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Olympics delayed by flag farce

Discussion in 'Southampton' started by Qwerty, Jul 25, 2012.

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  1. Qwerty

    Qwerty Well-Known Member

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    Not sure whether to laugh or cry about this one, kick off in the Columbia v North Korea Olympic Women's match at Hampden was delayed by over an hour because the South Korean flag was displayed on the big screen next to players by mistake.

    The offending image which I have stolen from @jamescrossan on Twitter, is here

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    Qwerty, Jul 25, 2012
  2. JDub

    JDub Well-Known Member

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    Pretty big mistake given the craziness of North Korean fervour.
     
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    JDub, Jul 25, 2012
  3. Rich

    Rich Well-Known Member

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    Pretty big mistake to make!! The flags aren't even similar.
     
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    Rich, Jul 25, 2012
  4. Saints Fan4Life

    Saints Fan4Life Well-Known Member

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    Great start to The Olympics ...
     
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    Saints Fan4Life, Jul 25, 2012
  5. The Based God

    The Based God Active Member

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    Banterrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
     
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    The Based God, Jul 25, 2012
  6. pompeymeowth

    pompeymeowth Prepare for trouble x
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    It's pretty shoddy that they put up the wrong flag though.

    Have you ever watched the documentary, talking of DPRK, about James Dresnok the GI who defected there? Amazing story.

    [video=youtube;qHAMAwIWciA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHAMAwIWciA&feature=related[/video]
     
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    pompeymeowth, Jul 25, 2012
  7. benditlikeabanana

    benditlikeabanana Well-Known Member

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    Columbia is in America, Colombia is a country. Similar incident happened when an woman won a gold for Kazakhstan a couple of months ago, and they played the anthem from Borat. The poor woman was crying her eyes out
     
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    benditlikeabanana, Jul 25, 2012
  8. Qwerty

    Qwerty Well-Known Member

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    Or the most epic troll ever.

    The DPR (which isn't D, P, or R) are winning 1-0 at half time.
     
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    Qwerty, Jul 25, 2012
  9. benditlikeabanana

    benditlikeabanana Well-Known Member

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    with the amount of spectators- they could have played it in the local park. It must be a nightmare picking up a player against Korea-
     
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    benditlikeabanana, Jul 25, 2012
  10. AlanSFC

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    We´ve been planning the Olympics for years and we make a cock up like that. Oh dear. Well, it was at Hampden park so we can just blame the Scots.
     
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    AlanSFC, Jul 25, 2012

  11. pompeymeowth

    pompeymeowth Prepare for trouble x
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    benditlikeabanana

    thank you.
     
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    pompeymeowth, Jul 25, 2012
  12. TheSecondStain

    TheSecondStain Needs an early night

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    I can remember when British commentators would chuckle contemptuously over incidents like this, when presenting from overseas, because in Britain, we would never, ever get something blatantly wrong as that. Well, welcome to the world of handing over responsibility for an easy job because the computer never makes mistakes.

    Computer says No...North Korea..!

    PS. Bendit, We may joke, but PM is correct. You need to edit your comment.
     
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    TheSecondStain, Jul 26, 2012
  13. JDub

    JDub Well-Known Member

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    Nah, it's not that bad.
     
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    JDub, Jul 26, 2012
  14. TheSecondStain

    TheSecondStain Needs an early night

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    It's not aimed at you, and besides I don't think you're in the position to make the decision.
     
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    TheSecondStain, Jul 26, 2012
  15. benditlikeabanana

    benditlikeabanana Well-Known Member

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    relax man, how the hell is that racist. Did you watch the game? the Koreans are all the same height, build and all have dark hair cut short
     
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    benditlikeabanana, Jul 26, 2012
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    fatletiss Well-Known Member

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    Agreed. Not very funny or clever
     
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    fatletiss, Jul 26, 2012
  17. AberdeenSaint

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    ..... yes, it was probably that useless Andy Murray`s fault!. I would suspect that that footage was prepared somewhere outside Scotland, and by someone not Scottish.
     
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    AberdeenSaint, Jul 26, 2012
  18. pass the football

    pass the football Well-Known Member

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    As we speak, I'm sure the North Korean FA are preparing a massive St George cross ready for Scotland's next visit to Pyongyang.
     
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    pass the football, Jul 26, 2012
  19. lamby

    lamby Needs a cold shower

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    Also turns out that the first press release from LOCOG had to be recalled because it referred to South and North Korea instead of their correct titles. Double whoops!
     
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    lamby, Jul 26, 2012
  20. Wisescummer

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    It's almost like we got abonus episode of the fantastic 'Twenty-twelve'
     
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