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    Vancouver 2010: coolest Olympics ever!

    By acanuck on Tue, 05/26/2009 - 3:14am | Sports

    The torch design for next year's Winter Olympics was apparently unveiled months ago. Only now have some sharp-eyed reporters started asking each other, "Hey, what does that look a bit like to you?"

    Personally, I love it. It sums up in one image the best British Columbia has to offer: winter sports and B.C. Bud. Now if only the organizers can sign up gold medalist Ross Rebagliati to kick off the torch relay.

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    I had to rely on the Googles to figure out that it supposedly looks a bit like a joint. Even after knowing what I'm supposed to be comparing it to, I don't find the resemblence particulary strong. Of course, if you were currently smoking one, you might be more persuasive.


    by Nebton on Wed, 05/27/2009 - 8:55am

    I had to google it too. I think it looks like a pregnancy test stick.


    by Orlando on Wed, 05/27/2009 - 9:55am

    It's a nuclear missile! They're planning to hit Seattle. Boycott the Canadian Olympics!


    by Michael Wolraich on Wed, 05/27/2009 - 11:16am

    As Genghis once said, tough crowd. I guess I should have rotated the thing 90 degrees, and photoshopped in a pair of lips. But I had trouble even getting the pic to display. (I presume I owe G-man thanks for the fix.)

    Anyway, as a Canadian controversy, the Olympic torch is so yesterday. The current flap is over our lovely governor-general who, while visiting some Inuit hunters, eagerly chowed down on a piece of raw seal meat. Seal heart, actually. What's got the international anti-seal-hunt types particularly incensed is that she cut the carcass open herself to slice off her snack.

    I don't want to reignite the veggie wars, but I'm with the G-G on this one. (Not that she needs my help; she's a ballsy lady.) If you've ever eaten a Big Mac or KFC nugget, don't say a word about a woman who's willing to skin and dress her own dinner. 


    by acanuck on Wed, 05/27/2009 - 2:59pm

    If you've ever eaten a Big Mac or KFC nugget, don't say a word about a woman who's willing to skin and dress her own dinner.

    I'll take it a step further and say that if you're not willing to skin and dress your own dinner, then you shouldn't be eating Big Macs or KFC nuggets (assuming these things are actually made of meat).


    by Nebton on Wed, 05/27/2009 - 3:03pm

    I really like that torch - it looks like a scalpel to me. 


    by Bluesplashy on Wed, 05/27/2009 - 7:46pm