Olympic flame

[jd_here]

Can't say I'm overly excited by all the hype surrounding the Olympic flame, are you?

[waterboatman]

Nope.

[Hopkirk]

Bored with it already.

It won't get exciting until someone tries to disrupt it.

[bibblebub]

It's not the most exciting thing in the world but it's ok. Would be better if that bloke in the grey tracksuit didn't jump in at every opportunity.

[ummmm]

Did you see him just pull someone over?

[jd_here]

If it takes 25 minutes to travel 900 metres, will it reach London in time?

[bibblebub]

will the current old guy make it to the end of his stint?

[DTCwordfan]

Jonathan Edwards shedding a tear - what next? A stripper?

[Mick-Talbot]

ummmm
Did you see him just pull someone over?
07:23 Sat 19th May 2012



He stumbled ..... Lol

[commoner]

As a spectacle it looks like a disaster but as a symbolic historical event ..yes I am very excited with the whole Olympic thing....as a keen athlete in the past and still interested in athletics that's probably not surprising..........:-)

[webbo3]

you can tell the blokes/women in grey are coppers, getting heavy handed with the old people trying to take a piccy, im just glad im holiday for most of it.


Dave.

[ummmm]

Lol...of course he did.

[boxtops]

It's coming to the seafront here on July 18, ticket only event, you have to apply via Ticketmaster (for a fee)....

[Mick-Talbot]

Spongebob is on sky 604 in a bit.

[jd_here]

Does every bearer have a new torch? If so, how many are there?

[boxtops]

I think so jd, it's the flame that's handed over, not the torch.

[webbo3]

lol @ mick



Dave.

[Mick-Talbot]

I assume there is 8000 of them jd, they have the option to purchase them

[bibblebub]

8000 torch bearers - each has the opportunity to buy their torch so must be 8000 torches

[commoner]

Wonder why it came in a miners lamp....I've got one standing in my hearth that my old dad used to use..just like it....looked a bit daft the chopper pilot walking with it looking all important like.....with a miners lamp?..not very glamorous!

[jd_here]

Thanks mick n bb