I'm no close follower of athletics, but the arrival of the Olympic Torch 24 hours after it left Athens suggests to me it didn't get there by being held aloft by a relay of runners, even world record-holders.
This achievement points to a welcome relaxation of airport security. The next time I'm told I can't take, say, a second piece of hand luggage on board a flight, I will bring a gigantic open-flamed torch instead.
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I've got this really funny image in my head of someone sat in their seat on the plane, flaming torch in hand. Someone leans over and says in a quiet voice, could you stop smoking please?