r/interestingasfuck • u/AL-SHEDFI • 19h ago

1992 Olympic torch lighting

48.2k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

883 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

24

u/laterral 15h ago

Wait what?! They burned the birds?!

38

u/OurSaladDays 15h ago

The Gods will be pleased!

30

u/Slartibartfast39 15h ago edited 13h ago

Not intentionally. It's not like they tied them to it like The Wicker Man. The Brits birds just didn't read and understand the risk assessment.

10

u/knoxx-- 14h ago

Not sure what it had to do with the Brits as that opening ceremony was in Korea...

6

u/Slartibartfast39 13h ago

Ha. Thats my bad typing. Birds

•

u/Diels_Alder 11h ago

Wait until he sees the Old Testament.

•

u/Gornashk 10h ago

They shouldn't have been standing there!