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Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony In Funny Tweets

Funny bikes, little plants and some insanely scary spiders.
Chris York
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Senior Editor, HuffPost UK

Funny bikes, little plants, Dame Judi Dench and some insanely scary spiders - the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympic opening ceremony was certainly eventful.

Not that you’d have known it from the rather subdued start...

It's going to be a long night. #OpeningCeremony pic.twitter.com/tsQ9TtbULD

— Jim Waterson (@jimwaterson) August 5, 2016

It began with the beginnings of life itself.

#OpeningCeremony gets going with a recreation of a Russian athlete's urine sample under the microscope. pic.twitter.com/iF85LLeLTG

— David Schneider (@davidschneider) August 5, 2016

And when evolution kicked in people across the world got a little bit scared.

ah lá os zika vírus #OpeningCeremony #CerimoniaDeAbertura #Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/04YpWlUXNf

— pedro rafhael (@falarafha) August 5, 2016

Who else was thinking the same thing? #OpeningCeremony #Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/eE1TJ2cJ4o

— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) August 6, 2016

Just turned on the Olympics, saw giant robot spiders, and NOPE'd back out.

— Matt Silverman (@Matt_Silverman) August 6, 2016

Soon, humanity made an appearance.

#OpeningCeremony THE WHITES HAVE ARRIVED

— blige (@THECAROLDANVERS) August 5, 2016

Here come the Europeans in a dance section called “the arrival of death and syphilis”. #OpeningCeremony

— David Schneider (@davidschneider) August 5, 2016

All of a sudden suburbia sprang from the ground.

Am I the only one who seeing the similarity? #OpeningCeremony pic.twitter.com/GJTKo26bRI

— Tommy McFLY (@TommyMcFLY) August 6, 2016

There were high hopes of who could make a guest appearance.

When Pitbull parachutes out of a helicopter all will be fine #OpeningCeremony

— Chris Stark (@Chris_Stark) August 5, 2016

He must have been disappointed because this happened.

HOLY SHIT GISELE!!!! #OpeningCeremony pic.twitter.com/1UiwGrqi8w

— Purpose Tour Pics (@PurposeTPics) August 5, 2016

Gisele at #OpeningCeremony pic.twitter.com/9tg2PXsTRA

— Declan Cashin (@Tweet_Dec) August 5, 2016

Out of shot, Gisele is still walking. Nobody's told her to stop. She's half way up Sugarloaf mountain. It's all she knows #OpeningCeremony

— innocent drinks (@innocent) August 5, 2016

But then the dancing started!

Shite. #OpeningCeremony pic.twitter.com/lTqajrOanu

— Limmy Live: England (@DaftLimmy) August 5, 2016

Why am I still awake?#Rio2016 #OpeningCeremony

— The Media Blog (@TheMediaTweets) August 5, 2016

But at least the sound quality was good.

Get the same sound quality as the #OpeningCeremony by listening to an iPod through a tin can from a great distance.

— TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) August 5, 2016

Sound engineer's getting sacked in the morning #OpeningCeremony

— General Boles (@GeneralBoles) August 5, 2016

The sound is shite. It's like what it must sound like living next to Hampden. #OpeningCeremony

— Limmy Live: England (@DaftLimmy) August 5, 2016

In fact Limmy appeared to be even more pissed off than usual at the whole thing.

Shut your eyes and just listen to that shite. #OpeningCeremony

— Limmy Live: England (@DaftLimmy) August 5, 2016

ECHOEY FUCKING SHITE. #OpeningCeremony

— Limmy Live: England (@DaftLimmy) August 5, 2016

But someone seemed to be enjoying it.

'yaaaaas I love this one' #OpeningCeremony pic.twitter.com/gEQj6SlCYc

— General Boles (@GeneralBoles) August 5, 2016

And you have to feel for those who didn’t qualify.

I would have enjoyed competing in the Olympics but I am not fast. #Olympics #OpeningCeremony #Baymax pic.twitter.com/3pvNIWoh10

— I am Baymax (@I_am_Baymax) August 6, 2016

Then there was a touching section on pollution and the climate narrated by none other than Dame Judi Dench.

In my head, Judi Dench narrates every moment of my life #OpeningCeremony

— Declan Cashin (@Tweet_Dec) August 5, 2016

Global warming #OpeningCeremony thought this was about sport #moodkiller

— Dave Readle (@DaveReadle) August 5, 2016

Oh God, we're getting a tedious bilingual lecture on Global Warming at the #OpeningCeremony of the #RioOlympics ...Please, stop it.

— Tunku Varadarajan (@tunkuv) August 5, 2016

look at the dancing and music OH BY THE WAY THE TREES ARE FUCKED AND WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE and now more dancing #OpeningCeremony

— TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) August 5, 2016

We were only an hour in and it was already proving divisive.

That was one of the best #OpeningCeremony's ever. #posttruthpolitics

— Pokemom (@lilyallen) August 5, 2016

That was the SHITTEST opening ceremony ever #OpeningCeremony

— AR (@aroueno) August 5, 2016

And there was the small matter of when teams would appear in the arena considering Portuguese spelling mixed things up a bit.

Guessing which alphabetical team will come out next is certainly testing my non-existent Portuguese #OpeningCeremony #Rio2016

— Claire Phipps (@Claire_Phipps) August 5, 2016

And in the UK it was already getting late.

Question: are they classing the UK as UK or Great Britain? Just this ceremony is in alphabetical order....and it's 1am... #OpeningCeremony

— Robert Midgley (@RobertMidgley07) August 6, 2016

AND THEN THE TEAMS ARRIVED!!!

Here come Australia #OpeningCeremony pic.twitter.com/blwf7dvYTX

— innocent drinks (@innocent) August 6, 2016

Australia rocking the Thomas Cook holiday rep look #OpeningCeremony pic.twitter.com/x7ZOYYhm40

— General Boles (@GeneralBoles) August 6, 2016

It soon became apparent the commentators were engaged in some kind of fact-off competition with each other.

*doing olympics commentary*
"Ah Bulgaria, A fun fact about Bulgaria"
*checks wikipedia*
"He was the head womble... dammit"#OpeningCeremony

— TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) August 6, 2016

#OpeningCeremony #Rio2016 Factoids, tripping off the tongue like lead weights....

— Alastair Stewart (@alstewitn) August 6, 2016

Five fun facts about Andorra. It is bedtime isn't it? #OpeningCeremony

— Jane Merrick (@janemerrick23) August 6, 2016

"Finland. Not land-locked. Thought by many people to be home to Santa Claus, up in the North."#Rio2016 #OpeningCeremony

— The Media Blog (@TheMediaTweets) August 6, 2016

If Wikipedia pulled its website for just ten minutes, this commentary could get quite exciting #OpeningCeremony

— Faisal Islam (@faisalislam) August 6, 2016

But at least the Russians were doing well.

The Russian athletes have already made it to the Closing Ceremony.#OpeningCeremony

— David Schneider (@davidschneider) August 6, 2016

There were a few unexpected entrances.

I'm on my way to the Opening Ceremony #Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/I9ff7CIKpB

— Darth Vader (@DepressedDarth) August 6, 2016

The Empire better win gold or someone is getting force choked #OpeningCeremony #Rio2016

— Darth Vader (@DepressedDarth) August 6, 2016

Delegação da Nova Zelandia #Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/nuj7NTOTjK

— Mordomo Olímpico (@mordomoeugenio) August 6, 2016

By now people were tired and realising waiting for all those teams to make an entrance was going to take a long time.

Me waiting for my country's team to make their entrance #OpeningCeremony pic.twitter.com/C3nMJXUCvv

— 9GAG (@9GAG) August 6, 2016

Then we got to “M”.

México? not today #OpeningCeremony pic.twitter.com/3hJpdUWo7T

— hir∆m (@estadohiramico) August 6, 2016

Meanwhile in London...

In case you're wondering, this is what the London 2012 stadium looks like during the Rio 2016 #OpeningCeremony pic.twitter.com/Mu3dYDgPPG

— Francis Whittaker (@frittaker) August 6, 2016

But at least we had things like this to keep us entertained.

NOW THIS IS HOW YOU FLAG BEAR #OpeningCeremony pic.twitter.com/66a5U3i24K

— innocent drinks (@innocent) August 6, 2016

Oh, and those bikes...

So the #OpeningCeremony went with the Saw angle & used the bikes. Still dk what I'm watching. pic.twitter.com/BmIK9oU6iq

— Nick Short (@PoliticalShort) August 6, 2016

As a gay man, I can comfortably say that these bikes are very gay. #OpeningCeremony #Olympics2016 pic.twitter.com/k1OR8bXAgx

— #NeverHillary (@ScottPresler) August 6, 2016

I don't get the bikes. #OpeningCeremony

— Rosemary Barton (@RosieBarton) August 6, 2016

Then for some reason - can’t think why - everyone went a bit la la over the Tongan flag bearer.

Current flights been booked by females around the world ✈️🇹🇴 #OpeningCeremony #Olympics2016 #tonga pic.twitter.com/vkfH61Io40

— δεmγ (@Demidinho) August 6, 2016

Me trying to find flights to #Tonga. #OpeningCeremony pic.twitter.com/zQhMT4fVeu

— Jesse (@ncfac) August 6, 2016

Then things took a turn for the weird when it transpired the actual CIA were getting involved.

The best thing about the #OpeningCeremony is that the @CIA has turned it into a massive quiz https://t.co/LgrMEKsm6n

— Chris York (@ChrisDYork) August 6, 2016

Celebrating #Rio2016 #Olympics #OpeningCeremony? We'll be asking poll questions for you to test your world knowledge.
Hint: #WorldFactBook

— CIA (@CIA) August 5, 2016

Of corse what we were all waiting for was the entry of Team GB and whether or not flag bearer Andy Murray was going to carry on with Brit tradition and carry it one-handed, because apparently that’s a thing.

Andy Murray looking stoked to be Great Britain's flag-bearer...#OpeningCeremony pic.twitter.com/XdVbbBSRdS

— Sportsbet.com.au (@sportsbetcomau) August 6, 2016

Then it was time for the unveiling of the rings.

And finally, the Olympics rings are revealed... https://t.co/VU4WHfqJNT #OpeningCeremony #Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/cFCNOfvUQ1

— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) August 6, 2016

Is it just me or do the rings look like they are made of marijuana? #OpeningCeremony

— Sonja Nikcevic (@sonjanik13) August 6, 2016

The honour of lighting the Olympic flame went to...

BREAKING: Brazilian marathoner Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima lights the Olympic cauldron for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games.

— The Associated Press (@AP) August 6, 2016

@AP literally who

— inquiett (@inquiett) August 6, 2016

@AP who?

— Bradley Headrick (@HeadrickBradley) August 6, 2016

But at least it looked pretty.

"Give them back their flame."
"No! The Olympics have preempted my favorite shows for the last time" #OpeningCeremony pic.twitter.com/PMVGaD6Us3

— The Simpsons (@Simpsons_tweets) August 5, 2016

Imagine the scenes if Barry Manilow does a live version of Copacabana as the Olympic flame is lit. Stuff of dreams. #OpeningCeremony

— Ollie Heptinstall (@OliHepy) August 5, 2016

Anyway, that was about it.

Wasn’t as good as London 2012 though...

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