The Olympic Spliff, er Torch

Is it an Olympic torch or a big, fat joint?

Some people in Vancouver are wondering, as the marijuana capital of Canada gears up to host the 2010 Winter Games. The silver and white torch, when lit, reminds them of a marijuana cigarette, giving new meaning to the games’ motto of aiming “higher.”

“It’s white, there’s the fire, and there’s its irregular size that’s wide in the middle and thin on both ends,” said Jonathan Mercier, 27, a tourist from Montreal. He’s not surprised that the torch is being dubbed the “Olympic toke.”

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Comedian Jimmy Kimmel, on his late-night television program May 21, poked fun with a doctored photograph purportedly showing gold-medal swimmer Michael Phelps smoking the torch. Jim Rome lampooned the torch in a commentary on ESPN television May 21.

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V.c » I missed this one when it first came out, but it is too good for me not to post here. Apparently 80 people at Bombardier worked on this thing and not one of them realized that this torch design was more representative of the Marijuana Olympics than the Winter Olympic Games. Ouch. Anyway, if you are an entrepreneurial pot-smoker (or is that an oxymoron?) then perhaps you can come up with a product that ties in the olympic torch and pot smoking paraphernalia and sell it here on the black market. You could probably even come up with some sort of cross-promotional strategy with your local pot dealer who will undoubtedly be extra busy during the Olympics.