With 500 days until the London Olympics the promoters put up a countdown clock, it didn't work.  That's not a good omen.  How hard of a technology is a clock?

Of course, if only there were a famous clock located in London known for its timekeeping abilities... perhaps located high on a tower so that many people could see it.

The digital clock in central London which has been counting down to the 2012 Olympics has stopped, less than 24 hours after it started counting down.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-12749912

Where's that Sherlock Holmes bloke when you need him?

Hee Hee

And the world record time is one tenth of an egg timer

Cindy

Was it built by the people who put up the 'Wibbly-wobbly' Bridge for the Millenium celebrations, or should we look for a British Leyland badge on it ?

It was built by Swatch, so that's just about perfect too --- looks great, runs for a short while then stops.

Seemingly it also  got damaged in the protest march on the weekend. This clock is going to have an interesting history, and only time will tell.

Cindy

I find the whole london olympics kind of amusing, im foreign but live permanently in the uk(yes i do have permission for a change) and there are  a few brits comedians on the comedy store running a campaign with the slogan ...London olympics its a little bit crap"

I wonder if they awarded it to here to annoy the French for something, and the average brit seems to care little for it, maybe that will change but I look forward to the opening ceremony 

Annoy the French, I like that idea (not for annoying them) but for the reason it was awarded. The UK seems to saying it is so stony broke that everything is up in the air but it is paying for the Olympics. I find it funny, but I'm not in the UK.

Cindy

lol

i just seem to remember when they have the awarding on tv there were many many verry stoney looking french, i admit that made me chuckle knowing how much the brits and french dislike each other.

then why did they build a tunnel lol?

Quote from: Vanna on March 28, 2011, 04:37:59 AM
lol

i just seem to remember when they have the awarding on tv there were many many verry stoney looking french, i admit that made me chuckle knowing how much the brits and french dislike each other.

then why did they build a tunnel lol?

I think to trade insults at a modern level

Cindy

Lol Cindy

a really good point 

I don't know from where I am. but is there, "your train was late, ours was on time. Da Da De Da Da."

Cindy

Quote from: Vanna on March 28, 2011, 04:37:59 AM
lol

....then why did they build a tunnel lol?

...I think it was to park broken French trains in, when it Snows.... 



Chrissty

Quote from: Chrissty on March 28, 2011, 07:20:04 AM
...I think it was to park broken French trains in, when it Snows.... 



Chrissty

Hola stranger 
hehe yes trains and farmers have somewhere to park when they are striking now too