SPORTS HUMOR
Humor from the Beijing Summer Olympics, 2008
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Olympic Diary: You are enjoy these Games!
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BEIJING - Press conferences around here don’t produce usable quotes, but they are highly amusing. The Chinese moderators demand full control, giving long-winded welcome speeches to winning athletes while reporters on deadline squirm and check their watches.
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“You are enjoy these Games!” one moderator told the saber medalists. She needs to write out her speeches on Microsoft Word, so that the little green lines warn them about grammatical problems.
“You are enjoy these Games!” one moderator told the saber medalists. She needs to write out her speeches on Microsoft Word, so that the little green lines warn them about grammatical problems.
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Everything at these interview sessions must be translated into Chinese, even if there is no Chinese reporter within a kilometer of a place, like at the fencing venue. The moderators never point to a reporter for a question. Instead, they wave their hand horizontally, palm upward.
Everything at these interview sessions must be translated into Chinese, even if there is no Chinese reporter within a kilometer of a place, like at the fencing venue. The moderators never point to a reporter for a question. Instead, they wave their hand horizontally, palm upward.
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They look like emperors up there on the dais. Emperors of the press sub-centers.
They look like emperors up there on the dais. Emperors of the press sub-centers.
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In China, last names come first and first names come first. So some moderators get everything confused. Trying to be familiar and friendly after the U.S. men’s basketball game, one conference moderator announced, “Thank you, Bosh.”
Cracked up everyone.
In China, last names come first and first names come first. So some moderators get everything confused. Trying to be familiar and friendly after the U.S. men’s basketball game, one conference moderator announced, “Thank you, Bosh.”
Cracked up everyone.
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Here’s another odd thing: There are no public address systems. Instead, officials enter oversized press rooms and just start screaming: “Attention press!!! There is press conference at 11:45 for butterfly medalists!!!”
Here’s another odd thing: There are no public address systems. Instead, officials enter oversized press rooms and just start screaming: “Attention press!!! There is press conference at 11:45 for butterfly medalists!!!”
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One fellow came in with a bullhorn to invite journalists to a party. It sounded like a very scary party. I don’t think anybody went.
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