http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=43195 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Sun, 19 May 2013 16:23:46 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=43195#post-123612 Mon, 21 May 2012 18:41:49 +0000 JohnA 123612@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>It's articles like this that make me proud to be British. 4* because its slightly too long and laboured. Rather like the Olympic relay... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=43195#post-123611 Mon, 21 May 2012 18:25:49 +0000 The All New Jeni B 123611@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>I may be a bit out of touch but don't the torches look a little like ENORMOUS spliifs?</blockquote><br /> That's what our local constabulary are worried about... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=43195#post-123603 Mon, 21 May 2012 17:46:42 +0000 dvo4fun 123603@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I may be a bit out of touch but don't the torches look a little like ENORMOUS spliifs?</p> <p>Edit: Oh and some great lines in here [no pun intended] </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=43195#post-123569 Mon, 21 May 2012 13:10:51 +0000 seymour totti 123569@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I would have given 4* as well, but that's petrol! With the naked flames in this story, the whole Writers Room could have gone up in seconds. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=43195#post-123568 Mon, 21 May 2012 13:09:03 +0000 wallster 123568@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Nice, 3*. Would have been 4 but it's just not that funny, truth be told. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=43195#post-123562 Mon, 21 May 2012 12:58:16 +0000 Thor 123562@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I was going to comment, but couldn't be bothered - have 5 lethargic stars. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=43195#post-123547 Mon, 21 May 2012 12:26:30 +0000 The All New Jeni B 123547@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Like it.</p> <p>The local police are holding a 'dress rehearsal' for it's arrival here.<br /> Given that the route is through one of the most drug and prostitution riddled areas of town, I think the biggest concern is stopping some junkie from trying to smoke it. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=43195#post-123544 Mon, 21 May 2012 11:52:10 +0000 waylandsmithy 123544@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Very good! They've resurfaced the roads near me, that the flame will be travelling along. So there has been some good that's come from this. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=43195#post-123534 Mon, 21 May 2012 11:06:34 +0000 Vertically Challenged Giant 123534@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>As the Olympic torch relay makes its way across the country, millions of people are celebrating the arrival of the flame in their town by going about their life as normal, and maybe grumbling a bit about the traffic problems.</p> <p>‘I heard that the torch was going to be coming past the end of my street on Monday, so I decided I’d allow a little bit more time for my journey to work. You know, just in case the roads were busy with people coming in to stare at a small fire on top of a stick.’ said Taunton resident Alex Lane, ‘Once I’ve finished work I’m going to celebrate the fact that somebody carried an oversized candle near my house by going to play five-a-side football, because that’s what I do every Monday.’</p> <p>The 8,000 mile torch route will take 70 days and give people all over the country the chance to ignore athletes and celebrities as they pass by with a sense of importance and a naked flame. Chair of LOCOG, Seb Coe, has hailed the effect that the ceremonial relay has already had in bringing the British people closer together.</p> <p>‘This is what the spirit of the Olympics is all about. We’re still a couple of months away from the start of the games but already we’re seeing people from all walks of life, who wouldn’t normally have anything in common, coming together and trying to turn a blind eye to our relentless attempts to ram the Olympics down their throats.’ said Mr Coe, ‘Entire communities are setting aside the problems of their past, united by a common sense of apathy. It brings a tear to your eye, it really does. Almost as much as seeing the budget for it all.’</p> <p>The relay may only be a few days in but it has already had some problems. On Monday morning the flame went out due to a 'malfunctioning burner’ and a replacement flame had to be brought in. Organisers are keen to ensure that incidents such as this are kept to a minimum, and insist that the seizure of dozens of super soakers and detention without trial of several schoolchildren was a 'reasonable precaution’. </p>