Middle East satire site concedes defeat after labourers forced to run Qatari marathon in flip-flops

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   moonsear

   April 7, 2015 at 7:29 am

   Is this for real? or is it satire of satire…now I am confused

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     Eric

     April 7, 2015 at 9:13 am

     http://yahoo.thepostgame.com/blog/heroes-villains/201504/workers-qatar-forced-run-marathon-shoeless-bid-guinness-world-record

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   Anonymous

   April 7, 2015 at 8:50 am

   This is where it gets confusing, so are you saying that other marathons don’t wear flip-flops?

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3. 

   Kellie Whitehead

   April 7, 2015 at 11:00 am

   Oh it happened. But then doesn’t it all in some shape or form.

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   Anonymous

   April 7, 2015 at 6:41 pm

   its looks fun

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   radekal

   April 8, 2015 at 9:28 am

   It looks like stalinist mentality dominates among the decision makers in this part of the world…

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   Ali Mahrji

   April 10, 2015 at 7:30 am

   I can just imagine you guys sitting in some hipster coffee shop, “oh look, let’s mock Qatar for people running a marathon in flipflops”. Where were you when the guy did exactly that in the Boston marathon, or the one who ran with a fridge on his back in London, or wore a deep sea dive suit…
   So typical that you draw a huge tax free salary and spend your time mocking the Middle East.

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     Sheikh me gently

     April 14, 2015 at 2:02 pm

     The fridge dude didnt wear flip flops

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     Ari

     April 27, 2015 at 5:26 am

     Don’t you get it? The labourers in Qatar were forced to do it. Like indentured servants. Modern day slaves. They were dragged out of their beds and made to participate in an event they had no inclination to be part of – just so a little desert-peninsula gas-rich state could claim a stupid record. The reason they were wearing flip flops was because they were not runners, and were not interested in participating in the marathon. Anyway I don’t know why I’m explaining this, you must know it, but have a chip on your shoulder about the embarrassing thing some Middle Eastern governments do.

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   radekal

   April 11, 2015 at 1:02 pm

   Ali those guys in Boston and London actually had a choice and did the crazy stuff out of their own free will…anyways laughter is a way of putting up with all the absurds in this crazy world , so try to chill out dude, this is a satirical website…and bloody good one!

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   Hugh J Pendage

   April 14, 2015 at 11:17 am

   As a keen runner myself i would like to know did these guys break any PB’s using these flip flops? Were they Asic or a new fad from Nike? Air cushioned soles perhaps?

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   Anonymous

   April 14, 2015 at 1:47 pm

   Ali, I think you must be on this site by mistake, please go back to reading Wheels magazine.

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10. 

    Anonymous

    April 24, 2015 at 7:02 am

    An even greater exmple of reality outpacing satire: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3050739/Saudi-prince-pledges-free-Bentley-pilot-involved-Yemen-air-strikes-claimed-1-000-lives.html

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    Hugh G Rekshun

    April 27, 2015 at 5:59 am

    Hugh J Pendage! What a brilliant moniker. I’d never have thought of anything so funny.

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12. 

    M. Asif Tajer

    May 23, 2015 at 12:16 am

    Does the size of the flip-flop really matter

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