum for me, ciao.

[siliconmix]

how the hell did we manage before we had city mayors .