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August 24, 2008 12:30 PM

Tall, gawky white celebrities

By Chris Tomasson


BEIJING _  Tall, gawky white men were in Sunday in Beijing.

After the Olympics Closing Ceremonies, Chicago Sun-Times sports columnist Greg Couch and I headed onto the field at National Stadium, where the partying after the event was to continue well into the night.

Greg, who is from Denver, and I walked around and took plenty of photos of the performers in the ceremonies. Soon, though, they were approaching us and asking to have photos taken of us with them. After a while, dozens had asked.

For starters, there aren't a lot of tall, gawky white guys in China. And the normally reserved Chinese were letting their hair down, so to speak, after their fine Olympics.

Soon, some Chinese asked for our autographs, and others followed. Each of us must have signed 10 autographs.

Perhaps they thought we were athletes, so, after signing my name, I began to write "USA.'' One woman, however, said the Chinese really like American journalists. So maybe they did know are actual professions.

Or perhaps they just liked tall, gawky white guys. Sunday was interesting day to be one in Beijing.



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