Jay Leno’s view of the Games

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During Thursday night’s monologue, NBC’s Jay Leno gave his Olympian perspective. Here’s some of what the ‘Tonight Show’ host had to say:

‘Only one more day till the Olympics. People are really holding their breath. Not from excitement. It’s just -- you don’t have a choice in Beijing.’

‘To give you an idea of how bad the smog is in Beijing, China -- today they were named L.A.’s sister city.’

‘It will be great seeing all these athletes competing, don’t you think? Finally, people in China sweating from something other than the working conditions.’

‘Thousands of Chinese citizens have volunteered tomorrow night to use rocket launchers to seed clouds in order to prevent rain from ruining the Opening Ceremonies ... and if any of those rockets happen to land in Tibet -- whoopsie-daisy. Sorry!’

‘President Bush arrived in Beijing earlier today. Again, I don’t think he really understands the Olympics that well. Like they asked him if he liked the decathlon, and he said no, he preferred regular coffee.’

-- Greg Johnson