On 7 Apr, 16:39, just john <teuy13...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On 7 Apr, 16:18, boblee1...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > On Apr 7, 9:15 am, just john <teuy13...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>http://www.wa****ngtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/07/AR200=
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> > > > Me, I think -- since we've had to put up with the mystique of this
> > > > damned "eternal" flame for all of our lives* -- any time the Torch
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> > > > extinguished, they should have to go back to that place in Greece,
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> > > > light it, and start all over again. =A0If the Torch can't make it
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> > > > Games in time for their start, that year's Games should be CALLED
> > > > OFF!!
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> > > > And if the Games are called off for this reason for more than
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> > > > times in a row, we ditch them altogether.
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> > > > Let's take this myth as seriously as it WANTS to be taken!
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> > > > * I'm assuming nobody reading this is over 125 years old or so, so
> > > > that counts as "eternal" in this day and age.
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> > > > =A0--
> > > > * Radio Free Entropy:http://just-john.com/cn/rfe.shtml
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> > > Dream on!
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> > > The torch carrier put out the flame, but fire was still inside the
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> > It's actually very difficult to put the torch out because there are
> > mechanisms within it to keep the flame lit inside. =A0It's actually
> > quite a sophisticated bit of technology these days! =A0I wouldn't say
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> > was completely impossible though, because there have been television
> > programs (broadcast in more peaceful times) that tell people exactly
> > what tech. the torch has inside of it, and the old saying - where
> > there is a will, there is a way - applies.
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> Well then, that's no Olympic Flame; that's just a pilot light!- Hide
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And that is splitting hairs. lololololol.
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