The activity depicted in the Chinese propaganda poster shown below needs to be turned into a new Summer Olympics sport:
I wouldn’t be surprised if the red text at the bottom translates to “Wolverines!”
Photo courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.
Feb
21
2008
The activity depicted in the Chinese propaganda poster shown below needs to be turned into a new Summer Olympics sport:
I wouldn’t be surprised if the red text at the bottom translates to “Wolverines!”
Photo courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.
5 Comments
Looks an awful lot like skeet surfing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-jqEj1Hvnc
Wow, you’re dating yourself with the Wolverines reference.
(or am I by getting it?)
-adam
Spoiler alert…
My source on such things says that the caption reads “The Early Sun Shines on the Practice Field!”
Your source isn’t that far off — it’s best translated as “drill field” instead of practice field. It’s a slogan from either the Cultural Revolution or civil war.
Two man bikeathlon?