Olympics off to an auspicious start

[DaveB]

London Olympic torch flame goes out during Greek ceremony

[BrilloPad]

Does that mean they have to be abandoned?

[TimberWolf]

Staggering. The burny thing only had to do one thing, which you'd hope they would have tested.

Ah, here's the problem:
Superman blows out Eternal Flame at Olympics - YouTube

[d000hg]

That's the gayest ceremony ever.

I thought the torch was all hi-tech so it couldn't go out.

I foresee this being on Russell Howard's show shortly.

[AtW]

This happened a few times in the past.

Once just before the plague and the other time before WW2.