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The BATOC has submitted a request for its own permanent territorial Olympic
flag. OV grudgingly approved.
Clay Moss, 1 April 2006
Alert, BAT, is going to make a concerted effort to host the 2026 Winter
Olympics. The British Arctic Territorial Olympic Committee, (BATOC) submitted a
design to advertise their intention. Although the flag design itself is poor, it
is consistent with other past local Olympic flags and was
Alert is not real optimistic about getting the nod to host the 2026 Winter
Olympics. It is anticipated that the main hold up will be Alert's insistence
that "real" winter sports be added to the Winter Olympic menu, and some of the
stupider sports be removed. Snow ball fighting, artistic snow man making, speed
snow man making, snow angel competition, polar bear wrestling, sled dog racing,
ice berg surfing, frozen spit distance spitting, and one more "stand outside in
freezing weather event that we haven't named yet competition" are a must while
ice dancing's gotta go. Also, each country must sign a pact promising not to
send and doofus athletes to the games. If any team is caught with doofus
athletes, that country will forfeit it's future Winter Olympics privileges. The
IOC does have several years to mull things over, so we'll see.
Clay Moss, 1 April 2006