tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-120605176727036175.post8695607168837079936..comments2023-05-26T01:57:42.821-07:00Comments on Five Rings: Mount Olympics: The Torch Goes to India!Lexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03913693811512143821noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-120605176727036175.post-31143582005719356582008-04-24T14:12:00.001-07:002008-04-24T14:12:00.001-07:00Damn. See, here’s what I was thinking would happe...Damn. See, here’s what I was thinking would happen:<BR/><BR/>So things keep getting hotter in Tibet, right. Europe’s getting uppity and declaring they’ll boycott, the US is feeling very awkward about it, and China’s about to lose a helluva lot of face. These are people who didn’t boycott HITLER, mind. <BR/><BR/>But as everybody knows, you can’t have the Olympics with no Olympic Flame. And you clearly can’t have an Olympic Flame if the Olympic Torch hasn’t made it to the stadium. And should, for example, the Olympic Torch have gone missing somewhere on the highest mountain in the world, because it’s a freaking mountain and people die and get lost up there all the time, what are you going to do about it? And it wouldn’t be fair to blame the host country, everyone knows that accidents happen on Everest. So it turns out that we can’t have the Olympics this year anyway, and it’s Mount Everest’s fault, instead of being China’s human rights record.<BR/><BR/>And everybody is happy. Except the athletes. But probably if the IOC fed them dumplings, they’d get over it. It worked with the Tibetans.Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11984973627528290063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-120605176727036175.post-90538041135223628392008-04-24T14:12:00.000-07:002008-04-24T14:12:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11984973627528290063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-120605176727036175.post-54325130220796725202008-04-23T22:06:00.000-07:002008-04-23T22:06:00.000-07:00Oh man, I TOTALLY know the answer to that one.The ...Oh man, I TOTALLY know the answer to that one.<BR/><BR/>The scientists specifically designed a special "Go Up Mount Everest" torch. It's in a miner's lantern of some sort and is specially designed to stay lit.<BR/><BR/>You see, the "torch" is actually a huge series of torches. The runners each get to keep the torch they ran with as a... souvenir?<BR/><BR/>Also, they'll have an Emergency Backup Torch that will stay lit at the bottom of the mountain... just in case.Lexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03913693811512143821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-120605176727036175.post-22147940978271131172008-04-21T22:56:00.000-07:002008-04-21T22:56:00.000-07:00Man, I was totally prepared to say that my iPod wa...Man, I was totally prepared to say that my iPod was from Japan, but I looked on the back, and you're right, it was assembled in China. Designed in California, though, which I guess makes it better...(?)<BR/><BR/>Now, was the Indian torch procession off limits because of angry Tibetans, or because of Rabid Bollywood Fangirls? 'Cause I can see that going either way?<BR/><BR/>I'm so psyched for the torch to climb Everest. What happens if there's not enough oxygen for it up there?Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11984973627528290063noreply@blogger.com