odycee | Hanky Dance

There's an article on BBC news today about whether we should include Morris dancing in the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympics. The thought of that alone was enough to reduce me to laughter and then I read one of the readers answers to the question - what other quintessentially British traditions should feature in the ceremony?:

Perhaps dancers with 'Kiss me quick hats' holding umbrella's in one hand, leading donkeys in the other, can leap and cavort an entrance to capture the true sense of the traditional British holiday. Naturally, with a Punch and Judy store in front of the Royal box, to keep her majesty interested during lulls in proceedings. Or, perhaps a troop of rowdy bald headed men, wearing union jack t-shirts, braces, jeans and DM's can re-create the traditional British hooligan attack - stagger into the arena, and throw bottles and seats at the crowd?

Bwah! But how sadly true that is.

And something else from BBC news today: Captain Jack to get his own adult spin-off show from Doctor Who. Wow! I think preferably I'd like to see Captain Jack with the Doctor but I'll take what I can get! But something tells me this is going to sink without a trace after a very short time...