China Is Going Crazy For Tall, White People
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| Awful Announcing found this 8/21/2008 on www.sportingnews.com [flag] |
So, you wanna experience what it's like to be a superstar athlete for a day, do ya? Are you a male somewhere between 5'10" and 6'6", white, with a small to medium sized frame and an imperfect set of teeth? Yes? Well, then hop on a plane and get your ass to China. As the BBC's Steve Parry -- a bronze medalist in the '04 Games -- proves, that's all it takes to be mobbed as if you ...
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... That whole scene reminded me of the New Era commercial where everyone thinks the dude in the airport is David Ortiz. Parry does say he feels like a "fraud" but tell me you wouldn't try the same thing just to see what it was like. Too funny. China Is Going Crazy For Tall, White People (The Sporting Blog)
