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Olympics Opening: Soldiers wore nappies for seven-hour stint at Olympic opening
bangkokpost.com ^
| dpa
Posted on 08/15/2008 11:13:12 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
Soldiers operating the huge scroll that formed the centrepiece of last week's Olympic opening ceremony had to stay hidden under the structure for up to seven hours, wearing nappies because they were not allowed toilet breaks, state media reported on Friday.
Nearly 900 soldiers were hidden underneath the scroll, many of them moving giant printing blocks with Chinese characters, the Beijing News reported.
"The performers for Chinese character parts went into the models underground at 2 pm, and after getting in there they could not come out," the newspaper quoted choreographer Han Lixun as saying.
"The underground area was so hot, there were 897 people there, and they had to wait until they finished their performance," Han said.
"So altogether they had to stay there for six to seven hours, and they could not even go to the toilet, so they all wore nappies," Han said.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2008olympics; armyofoneandtwo; boycottchina; china; chinesemilitary; dirtydiaperduty; nappiebutts; olympics
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To: TigersEye
Yeah, communism. Those who work together and play together [the rest censored].
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To: Berlin_Freeper
The only reason I opened the thread was to find out what a nappie was.
What language is that, sounds like a diaper to me.
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08/15/2008 7:07:58 PM PDT
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dalereed
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To: weegee
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08/15/2008 10:39:33 PM PDT
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rdl6989
To: Arthur Wildfire! March
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08/15/2008 11:23:56 PM PDT
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MeekOneGOP
(McRINO needs reach across the aisle to Conservatives for a CHANGE! Dang him!!!)
To: Berlin_Freeper
Sounds like a very full-filling activity.
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08/15/2008 11:33:46 PM PDT
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Manic_Episode
(Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps...)
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