Mon, Aug 16/04
Shenanigans!

It was a good show, but, so sorry, the Olympic opening ceremonies in Athens were not watched by 4.5 billion people. Short of claiming that more than 100 percent of the planet's population watched them, I can hardly think of a more ridiculous claim to make. At the time the ceremonies began, North America was at work, India was going to bed, and China was fast asleep. If even half of the people in those countries were doing what they should have been doing, that takes care of it.