Who should light the olympic flame??

[hans kraay fan club]

Redgrave and Grey-Thompson. Our greatest ever Olympian and Paralympian.

I'd be dissapointed if its ANYONE else.

 

[MattBackHome]

The greatest living Briton:

 

[Clive Walker]

Linford!

 

[Bakesy]

John Terry

 

[Clive Walker]

eddy the eagle

 

[Seagull58]

I genuinely think asking any Olympian to do it will demean us as a nation. Let's face it, all our Olympians are even shitter than the average Olympian, so we'll be resorting to a rower or some other clown who once won a bronze in another of the college pastimes. Let's get a true English LEGEND with a bit of SHOWBIZ appeal in to do the job. This is really rare opportunity to show off our nation to the world. Let's not put up somebody nobody else has even heard of. As I said, Her Majesty is the obvious option and, with the Jubilee factor thrown in, I fully expect her to get the gig.

I really don't know how you came up with the thought that our olympians are "even shitter than the average olympian". Complete and utter shit in itself. Try Olympic standard rowing, cycling, swimming, athletics, judo etc. and let me now how you get on. Complete Twat rather than Badger I would suggest

 

[Worthingite]

John Terry

Clearly this. He's NOT a racist, apparently he's a leader amongst men, and a fearless legend. No one better in my opinion.

 

[Publius Ovidius]

John Terry

agreed

 

[In The Rough]

Amy Whinehouse

 

[pishhead]

I hope the lighting of the flame is done in true London style by the throwing of a petrol bomb.

 

[pishhead]

No, I don't, because he's a ROWER. And who the hell cares about rowing? Outside of Cambridge and Oxford I'm not sure anybody in the world does. The Olympics might be rubbish in content, but it's still a massive publicity opportunity to show off the UK so we'd be foolish to miss it. Let's do something that will get the world talking about our country. Imagine the Queen AND David Beckham together, when would you EVER get to see them join forces apart from for this? That's the sort of bar I would be setting, not rowers or sailors or bungee jumpers.



It's always a bit worrying when people take my genuine opinions to be wind-ups!

By that rationale then surely there is no point in the Olympics itself. After all Usain Bolt is just a runner. The whole point of the Olympics is so that people from all over the world can compete on a world stage and showcase their sport.

 

[Worthingite]

No, I don't, because he's a ROWER. And who the hell cares about rowing? Outside of Cambridge and Oxford I'm not sure anybody in the world does. The Olympics might be rubbish in content, but it's still a massive publicity opportunity to show off the UK so we'd be foolish to miss it. Let's do something that will get the world talking about our country. Imagine the Queen AND David Beckham together, when would you EVER get to see them join forces apart from for this? That's the sort of bar I would be setting, not rowers or sailors or bungee jumpers.

It's always a bit worrying when people take my genuine opinions to be wind-ups!

I would GENUINELY love to be on the med's your on..... Sir Steve Redgrave has won more medals for team GB than anyone else. What has David Beckham done in terms of being an Olympian? And to have that hatchet faced old bag grimacing her way through the lighting would be an absolute travesty. She's had her party, and she will be there as head of state presumably.

I've got a feeling it will be Sir Steve Redgrave and Dame Kelly Holmes. Just because it feels right and ticks all the boxes.

 

[bennibenj]

Barry Scott of Cillit Bang fame should do the putting out eventually

You can here it now 'Bang, and the flame is gone'

 

[goldstone]

CEO of McDonald's, or Coca Cola. That would keep the "sponsors first" theme going along nicely.

 

[Simster]

Redgrave has won five gold medals (I think). There are hundreds of these things dished out every time the OG are held, so five makes him fairly irrelevant in history. The Queen has ruled our country for SIXTY years and David Beckham is arguably the most recognisable living Englishman. They are both far greater achievements in my book. If we were talking about the opening of a leisure centre I'd agree with you, but the WORLD will be watching our country in a couple of weeks. That's quite a big deal and doesn't happen very often. Let's not show them how mediocre we really are putting forward rowers and other nonsense sportsmen.

Give it up. You are sounding like an irrelevent bore.

Who lit the flame in Beijing and Sydney then? Seeing as a 5 time Olympian is so irrelevant as to clearly embarrass the nation, you will know the answers fairly quickly. Chop chop.

 

[Twinkle Toes]

Whoever voted for Beckham should be strung up by the thumbs. Sake.

 

[BHAFC_Pandapops]

Sake. What is with people who think everything is shit or stupid or pointless or moronic. You can nay say all you like, but let people enjoy what they want to. Most of the populace would think the same of you.

 

[CP 0 3 BHA]

I've voted for Sir Steve but might Wiggins be in with a shout of a prominent role if he wins the tour?