I kind of agree Les, but the Games has been whored out to Advertisers and Corporations for years now. Why shouldn't Torch Bearers be able to have a slice of the cake?

 

There's no such thing lol. It's gone out many times since 1896 and anyway a flame doesn't exist at a molecular level from one instance to the next, so it's never 'the same' flame continuously.

 

It's just a bit of metal!

If I had one it would be exchanged for a forged 2.35 without a question of doubt.

 

Lets come up with some idea's for a torch on our cars.
I'd use one as side pipes (exhaust) on the Legacz but i'd need to get some gold wheels to match..... driver side or passenger side , what do you reckon?

who said that the runner can buy their torch????? is that true or made up... sounds a bit bizare. " white tracksuit anybody????"

 

Alternatively buy a photo of it for £103.00

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/London-201...item4d01686880


I'd agree in part to the comments about selling it, but it's to be expected sadly, this is todays society, although the woman who sold for £153K said she would use the money for a "worthwhile cause", hopefully not feeding her Kfc and crack addictions .

 

She was interviewed by BBC breakfast.
She said she's using the money for a local charity.
However, she didn't say how much they're getting out of that 153K, and how much she's keeping

 

lol..if i had it..i would have sold it and bought another Scooby....

 

Saying anything different would have been stupid of her!

£100 to charity - rest in her pocket.. lol

 

£200 to buy it so anyone flogging it bought it purely to profit.

If they didn't want it they didn't need to buy it.

5t.

 

Can't agree in this day and age Les. It's like war heros having to sell their medals: a sad fact of the greedy life most of us now live.

 

I think it has far more to do with the facts of life rather than a decline in moral standards.

Many people are really struggling just to make ends meat. So if an oppotunity to raise a quick buck arose, of course they are going to take it. I'd much rather my family were fed clothed than having a gold olympic torch in display in my living room to 'show off' to friends and family.

Do you realise how many people are losing serious amounts of money due to the Olympics?
Try asking the self employed underground workers as well as many office works in the Dockland/Canary Wharf area. Many have been asked to stay away for 10 weeks to ease pressure on the transport system. Will they get a penny from the Olympics? Will they f*ck!

 

even if it was just 10k of that she gave to a charity, its 10k they wouldnt other wise have seen, if it just sat in someones house

im not bothered either way what happens to the torches tbh.

what icant believe is theres people willing to pay that amount of money!!

 

Its fine if she wants to sell it.

But she hasn't even done her leg with the torch yet!

I'd say she's using the charity thing to try and get a bit of heat away from he.

 

lol has she not??!!

thats a bit of cheek then tbh i think!!

there should be a bit of respectful "downtime" lol - it does point to greed tbh, unless ofcourse its all going to charity.

 

still no confirmation that the athletes can buy the torch , SO ITS NOT THEIRS TO SELL.

 

To be honest,I think exactly the same applies. An Olympic medal is something which is very special and I think that someone who is prepared to sell it to make a personal profit having won it in the first place has got entirely the wrong attitude towards the games and what they mean in the sporting world.

Les

 

You have successfully demonstrated your true character to us all!

Les

 

Do you really think that is sufficient justification? Does modern moral decay make it right?

Les

 

Are you suggesting that they should have been paid for their part in carrying the torch?

That is what you are saying amounts to!

Les

 

It actually depends on the organisation which is sponsoring that particular part of the run.

Some will give the torch free to the runner while others will charge for it,about £155 I think they said.

Les

 

Nope.

 

I would have sold it in a flash and not gave a toss about anybody's negative comments, some people may just be bitter that they never got it themselves or even worse, never got an olympics ticket.

I wouldnt want one in my house if it was worth that much, would be a thief magnet for sure. Plenty of more sentimental things i could buy for that kind of money.

I hope they sell to someone who is gratefull though.

All my opinion ofcoarse, doesnt mean im an ungratefull f*cker, just dont care about the olympics.

 

Nice one - a loss of a mere 2.24 million
Bloody disgrace

 

just a slight scratch on the surface of the 9.4-ish billion the games have cost though.

 

Is there really any benefit of the olympics apart from if your lucky enough to get a torch to sell on?

 

i not sure whether its right or wrong but ebay says theres at least 100,000 reason to sell lol

 

If there is 8,000 of them out there I don't see how they are worth 150 k on eghey. A fool and his money are easily parted! I bet you could ask the factory to make you one for a couple of grand lol.

I see the BBC state propaganda apparatus is pumping our Olympic propaganda full blast at the monument. So much joy in diversity! The nation in Olympic harmony!

 

There's no way anyone will pay £150k for it.

 

 

And that my friend is why this country is fcuked