# The Olympic athletes' parade just went past my office

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 20, 2012, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-olympic-athletes-parade-just-went-past-my-office/632025 "2012-08-20T02:55:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-olympic-athletes-parade-just-went-past-my-office/632025/1 "2012-08-20T02:55:08Z")

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It’s the “welcome home” thing. It’s a nice sunny day - bit cool though - and there was quite a large crowd cheering.

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**Author:** ![BigNik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@BigNik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigNik)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-olympic-athletes-parade-just-went-past-my-office/632025/2 "2012-08-20T03:23:54Z")

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I did my usual thing and got trapped on the wrong side of George Street for that one. I had a look around to see who was handing out the rotting fruit to throw at them, but the only place I could find was the kiosk in Farrer Place that wanted the usual, extortionate rates for rancid mandarines.

Seriously? They underperform that badly and still have the gall to have a parade rather than being whipped through the street in stocks and irons?

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**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2012, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-olympic-athletes-parade-just-went-past-my-office/632025/3 "2012-08-21T07:04:59Z")

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In case anyone is interested, the Japanese team had their parade in Tokyo this week as well.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Ig_9VP2tU7E/maxresdefault.jpg "Olympic Parade of Japan Team at Ginza street") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ig_9VP2tU7E)