Wednesday, July 6, 2005
Jolly good!
As Samuel Johnson famously said to Boswell in 1777, "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford." Oh how true, how true! It seems that even the possibly jaded members of the well-traveled Olympics committee know a good thing when it's right in front of them because they selected London for the 2012 Olympics. Sure it'll be impossible to get around the congested town (as it is on any ordinary day) but that would be true in all the finalist cities. Never mind, though, because many venues will be out of the center of town. Now, happily, the awesome London Eye won't come down any time soon (it's really fabulous - see some good photos here), lots more lucky people will get to experience Londontown, and Tony B. will go out on a high note. (Hmmm, I have an idea. It's not likely he will or can hang in there for seven more years thus to enjoy, as P.M., the fruits of this particular labour (pun of meaning and of spelling!), so maybe he and John Major can co-direct the Games since they'll both be out of office and twiddling their very capable thumbs.)
Labels: anniversaries, places
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