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London 2012 Megathread [Part 1]
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Run_to_da_hills wrote: »"A German dignitary at the Olympic Opening Ceremony appeared to greet his country’s athletes with a Nazi salute, causing Boris Johnson and Camilla Parker-Bowles who were sitting nearby to explode into a fit of giggles.
The elderly man was caught on video repeatedly extending his left arm back and fourth prompting a few awkward stares from members of the crowd. Bizarrely he was sitting in front of Boris Johnson and Camilla Parker-Bowles who looked bemused at first before bursting into laughter.'
I thought the exact same thing when I saw him last night!!!0 -
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Run_to_da_hills wrote: »"A German dignitary at the Olympic Opening Ceremony appeared to greet his country’s athletes with a Nazi salute, causing Boris Johnson and Camilla Parker-Bowles who were sitting nearby to explode into a fit of giggles.
The elderly man was caught on video repeatedly extending his left arm back and fourth prompting a few awkward stares from members of the crowd. Bizarrely he was sitting in front of Boris Johnson and Camilla Parker-Bowles who looked bemused at first before bursting into laughter.'
From the youtube comments a bit of perspective:youtube comments wrote:Comment on DM: "This is Walther Tröger, an 83 year old man who once was the president of the National Olympic Committee for Germany and member of the International Olympic Committee. During the 1972 olympics he took part in the negotiations with the terrorists who later killed Israeli athlets. Tröger is definitely no Nazi. He is an old man with stiff joints who tries to wave like the athlets do. Thank you Britain for once again putting us Germans into the Nazi corner. Thank you very much."0 -
Run_to_da_hills wrote: »"A German dignitary at the Olympic Opening Ceremony appeared to greet his country’s athletes with a Nazi salute, causing Boris Johnson and Camilla Parker-Bowles who were sitting nearby to explode into a fit of giggles.
The elderly man was caught on video repeatedly extending his left arm back and fourth prompting a few awkward stares from members of the crowd. Bizarrely he was sitting in front of Boris Johnson and Camilla Parker-Bowles who looked bemused at first before bursting into laughter.'
Tbh whilst it does resemble a nazi salute a) it's the wrong arm and b)poor chaps getting on a bit, just a dodgy old man wave IMO. Just an unfortunate coincidence it happened to be a German dignatory.0 -
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Got a little bit emotional when Team Ireland was announced and was really surprised at the cheer they got! :eek:
I'd say that there were a lot of cheers from the British for us last night. Despite what some people here have been saying, our two countries are quite close. (don't tell anyone but I got a bit teary too
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Bradley Wiggins The Belgian
"Bradley Wiggins (DOB 28 April 1980) was born in Ghent, Belgium, where his Australian father, Gary, an endurance cyclist, was based. When his parents separated in 1982, he moved to London with his mother to stay with his maternal grandparents at the Dibdin House estate in Maida Vale."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley_Wiggins
Lol so all those narrow minded people who define nationality "where you are born and thats it" please step foward and call Bradley Wiggins Belgian? Any? Thought not.
Isn't nationality in the state of the mind and not necessarily where you are born?
Mo Farrah Somalian etc? Its amazing how many British atheletes come from all sorts of different backgrounds, very nice to see.
Its interesting how this country seems to have such a problem with defining irishness, screaming plastic paddies etc, yet the Brits don't seem to have a problem with it.0 -
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ThomasFlynn wrote: »yet the Brits don't seem to have a problem with it.
We don't have a problem with it when they're good at sport
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