Who should light the Olympic torch?

[Destination]

So, who do folks think should light the Olympic torch at the opening ceremony?

I think it should be a former great Olympian, rather than any celebrity.
My choice would be between Steve Redgrave and Tanni Grey Thompson, preferring the latter for the worldwide message it would send.

 

[T345]

me

 

[RomanNose]

Boris Johnson after a couple of pints.

 

[ThePengu1n]

Boris Johnson after a couple of pints.

This has potential

 

[sniffy]

It's going to be embarassing compared to the Chinese ceremony whatever happens so yeah, drunk Boris.

 

[Minxy]

Steve Redgrave

 

[GreatAuk]

Prince Philip

If he or Boris are actually doing it then I might just be persuaded to watch...

 

[atpbx]

I dont believe anyone actually cares enough about it to post a proper opinion.

 

[Minxy]

The other half suggests the human torch from the Fantastic Four

 

[Edrof]

Piers Morgan should be dressed as a the biker from The Village People, set on fire and loaded into a day-glo trebuchet by a team of scantily-clad cheer-leaders. Then he should be hurled into the air to arc beautifully through a series of five giant Olympic hoops, a red white & blue smoke trail being emitted behind him, before a remotely-triggered explosive attached to his backside shatters him into a million incandescent sparks. The gently falling sparks flutter down like fireflies in the night, eventually igniting the torch below. This is the least he owes us.

 

[the shadow]

britboy

 

[[FnG]magnolia]

The other half suggests the human torch from the Fantastic Four

Wouldn't that be cannibalism?

 

[p4radox]

Brian Blessed.

 

[Randomface74]

don't care - olympic torch causing too much hassle to oxford drivers - thing should be illegal

 

[LeeUK]

Whole thing is a waste of money. Thousands of small worthwhile charities and community groups up and down the country losing out on funding due to it all going on the Olympics. Just for some well off 'celeb' sports people can earn some medals and sponsorship deals.

 

[Minxy]

Wouldn't that be cannibalism?

Isn't that where people eat each other? Being a human torch he wouldn't die and wouldn't be eaten.

 

[Destination]

He might have meant cannonballism.

 

[Tomsk]

It should be a British athlete who competeed in the last London Olymplics.

 

[Muban]

How about Steve Redgrave and Hugh Laurie jointly lighting it? I jest of course, Steve Redgrave would get my vote. There can't be very many more deserving.

 

[duc999]

I dont believe anyone actually cares enough about it to post a proper opinion.

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