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Thread ID: 124766 2012-05-18 00:47:00 Olympic Flame Officially Handed Over Roscoe (6288) PC World Chat
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1276009 2012-05-18 00:47:00 The Olympic Flame has been handed over in London in what has been referred to, by some, as an "ancient ceremony."

www.google.com

How old does a ceremony need to be to be considered ancient? Is 76 years enough to make it ancient?

The Olympic Flame torch relay was introduced at the Berlin Olympics in August 1936 and was carried into the stadium through the Marathon Gate at the Reich Sports Field in front of Herr Hitler.

That does not seem all that ancient.
Roscoe (6288)
1276010 2012-05-18 01:37:00 Christ Princess Anne looks like a horses ass or is it just me? prefect (6291)
1276011 2012-05-18 01:47:00 Christ Princess Anne looks like a horses ass or is it just me?

She was only cute when she was a child. As she grew she came to resemble the horses she rides.
Roscoe (6288)
1276012 2012-05-18 02:27:00 Christ Princess Anne looks like a horses ass or is it just me?

Princess Anne looks like a horse's arse, not an ass. An ass is another word for a donkey, but the Yanks don't know that so, for some reason only known to the Yanks, they call an arse and ass.

The Yanks don't know any better. How about you? Why not be different and use Kiwi English?
Ulsterman (12815)
1276013 2012-05-18 05:19:00 The Olympic Flame has been handed over in London in what has been referred to, by some, as an "ancient ceremony."

www.google.com

How old does a ceremony need to be to be considered ancient? Is 76 years enough to make it ancient?

The Olympic Flame torch relay was introduced at the Berlin Olympics in August 1936 and was carried into the stadium through the Marathon Gate at the Reich Sports Field in front of Herr Hitler.

That does not seem all that ancient.

If you compare it to technology it's ancient.. No longer a oil cloth draped torch but a LPG fueled version.
paulw (1826)
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