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kebab@endlesstalk.org to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago

Man lights cigarette from French war memorial

www.france24.com

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Man lights cigarette from French war memorial

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kebab@endlesstalk.org to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago
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    Life imitates art:

    Dale Gribble lighting his cigarette from the Olympic Torch

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      Dale Gribbel, savior of the sacred flame.

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        I quit smoking over a decade ago, but if I had the opportunity to light a cigarette from the Olympic torch…I’d take it. Probably also use that cigarette to light the pilot lights on my water heater and then all my showers would be heated by the Olympic flame (technically speaking).

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          There’s also the Holy Fire of Jerusalem

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