The Flame Goes Out in France

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Chiron
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EvilCouch wrote:
Chiron wrote:Oh, the Olympic flame is lit by a special ceremony using mirrors and the sun at the original site of the first Olympic Games and using the same method. The flame should not be put out until the games are over. That signifies the truce. I’m thinking that they have a spare flame somewhere…..
I was under the impression that they always had a burning oil lamp kept in a van, whenever someone's carrying the torch, just in case of rain, wind or some fuck-heads screwing with the torch bearer.
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San Fran has plenty of flamers to set the torch on fire again.
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