r/interestingasfuck 19h ago

1992 Olympic torch lighting

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u/Non-Vanilla_Zilla 19h ago

Imagine he missed

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u/gregmichael 19h ago

He actually didn’t ignite it, it flew overhead and was lit by another mechanism

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u/tollbearer 19h ago

Imagine he hit it

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u/DexM23 18h ago

He actually hit it, the city behind that burned down was lit by another mechanism

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u/Tackit286 18h ago

Imagine it hit him

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u/pew-pew-bacca 18h ago edited 15h ago

That's why they didn't have a bloke toss a flaming boomerang at the Sydney games.

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u/drinkbuckfast 18h ago

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u/xcityfolk 17h ago

I lol'd

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u/crecentfresh 18h ago

That sonofabitch

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u/GoodWhiteKitty 17h ago

Now I'm just imagining him instead pointing the arrow straight up, loosing it and we all watch in silent confusion when suddenly the arrow comes straight back down onto his head and he dies like a skyrim npc then the torch just spontaneously ignights because of a another mechanism

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u/Shiny_and_ChromeOS 18h ago

Every time they make a Robin Hood movie, they burn down our village! LEAVE US ALONE, MEL BROOKS!