{"id":646,"date":"2012-03-10T14:29:47","date_gmt":"2012-03-10T14:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/londonerfromafar.wordpress.com\/?p=646"},"modified":"2016-07-24T11:44:50","modified_gmt":"2016-07-24T10:44:50","slug":"the-london-olympics-posters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alondonerfromafar.co.uk\/the-london-olympics-posters\/","title":{"rendered":"The London Olympics Posters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well,\u00a0ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, the summer Olympic games are just round the \"The\u00a0corner. It feels it was not such a\u00a0long time ago when we all\u00a0heard the results of that ballot. Some people then said `Good\u00b4, and thought `What on Earth?\u00b4. Some others just didn\u00b4t want to hear about it or were overjoyed.<\/p>\n

Now, the Government is asking Londoners to stop using public transport while the many sporting events taking place, and warns us of possible shortages in internet access. So, what many of us are now saying is `Why on Earth\u00b4?<\/p>\n

The London\u00a0Olympics team have produced many outdoor advertising posters to try and gain our trust and support. Some of the posters are really\u00a0interesting and don\u00b4t avoid controversy. I am pasting some of them below. I have deliberately avoid using the ones that are directly sponsored.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0I simply\u00a0love the idea behind this poster, how it forces us to\u00a0look beyond appearances.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Nice, erm, poster!<\/p>\n

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\u00a0London 1948 – have you ever seen this one?<\/p>\n

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