Boris Johnson and the history of ping-pong...
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 7:55 pm
Boris just gets more whacky every time he speaks! Today, at the official Olympic handover from Bejing to London, Boris informed us of the origins of ping-pong! He told the assembled crowd that it was originally called whiff-whaff, and that it originated in Britain. He started by saying that "the Chinese love playing it, but we invented it," and that it was apparently originally played on dining tables.
Boris continued something along the lines of: "yah, yah, when those French people were using their dining tables to, well, eat dinner, we Brits were using them to play whiff-whaff! It's true. Hit something up and down the table to one another. A rather innovative use of a dining table". [the hall of people are cracking up with laughter, as are all the people visible behind him]. "So, we look forward to four years times, 2012, when WHIFF-WHAFF WILL BE COMING HOME!!" Boris said in a very truimphant manner!
Having investigated online, I can confirm that whiff-whaff WAS invented by us! Boris is one crazy dood!!
Boris continued something along the lines of: "yah, yah, when those French people were using their dining tables to, well, eat dinner, we Brits were using them to play whiff-whaff! It's true. Hit something up and down the table to one another. A rather innovative use of a dining table". [the hall of people are cracking up with laughter, as are all the people visible behind him]. "So, we look forward to four years times, 2012, when WHIFF-WHAFF WILL BE COMING HOME!!" Boris said in a very truimphant manner!
Having investigated online, I can confirm that whiff-whaff WAS invented by us! Boris is one crazy dood!!