Ha! Sign language interpreter at Mandela funeral is a fake

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  1. Micketto

    Micketto New Member Past Donor

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    http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/12/11/mandela-south-africa-deaf-fake/3985257/

    I found this hilarious.
    Heard an interview with someone who was present, and they said "he didn't know what he was doing"..."He was just signing a bunch of gibberish".


    I love people.
    This is funny.

    [video=youtube;gG57ncLTCNc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG57ncLTCNc[/video]


    And before Rule 11 gets this removed, I will "elaborate" in braille.

    :. :: ..: :.: ::. : .:. :: .:: :. :.:

    Not gibberish... I'm pretty sure.
     
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    Durandal Well-Known Member Donor

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    It's a mad world.
     
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    trucker Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    first line he came in like a wrecking ball great song [video=youtube;JIa3hitoj9w]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIa3hitoj9w[/video]
     
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    Al Qaeda could of had a field day at that event. The WH denies there was a security issue. How many world leaders attended that event? Thankfully Allah was looking for an eye or a tooth that day.
     
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    If you think that someone doing this at a funeral is funny you are simply dead inside.
     
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    I laughed my head off. But that's because I'm twisted inside, not dead. if I thought there was any chance my funeral would be televised, I'd hire this guy beforehand to come prank it.
     
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    fifthofnovember Well-Known Member

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    This is flabbergasting. First, I'm not sure why one would get a signer for a funeral, but more importantly, how could they not get a real signer? It doesn't make any sense. It's not like they didn't have the money to get a real signer.
     
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    Smartmouthwoman Bless your heart Past Donor

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    Maybe you should tell that to Giggles here.

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    In some strange way, the fake signer seems fitting.
     
  10. Micketto

    Micketto New Member Past Donor

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    Funny? It's hilarious.
    The security and vetting process, both failures.

    Thanks for your very important assessment, Michelle.
    (you should smile more in these photos).

    I guess Barack is dead inside too....

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    Lol.. internationally televised broadcast memorial service... and this guy is just standing there waving his arms around.

    May be the best prank ever.
     
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    flyboy56 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I wonder if Michelle had some influence on hiring the signer?
     
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    I saw on the ticker that the guy who did this blames his schizophrenia. I bet the Secret Service is pooting bricks that a schizo was allowed that close to the President due to their reliance on South African security.
     
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    It is funny how that blond influence both Obamas feelings in such different ways.
     
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    [​IMG]
     
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    wgabrie Well-Known Member Donor

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    I know, right? After learning that, I want to know what the voices were saying inside his head, I really do.

    This guy could make a fortune if he goes on a media tour and writes a book.
     
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    Dutch Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    This is not only funny, it's a laugh of the Century. One would think, this guy would be vetted and then vetted again, being so close to the world leaders... where was the Secret Service, did not they vet this guy? The Secret Service with all of their latest escapades also deserves a laugh - the disintegration of American institutions under Obama is in full swing.

    By the way, if you do not consider this fake sigh interpreter funny, do you consider Obama taking selfie at a funeral also as not being funny? :)

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    No, he was directly hired by the S. Africa president for the grand sum of $85.
     
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    You missed the joke. Seems Michelle had a hand in hiring the Canadian based company to set up the Obamacare website which we know failed miserably.
     
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    Micketto New Member Past Donor

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    It's freakin' hilarious. The guy on internationally broadcast television, standing right next to these world leaders, just waving his arms around, having no idea what he's doing..... lol


    And he was hired and used by the African National Congress more than once in the past.

    lol

    From a link someone posted earlier in this thread:

    "We have used him on some occasions but yesterday was not an ANC event so we cannot answer for yesterday," spokesman Jackson Mthembu said.
     
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    Are you aware there are several different forms of sign language?
     
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    Toefoot Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    And what he signed conformed to what standard?

     
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    It was funny. Mandela would be laughing too. What is even more funny is that some posters are using this event as an attack on Obama. Newsflash! more than one world leader there........
     
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    White supremacists would have been more of a threat

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    At least he stayed awake unlike the guy in front
     
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    I am... why ?

    Are you going to claim this guy was using one ?
     
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    Toefoot Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    To funny, the man signing gibberish was into it.

     
  25. Dutch

    Dutch Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Attack on Obama? WTF must I wear kid gloves every-time Obama-san is mentioned?

    Lemmi connect some dots for you - the loony, sometimes violent guy, posing as an interpreter, was standing not 3 feet from Obama, right? Why did not Secret Service do their jobs vetting him? Ah yes, they have their own problems, dealing with an aftermath of sexcapades and other scandals... Secret Service fiasco, IRS, DOH, DOJ, EPA scandals all happened under Obama's watch, so I can say Obama is directly responsible for the destruction of American institutions.

    As for Obama flirting with Danish prime minister well... Obama never did take his job seriously. By his own admission, the coolest part of his job is that he can hang out with sports, movies and other celebrities.

    Nice president our Liberals picked, eh? :)
     

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