olympics

so lets talk about the major event gripping the world today......for the less intellectual im not talking about Obama or Clinton...instead im going to talk about the olympics

The political aspect doesn't bother me much instead the common sense aspect does bother me. Why would the Olympic organisers approve spending millions of dollars to carry a flame from Greece to China when a 50-cent made in China cigarette lighter would have lit the Beijing Stadium cauldron just as effectively

Is Greek fire different from Beijing fire????

BUT dont mention cigarette lighters to Olympics organisers they like to complicate things a lot..

In barcelona olypics they had some robin hood wannabe shoot a flaming arrow into the Cauldron
In Sydney Olympics a they got some half mermaid girl to light the thing under water

I dont know whats gonna happen in beijing but it sure aint gonna be some blue-jacketed proletarian artictically flicking a cigraette a hundred feet into the cauldron

OKAY back to the dam torch, i'm told the torch realy is an ancient tradition...WHAT ancient tradition

I know 2500 years ago the greeks used to dam hyped up about the flame during the games but after it no one cared( the ancient greek cleaners usually barbecued leftover mutton chops in it, got drunk on leftover wine and then dumped the sacred flame cauldron in the storage room till next olympics)

BUT why are the greeks so obsessed with fire??????

WELL they lived under a bad-tempered (AKA sadistic) god called zeus who was into punishment. On one occasiion he got pissed at the Greeks and deprived them of fire ( Raw Mutton? Cold soup? No wonder they invented the Greek salad)
Fortunately for the greeks a lesser god called prometheus felt sorry for the Greeks and gave them fire back. Zeus lost his temper (not to mention face) and punished the poor guys buy chaining him to a rock and having a vulture eat his liver. Zeus repaired the liver every night so that they punishment was for eternity. Yes Zeus was not the kind of CEO you want to work for

Now every time i see a torch relay i see in my mind a guy chained to a rock with a vulture pecking at his liver..... if tats tradition give me progress anyday...............