Comments on: Olympic Torch Host Cities: Be Careful What You Pick Up http://underthejacaranda.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/olympic-torch-host-cities-be-careful-what-you-pick-up/ An online forum with a focus on China Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:36:39 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Ned Kelly http://underthejacaranda.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/olympic-torch-host-cities-be-careful-what-you-pick-up/#comment-412 Ned Kelly Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:48:38 +0000 http://underthejacaranda.wordpress.com/?p=131#comment-412 Oops, I meant the "Ardagh Phallus", not "chalice". Oops, I meant the “Ardagh Phallus”, not “chalice”.

]]> By: Ned Kelly http://underthejacaranda.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/olympic-torch-host-cities-be-careful-what-you-pick-up/#comment-411 Ned Kelly Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:47:59 +0000 http://underthejacaranda.wordpress.com/?p=131#comment-411 As a surreal supplement, perhaps comprehensible only by those afflicted by Gaelic braincells (raising my hand), here's a very Irish piss-take on the topics of torches and fetishistic phallic symbols. Here are the Irish puppets, "Podge and Rodge" discussing the history of the "Ardagh Chalice": http://youtube.com/watch?v=3kPvV1WXQ0s As a surreal supplement, perhaps comprehensible only by those afflicted by Gaelic braincells (raising my hand), here’s a very Irish piss-take on the topics of torches and fetishistic phallic symbols. Here are the Irish puppets, “Podge and Rodge” discussing the history of the “Ardagh Chalice”:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3kPvV1WXQ0s

]]> By: Ned Kelly http://underthejacaranda.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/olympic-torch-host-cities-be-careful-what-you-pick-up/#comment-410 Ned Kelly Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:50:13 +0000 http://underthejacaranda.wordpress.com/?p=131#comment-410 If there really is such a thing as an accursed object - a material thing with a curse attached to it - then China's Olympic Torch is one. The curse became attached to it when it was announced that it would be carried through Tibet. Beware of angry spirits, even if you don't believe in them - because it's enough for others to believe in them. If there really is such a thing as an accursed object – a material thing with a curse attached to it – then China’s Olympic Torch is one. The curse became attached to it when it was announced that it would be carried through Tibet.

Beware of angry spirits, even if you don’t believe in them – because it’s enough for others to believe in them.

]]> By: Adriana http://underthejacaranda.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/olympic-torch-host-cities-be-careful-what-you-pick-up/#comment-409 Adriana Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:35:35 +0000 http://underthejacaranda.wordpress.com/?p=131#comment-409 I look forward for the incidents through the Olympic route. Too bad W. cannot show Jimmy Carter's courage when he boycotted the Olympics. (W. makes Carter look like an excellent President in my opinion) I look forward for the incidents through the Olympic route.

Too bad W. cannot show Jimmy Carter’s courage when he boycotted the Olympics.

(W. makes Carter look like an excellent President in my opinion)

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