Olympic tramp!
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 10:02 pm
Typical Brits, you have to laugh..
Thousands of fans have joined an online campaign to get a elderly tramp to carry the Olympic torch.
Tramp Gordon Roberts, who is well known in Bournemouth for always knowing the correct time despite never wearing a watch, has got the support of 4,500 people who plan to nominate him as their 'inspirational member of the community'.
Eccentric Gordon, 82, has spent more than 20 years wandering the streets of his Dorset home town sporting a trademark white beard, football scarf and Parka jacket.
His supporters have launched a Facebook group dedicated to making him the town's official Olympic torch bearer.
They will now nominate Gordon to the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG) as a worthy candidate for the job.
The campaign is the brainchild of cousins Jade Reynolds, 21, and Looby Ratcliffe, 20, both from Poole.
Jade said: 'Gordon is just the nicest, most genuine man you could ever hope to meet.
'He's a great person - he's always got a happy word to say and everyone loves seeing him.
'So when we saw an advert for local heroes to carry the Olympic torch, he was the first person who came to mind.
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