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| After clicking the link, and seeing it, what do you think? |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| They look like medals. What's the matter with them? |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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they look a bit like loonies and toonies (Canadian dollar coins)
and a bit like a radical change in the concept of a gold medal:
"Hey look ma! I won this medal with a big thick round ring of jade in it!"
Instead of what they used to say: "I won GOLD" :
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huffdaddy
Joined: 25 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 5:35 am Post subject: |
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Beijing:
Torino:
Someone needs to keep the graphic designers away from the medals. |
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Canuck Teacher
Joined: 18 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 6:58 pm Post subject: |
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The accompany promotional material released by Chinese officals said that, "The medals... are an embodiment of traditional Chinese values of ethics and honor, sending forth strong Chinese flavor."
LOL ahhhhh hahaha.
That "flavor" you taste comes from the dead bodies (now fogotten) of the 1000+ students murdered by the Chinese government at Tiananmen Square. |
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