Olympics 2008

Moonliner · 08-04-2008, 09:15 AM

Some interesting tidbits:

The order for the parade of nations is set by the number of strokes in the first character of the countries name in Chinese. The United States comes in 140th out of 205. Australia and Zambia (plus of course China) bring up the rear.

Time wise Beijing is 12:00 hours ahead of eastern time. (Which makes it easy for me to keep track of things....)

NBC has managed to get some finials moved early/late so they can be shown live.

The next summer games will be the 2012 XXX Games in London.

08-04-2008, 09:15 AM	#5
Moonliner 8/30/14 - Disneyland -10k or Bust. Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9,022	Some interesting tidbits: The order for the parade of nations is set by the number of strokes in the first character of the countries name in Chinese. The United States comes in 140th out of 205. Australia and Zambia (plus of course China) bring up the rear. Time wise Beijing is 12:00 hours ahead of eastern time. (Which makes it easy for me to keep track of things....) NBC has managed to get some finials moved early/late so they can be shown live. The next summer games will be the 2012 XXX Games in London. __________________ - Taking it one step at a time. Last edited by Moonliner : 08-04-2008 at 09:25 AM.
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