The Denver Financial Blowtorch Society presents:

LEG RAISING 2004: "Dere's More!"

August 7, 2004

11:45 PM Leon eats a slice of pizza

12:00 AM Raising of Leg and Ceremony

Fun Facts About This Year's Event:

Keith shone as English commentator, Derek St. Hubbins.

This year marked the debut of the pizza song.

Also the debut of a new fishing pole style lowering mechanism, courtesy of Tim,
as well as a new flashing bicycle light on the leg.

We held the 'pizza eating' at a new pizzeria that we won't mention,
but they stopped us prematurely. Also the pizza wasn't that good.

At any rate I want to thank all the people who helped out:
Tim, Mick, Po, Nancy, Tim, Keith, Claude.

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Keith, as English commentator, Derek "Stubby" St. Hubbins:
"Not since Mountbatten gave the Punjab back to the Turks
have I felt this sort of excitement"


Patrick participates in a discussion on the
meaning of the Lowering of the Leg.

Nancy's foot

"We have the best leg lowering on the block!" Mick attracts passers-by to the imminent event, in typical 6th St. Indian restaurant style.

Mick is wearing special leg protectors

Leon en route to pizzeria - carrying a boombox!

Crossing street towards pizzeria - a different one from the usual.

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Unsuspecting patrons

Crowd descends on pizzeria.


"Yes, what would you like?"

"I'd like a slice of cheese pizza, please"

This guy doesn't know what's going on.

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Leon sits down in preparation to eat his slice of pizza.

Leon presses play on boombox, begins pizza song

Crowd seen in mirror

First bite.

Crowd erupts in applause

But we are interrupted by an angry employee.

"This is a business, here!"

Boy, he was angry!

So we cut it a little short. Walking back home.

After a short pause, the leg begins to descend.

Approaching the destination.

Leon picks up leg, then bows, in cheese suit, holding leg.

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And now the leg in position in the window.

Tenant of building wonders what's going on.

The man, Lonnie.

Nancy: "Dere's more!"

Tim entertains and harrasses in his custom Rudy Giuliani "pope" hat.

Leon and Tim on the stairs.

Po attempts to sound British: "Simply smashing"

Post Leg Lowering interview

See other year's leg events here