Dame Tessa Jane Jowell DBE MP and David Mills:
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Knitting Pattern (nothing to do with the Olympics):
Supplies
F hook
worsted weight yarn in black, blue, green, red and yellow
tapestry needle
black embroidery thread
embroidery needle
8 4mm round black beads
fiberfil
Make FIVE rings, one in each color
ch 31 and *sc across; ch 1 turn*.
Repeat between * * 2 more times.
Sc across and finish off, leaving a 12-inch tail.
Assembling
With tapestry needle, stitch together the free loops (first row) to the inner loops of the last row, stuffing with a small amount of fiberfil as you go.
When you have done this for all five rings, arrange the rings using the top picture for guidance. One by one, stitch each ring closed as you wrap it around the correct ring. Stitch to the back of the ring it’s touching if it lies underneath, or to the front of the ring if it lies on top. (Does that make sense?) While they won’t stand on their own, the rings will stay in place if leaned against something. Sew on the beads for eyes and embroider the mouth on all of the rings except the black.Comment
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Originally posted by Lateralthinking1 View PostThanks Beef Oven. I appreciate the good comments. I'm more than happy though to receive no answers to the question.
Unlike those who spend seven years being manipulative, furtive and a bit rubbish to get a gong, I banked the five gold stars I got for handwriting at the age of seven and moved on to what I hoped (wrongly) would be something like reality.
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Some great stuff here on Channel 4 news from last night - Dame Tessa spouting hokum but novelist Iain Sinclair being very articulate on what he thinks of the whole affair
I agree with Scotty above that "The Arrival of The Torch" (I'm afraid I find that phrase absurd and sinister, now Jowell's used it) has been fantastically well organised in London and doubtless elsewhere, and there were indeed lots of smiling faces...
but... but....
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Sinclair spot on! - Brought back Mann's Mario and the Magician which I have just been reading.Originally posted by Caliban View PostMy life, each morning when I dress, is four and twenty hours less. (J Richardson)Comment
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The Olympic Athletes Village has a Mayor...
(Former Granada chief Charles Allen)"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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I'm going to be gut-wrenchingly balanced here (get a chair for scotty, someone!) but I experienced a momentary pang of pride that this country managed to broadcast a severe well-informed critique of the games from Iain, a marvellous well-informed puff for the games from Tessa and then the AbFab duo spoofing it all and no-one went to jailOriginally posted by Caliban View PostSome great stuff here on Channel 4 news from last night - Dame Tessa spouting hokum but novelist Iain Sinclair being very articulate on what he thinks of the whole affair
I agree with Scotty above that "The Arrival of The Torch" (I'm afraid I find that phrase absurd and sinister, now Jowell's used it) has been fantastically well organised in London and doubtless elsewhere, and there were indeed lots of smiling faces...
but... but....
It's going to happen no matter how much some of us resent it and are suspicious of it, so let's hope it all goes well and that no-one gets hurt
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Yes, Sinclair is right. The torch procession began at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. By comparison to today, the Nazis were more modest in their ambitions for manipulating the public. In turn, three years before WW2, the public were less inclined to fling themselves at it like wenches. No doubt many will protest that it hasn't been like that at all. Well, in that case they are children of the state being led by the Pied Piper of Hamlyn. If anyone ever doubted the impact of mass hypnosis, they only have to look at the 3.9 million in Britain who have been duped by this event. Economic efficiency should drive expensive fantasy and never vice versa.Originally posted by Pianorak View Post
I was reminded of the ten minutes this year when I tuned into a shopping channel. The most incompetent person on television I have ever seen was flashing old bits of stone on his fingers. Incredibly, they were being flogged for a couple of thousand pounds. But then the camera hovered seemingly forever on the light they reflected. In that manipulation of minds, many quite obviously are seduced. I doubt when the purchasers become tired of them, they will be able to sell them off for a tenner on ebay or at the local market stall. At least with luck they can use a stall without being killed because of all the health and safety legislation.
Dame Tessa may be "passionate" about this event but then she is "passionate" about everything. That for me prompts questions about whether she is passionate about anything at all. She spins the same old yarn about it all being under budget. I detest politicians telling me lies. She says "London has been out celebrating". No it hasn't. A minority of people in London have seized an opportunity to get drunk outdoors, very unusually with the endorsement of Big Brother. That was Hyde Park last night. And "the people of Peckham and Camberwell are celebrating Britain and their community". She must be joking. It's total escapism.
No one sober would be celebrating either if they hadn't been bludgeoned for weeks on end by one false idol after another. Bear in mind that no American city has applied to host the 2020 games because the costs are prohibitive. So much for legacy. But hold on. According to every station on the radio, this view is yesterday's news. The mood on the streets has changed. Every scrap of cynicism has now been magically transformed into enthusiasm and excitement. Well, I've been on the streets today and I can tell you that neither applies. The majority of people look the same as they ever were - bored, stressed, remote and downtrodden.Last edited by Guest; 27-07-12, 12:07.Comment
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Trust you to try and disturb the long-established equilibrium on this forum, amsey ...Originally posted by amateur51 View Post
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“The Paradox”, a cartoon in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, August 3, 1936. It shows Olympics and Nazi flags flying over a stadium.
A cartoon from the 1936 Berlin Olympics imagines the year 2000 when spectators will have been replaced by television and radio.Comment
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Happy to help!Originally posted by scottycelt View PostTrust you to try and disturb the long-established equilibrium on this forum, amsey ...
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Why is this picture so appealing? Because the participants look happy, modest, natural and normal.
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Couldn't agree with you more: that was my thought (except for the 'no-one went to jail' bit). Not for the first time, one is proud of Channel 4 newsOriginally posted by amateur51 View PostI'm going to be gut-wrenchingly balanced here (get a chair for scotty, someone!) but I experienced a momentary pang of pride that this country managed to broadcast a severe well-informed critique of the games from Iain, a marvellous well-informed puff for the games from Tessa and then the AbFab duo spoofing it all and no-one went to jail
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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