Did anybody else think there was just one Olympic torch?

[Bop]

I thought there was just one too.

Apparently the "torch" went out on the second day, but was re-lit from the hurricane lamp in the accompanying car - if it went out in Cormwall, there is no chance of it staying alight up here!

Bop

[January]

I make it £1,600,00. I imagine they make about half that, if everybody buys theirs. And it must cost a packet just to organise the torch relay.

Might be. Maths isn't a strong point

I'm calculating 8000 x 500 as the original price paid to whoever made them so a gross figure.

[Fiz]

I didn't think there was a torch for each runner - you'd imagine they would have spares but not one each at a cost of between £400-£500 a torch to make! However, it does get a lot of publicity and the torch is near us this week, I'm hoping to take DD.

One year the main flame in the stadium went out, I believe a cleaner lit it with a lighter and it had to be extinguished and relit with the 'proper' flame

[Damsella]

Oh I see, so they are being sold on at a loss.

Like you say, sounds like we the people got shafted by whoever made them Mind you the Olympics makes a packet from sponsorship, so hopefully that paid for them.

[Adelelee]

Another dippy one who thought there was only one!!!

[Tekkencat]

Apparently they were strapped into a special frame on seats 1A and 1B on the flight, with a fire safety officer sat in 1C. Whether all this is true or not is another matter of course, but they looked pretty well contained

It wasn't so very long ago (mid-90s) that you could smoke on planes...

i thought it was a twitter joke

gawd i remember smoking on flights - on one flight to Miami i thought the plane was going to tip backwards with the amount of people from the front coming to the back for a ciggie

[Em29]

yep i thought it was just the one (and when i was 'cough cough' younger - i used to think it stayed lit, even on the plane over to the country who was holding the games)

Yep, I thought exactly that too!

[Fiz]

Oh I see, so they are being sold on at a loss.

Like you say, sounds like we the people got shafted by whoever made them Mind you the Olympics makes a packet from sponsorship, so hopefully that paid for them.

Just seen this on the Mail online article about Will.I.Tweet

It cost £495 to make each torch, but runners were offered the chance to buy them for just £215 while those who won their places through sponsors such as Coca-Cola were given them free.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...#ixzz1vbU7e4TF

[scatterbrain]

I always thought it was lots of torches, but the same flame (if that makes sense).

[DillyDally]

No, because I keep hearing on the radio and TV about people buying them (or not, because they can't afford to). Oh, and now selling them eBay.