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Name your child "Olympics"Posted by Banyue, October 24, 2007 3:27 PM
 The First, October 24, 2007 At long last, the front pages of different papers have different news. The top headline in The First today says that there are 3,491 people in China named "Aoyun" (奥运), or "Olympics." 3,216 are male and 275 female; Beijing has 6 Aoyun. Other people share a name Fuwa, mascots of the games, but that might be merely a coincidence. The front page picture shows the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra rehearsing beside a dinosaur fossil in the Beijing Natural History Museum. The Canadian group performed for the public last night and will be on stage tonight at the Forbidden City Concert Hall. Marika Domanski-Lyfors (photo on the left), the first foreign coach of China's Women's football team, resigned "for family and heath reasons." The Chinese Football Association announced her decision yesterday. Other headlines:
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Comments on Name your child "Olympics"
Theese people are just stupid... we are doomed
I was noticed that there are babies named as the mascots of the games, these names are: Bei Bei, Jing Jing, Huan Huan, Ying Ying , Ni Ni. Its funny!