The design of the opening ceremony in Sochi looks magnificent, but even that was beset by a few, um, problems. #SochiProblems - such as the fifth Olympic Ring being replaced by a snowflake. At least that was more whimsical than the bad hotels where the journalists are staying, which prompted the #SochiProblems hashtag in the first place. Others might say the spoiled Western mainstream media is making a big deal out of a few inconveniences. Still - pretty funny.
“@Sochi2014: Awesome - Snowflake Winter Olympic Rings #OpeningCeremony pic.twitter.com/AUTvTynWgw” good picture I'm laughing so hard
— Jordan (@gayterade) February 7, 2014Gay snowflake refuses to come out during #OpeningCeremony #SochiFail http://t.co/XCk5CIj7hY
— MarcPlante (@Marcplante) February 7, 2014YOU HAD ONE JOB #SochiOpeningCeremony @sochiproblems #openingceremony pic.twitter.com/7MS5duuuHU
— °Meryl°Evens° (@merylevens) February 8, 2014The missing ring in #Sochi opening ceremony? Russian television cut to prerecorded version showing all 5 rings.
http://t.co/LT7dt7BFfp
— Steve Wilson (@stevewilsonap) February 7, 2014#Sochi2014 Olympic rings fail is now immortalized on a t-shirt. cc @sochiproblems http://t.co/lRad9AdjF8 pic.twitter.com/YRWybMduSl
— Ryan Sloane (@RyanSloaneCNN) February 8, 2014Putin-cakes. The breakfast of Olympic champions. #SochiProblems #Sochi2014 pic.twitter.com/h7wCOms3zG
— Sochi Problems (@SochiProbIems) February 8, 2014Woman Who Lit #Sochi Olympic Flame-Tweeted a Racist Photo of #Obama http://t.co/1eN6xERQ9S via @mashable #sochiproblems #TeamUsa #uniteblue
— HonestyinGov (@HnstyNgov) February 7, 2014Sochi Mascot, Nightmare Bear, will haunt your dreams. pic.twitter.com/8FPl94RoQO
— Gellman - SCU (@SCUncensored) February 7, 2014Jurij (10) sees #Sochi #Olympics2014 mascot for the first time pic.twitter.com/NSaLrPh7cG
— olia lialina (@GIFmodel) February 7, 2014welcome to your nightmares pic.twitter.com/Tgkh7tw4Wj
— Heather Schmelzlen (@anchorlines) February 7, 2014The olympic mascot reminds me of something #sochi pic.twitter.com/gaBOyesb5G
— Jessica Elgot (@jessicaelgot) February 7, 2014Sorry Sochi! Uncle Sugar can't help you. #SochiProblems
— sttbs73 (@Sttbs73) February 7, 2014Journalists in Sochi are tweeting about horrible hotel conditions. Specifically, they're all full of whiney journalists.
— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) February 7, 2014US bobsledder Johnny Quinn breaks thru door after being trapped in bathroom. #SochiProblems http://t.co/vCkuWVmo0A pic.twitter.com/X3DPagpWKM
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) February 8, 2014Welcome to #sochi2014 - http://t.co/sprGIbghSV must read if you missed the best journo tweets yet
— kriszta satori (@fulelo) February 5, 2014CNN booked 11 rooms in one @Sochi2014 media hotel five months ago. We have been here for a day and only one room is available. #cnnsochi
— Harry Reekie (@HarryCNN) February 4, 2014@DChernyshenko Our media hotel is not ready Dmitry....11 rooms booked five months ago, only one ready. Please help.
— Harry Reekie (@HarryCNN) February 4, 2014This is the one hotel room @Sochi2014 have given us so far. Shambles. #cnnsochi pic.twitter.com/RTjEkmyan3
— Harry Reekie (@HarryCNN) February 4, 2014Ummmm... / RT @SochiFails1h
Another difficult decision #Sochi #SochiProblems #Sochi2014 pic.twitter.com/Fxm25oEu4k
— John Schindler (@20committee) February 6, 2014Ok, so my hotel doesn't have a lobby yet.
— Mark MacKinnon (@markmackinnon) February 4, 2014The reception of our hotel in #Sochi has no floor. But it does have this welcoming picture. pic.twitter.com/8isdoBuytl
— Kevin Bishop (@bishopk) February 4, 2014Hallways very dangerous, keep calm and carry on...or trip and fall and hit head. #SochiProblems #Sochi2014 pic.twitter.com/W2byFOOgax
— Sochi Problems (@SochiProblems) February 6, 2014To anyone in Sochi: I am now in possession of three light bulbs. Will trade for a door handle. This offer is real: pic.twitter.com/7AeesqDi8Y
— Dan Wetzel (@DanWetzel) February 4, 2014'Yuri, first things first. Let's get that electrical socket installed a foot over the door.' #Sochi pic.twitter.com/sp5fprdbat
— cathalkelly (@cathalkelly) February 5, 2014Watch your step @Sochi2014 -- I've noticed on walkway and on sidewalks that not all man holes are always covered. pic.twitter.com/a5Nv4wu5iA
— Jo-Ann Barnas (@JoAnnBarnas) February 1, 2014Then there's the water . . . ick . . .
My hotel has no water. If restored, the front desk says, "do not use on your face because it contains something very dangerous." #Sochi2014
— Stacy St. Clair (@StacyStClair) February 4, 2014Water restored, sorta. On the bright side, I now know what very dangerous face water looks like. #Sochi #unfiltered pic.twitter.com/sQWM0vYtyz
— Stacy St. Clair (@StacyStClair) February 4, 2014Also on the bright side: I just washed my face with Evian, like I'm a Kardashian or something.
— Stacy St. Clair (@StacyStClair) February 4, 2014
Bob Costas of NBC seemed to have caught Pink Eye from Sochi Water
Bob Costas did you not listen to us and drink water? #SochiProblems #Sochi2014 pic.twitter.com/LXl915XagK
— Sochi Problems (@SochiProblems) February 7, 2014Bob Costas must've put water on his face.
I'm sorry Bob, the result is looking like pink eye.
#SochiProblems #Sochi2014
— Sochi Problems (@SochiProblems) February 7, 2014The rules in Sochi bathrooms - pic.twitter.com/9kSxrQAwXD"l - No fishing in toilet is odd enough but what's last one? #Weird
— NotaSheep MaybeaGoat (@notasheepagoat) February 7, 2014PRIVACY PROBS?: A Russian official claims to have video surveillance in the Sochi Olympics bathrooms http://t.co/sgIlCsqIir @BleacherReport
— NewsBreaker (@NewsBreaker) February 6, 2014And Wikileaks is all snarly about Russian cameras in Sochi hotel bathrooms because NSA laserbeeeeeems is stealing your dreams at night.
— Zandar (@ZandarVTS) February 6, 2014How does water take urine away after I use it? #SochiProblems #Sochi2014 pic.twitter.com/L88YjpQJTD
— Sochi Problems (@SochiProblems) February 5, 2014People have asked me what surprised me the most here in Sochi. It's this. Without question ... it's ... THIS. pic.twitter.com/1jj05FNdCP
— Greg Wyshynski (@wyshynski) February 4, 2014Hilarious! This isn't a toilet w/o stalls. It's a 2-person luge w plumbing. #SochiFail #SochiProblems pic.twitter.com/qBbmwzsHIZ"
— Quy ''Q'' Nguyen (@JustQuy) February 7, 2014Our creative Russian friends offer their version of #SochiProblems #SochiFail pic.twitter.com/eqVV4ci1oU
— Alive Now (@AliveNow23) February 6, 2014Remember - elevator is the equipment of increased danger! #sochi pic.twitter.com/L8AWidzAOq
— Matt Galloway (@mattgallowaycbc) February 6, 2014Look closely. An armada of #Russian Navy patrol boats off the #Sochi coast. I counted 7 in a 2 mile stretch pic.twitter.com/WEUo7HhVku
— Matt Gutman (@mattgutmanABC) February 6, 2014I think @blakeshelton's song took too much meaning in Russia. #HoneyBee #SochiProblems #Sochi2014 pic.twitter.com/XnaLnraYpL
— Sochi Problems (@SochiProblems) February 5, 2014And Epic Hotel Problems:
It would appear the locks on my hotel room door have changed. This is news to me. This is ... interesting.
— SeanFitz_Gerald (@SeanFitz_Gerald) February 7, 2014Confusion reigns. I have been in this room since Sunday. Nobody has a clue why the lock has been changed. New key does not work. It is 157am
— SeanFitz_Gerald (@SeanFitz_Gerald) February 7, 2014I've been sent to a second building. The poor woman behind the desk is fishing through a massive ziploc bag of keys.
— SeanFitz_Gerald (@SeanFitz_Gerald) February 7, 2014It is now 2:33 am. Another man at the desk. His door was open when he got there. He said he did not open the door.
— SeanFitz_Gerald (@SeanFitz_Gerald) February 7, 2014Reception boss calls a handyman. We are all standing outside the room I have been using since Sunday. Taking the lock right off.
— SeanFitz_Gerald (@SeanFitz_Gerald) February 7, 2014This. Is. The. Most. Beautiful. Sight. These. Eyes. Have. Ever. Seen. pic.twitter.com/m7naObvVQZ
— SeanFitz_Gerald (@SeanFitz_Gerald) February 7, 2014Front desk worker appeared with a magic key. My key. Everyone was very apologetic. Very nice. Very willing to help. Not many answers.
— SeanFitz_Gerald (@SeanFitz_Gerald) February 7, 2014
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