Olympics 2012

Recently, with the unveiling of the non-armadillo-like stadium for the London Olympics, speculation rages on about the true cost of holding the Games. The new, very boring stadium is estimated to cost 500,000 quid. This blogger's expected real cost: more like 800,000. Lest we forget the absolutely ridiculous logo to boot. It makes everyone wonder how they can get away with it all. At least some politicians are standing up and being counted in opposition to the means with which the whole accomplishment will be realised, if it even gets that far. At the time when our bid was victorious, I was staying in a hotel near Venice, Italy; we all remember what happened the day after the announcement, but that's another story. Anyway, before the reasons behind the 7/7 bombings were uncovered, myself and my British teammates were strongly advised not to hang our British flags over our balcony rails, in fear of being targeted by the non-entity embodiment of international terrorism. But I predict a new reason for withholding our national identity: embarrassment.