The olympic torch relay!

Kite2010

It is nice to see that 9 billion pound is being used to cheer the kids up with sugary drinks.

Sayaka

Kite2010 wrote: »

It is nice to see that 9 billion pound is being used to cheer the kids up with sugary drinks.

I can think of worse uses.

Balgair

It's passing through my town next week; I'm trying to decide whether to go, as I find crowds extremely stressful and hard to handle... but, it's a once in a lifetime experience, and I'd be silly to pass up the chance when it's going to be so close. I'll probably go along and try to find a quiet(ish) spot to watch from, I just hope it isn't too insanely busy, or I'll end up leaving without seeing it, which would be disappointing.

Pennywise2012

preable wrote: »

Some one told me if you are not a torch bearer or a olympic staff memeber if you touch the torch you can be liable for arrest lol.

Dunno about that, but I know the torchbearers get threatened that they are not allowed to let anyone hold the torch in case they run off with it. That would be funny though - people would start cheering and flag waving as soon as the thief took off

C_Mababejive

Kite2010 wrote: »

It is nice to see that 9 billion pound is being used to cheer the kids up with sugary drinks.

OMG There IS someone more cynical than I :j:j

Kite2010

One good thing about the relay is that the local council has finally gotten around to fixing the potholes in the road it is going down

bazster

preable wrote: »

Some one told me if you are not a torch bearer or a olympic staff memeber if you touch the torch you can be liable for arrest lol.

Sounds daft, but the way Britain (and London in particular) is being turned into a police state over the bloody Olympics I can believe it.

preable

Kite2010 wrote: »

One good thing about the relay is that the local council has finally gotten around to fixing the potholes in the road it is going down

Hahaha same here they fixed most of the potholes 2 days before the torch was due lmao.

As far as the police goes when it came to our town i swear that i saw 2 police officers on the roof of the church as if they were s.w.a.t LMAO.

chewynut

I was at the National Memorial Arboretum yesterday when Lance Corporal Johnson Beharry carried the torch (and accepted a cheque on behalf of a motorcycle event called Ride to the Wall which raised over £55,000 on behalf of the NMA). Considering there was over six thousand people there (about 5,500 more than expected according to the St John's Ambulance lady my dad was flirting with), he was only surrounded by six blokes in suits who had fun asking the crowds to step back and make way.

My dad and I got soaked to the skin on the way there but I wouldn't have missed it for the world. It was an amazing moment!

And it makes me irritated to see pictures of The f*****g Wanted and actors carrying the torch afterwards and getting a hell of a lot more media attention for it.

preable

Yup i hate celebs doing it like chris moyels and will i am the idiots!