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Post by peteetongman on Dec 11, 2013 17:25:47 GMT -5
The sign-language interpreter on stage at Nelson Mandela's globally broadcast memorial service was a faker who was waving his arms around meaninglessly, advocates for the deaf said Wednesday. The allegation raised questions of how and why he managed to insert himself into a supposedly secure event attended by scores of heads of state, including United States President Barack Obama. abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/mandela-ceremony-interpreter-deemed-fake-21173616
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Post by peteetongman on Dec 12, 2013 8:25:58 GMT -5
update: Thamsanqa Jantjie was branded as a scurrilous fake after members of South Africa's deaf community said his signing at Tuesday's memorial ceremony had amounted to nothing more than "flapping his arms around." In an interview Thursday with the Johannesburg daily, The Star, Jantjie put his behaviour down to a sudden attack of schizophrenia, for which he takes medication. He told the newspaper that he lost concentration, started hearing voices and hallucinating. "There was nothing I could do. I was alone in a very dangerous situation," he said. <what if the voices had told him to bring a machete to the service?> news.yahoo.com/mandela-memorial-sign-language-interpreter-39-fraud-39-004855924.html
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Post by peteetongman on Dec 13, 2013 9:12:23 GMT -5
woulda been funny to see the guy freak out and get Obama in a headlock and give barry a 'noogie', or maybe grab barry's underdrawers and give him an atomic wedgie
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