# Olympic Opening Ceremonies: The Greeks Just Lit the World's Biggest Doobie! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 14, 2004, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-opening-ceremonies-the-greeks-just-lit-the-worlds-biggest-doobie/259798 "2004-08-14T03:48:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-opening-ceremonies-the-greeks-just-lit-the-worlds-biggest-doobie/259798/1 "2004-08-14T03:48:00Z")
Or at least, that’s what it looked like to me! My first impression was of Marvin the Martian and his really big laser-type thing getting ready to blow up the earth. Then my husband noticed the visual similarity to a joint. I thought they were _against_ doping in the Olympics! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-opening-ceremonies-the-greeks-just-lit-the-worlds-biggest-doobie/259798/2 "2004-08-14T03:53:23Z")
**MsRobyn** and I couldn’t figure out if that was the cauldron or some weird lighter. ---
**Author:** ![BobbySuezQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@BobbySuezQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobbySuezQ)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-opening-ceremonies-the-greeks-just-lit-the-worlds-biggest-doobie/259798/3 "2004-08-14T04:00:09Z")
LOL! I thought the same exact thing. Bubba is at work so I sent him a message … “dude just sparked the world’s biggest joint!” Looks nice upright, but :eek: that was distracting! ---
**Author:** ![Spree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@Spree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spree)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-opening-ceremonies-the-greeks-just-lit-the-worlds-biggest-doobie/259798/4 "2004-08-14T04:23:08Z")
Oh, my…and here I had more phallic imagery in mind. :o ---
**Author:** ![Jurhael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@Jurhael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurhael)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-opening-ceremonies-the-greeks-just-lit-the-worlds-biggest-doobie/259798/5 "2004-08-14T04:25:59Z")
I LOVED the Opening Ceremony. I really think it was the best one EVER! 😃 It’s not because I’m half Greek either. I actually thought the cauldron looked like a rolled up cigarette! Bwah. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-opening-ceremonies-the-greeks-just-lit-the-worlds-biggest-doobie/259798/6 "2004-08-14T04:26:01Z")
> [@Spree](#): > > Oh, my…and here I had more phallic imagery in mind. :o Yep. My first thought was dildo. But then, I apparently have a dirty mind. ---
**Author:** ![Abbie\_Carmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@Abbie\_Carmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abbie_Carmichael)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-opening-ceremonies-the-greeks-just-lit-the-worlds-biggest-doobie/259798/7 "2004-08-14T04:43:04Z")
[I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought it was a joint …](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=5166672#post5166672)