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Olympics Travel: Introducing the Official (Creepy) Cheer

Where: Beijing, China
June 12, 2008 at 10:02 AM | by | Comments (2)

A newly announced official cheer should make the case that the Beijiing Olympics will be the creepiest games ever. Officials are teaching 800,000 students the four-part chant and will put together cheering squads to show up at event venues.

Here's how to do it:

Step 1: Clap two times (while chanting 奥运, "Olympics")

Step 2: Hands in fists with thumbs up, arms extended upward (while chanting, 加油, "Let's go!")

Step 3: Clap two time (while chanting 中国, "China")

Step 4: Hands in fists, arms extended outward and upward (while chanting 加油, "Let's go!")

We're already pumped! A video demonstration is right after the click.

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[Photo: BBC]

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I dunno

I think the Soulja Boy dance should have been the official cheer, but that's just me.
Jenna on June 12, 2008 at 10:53 AM #Permalink

OMG ...

... I guess an official cheer just had to be done. I'm quite relieved by the video, it could've been much worse. I once taught a bunch of Chinese teenagers who had all these clapping games that ended up with the losers being violently slapped, so this cheer is suitably tame.
amandak on June 13, 2008 at 6:16 AM #Permalink

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