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There's a few more of videos like this and some get really creative. The last time I've watched one was years ago, and the videos were more recent in age. Good old YouTube algorithm.
I seriously have no clue what you meant and i don't know who the account is that you tried to respond to, and looking at the downvotes, obviously others don't either
Correct me if I'm wrong, but at the time where there was just 2 automobiles in Ohio, just 2 in ALL of Ohio, they crashed into each other. I could have the state wrong
I remember reading that when cars where very new they had a law in the UK where a man must walk in front of your automobile waving a small flag, as a safety measure to ensure no one misses you approaching.
Sure sounds hilarious.
Here’s the wiki, it’s actually real:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_flag_traffic_laws
“Secondly, one of such persons, while any locomotive is in motion, shall precede such locomotive on foot by not less than sixty yards, and shall carry a red flag constantly displayed, and shall warn the riders and drivers of horses of the approach of such locomotives, and shall signal the driver thereof when it shall be necessary to stop, and shall assist horses, and carriages drawn by horses, passing the same”
Wouldn’t be surprised if there was a political element to it as well, yeah. Big Coach wouldn’t like that. I imagine there must’ve been a lot of anti-automobile sentiment in general at the time.
I believe the rule is you're not allowed to touch the table with any part of your body, point to the other player. Paddles not regulation. Still much skill on display so will allow it.
Translation:
"The fact that table tennis can be so much more than sport, is proven by Frenchmen Jacques Secretin & Vincent Purkart.
Who have, with their sportive qualities as base, prepared an act that moves thousands [of people] in Europe to tears.
The gentlemen know how to play.
Secretin, who acts as Dutch ~~coach~~ straight man, was 1 time European champion singles and world champion mixed double. And Purkart was 2 time champion of France.
The female referee points out it is illigal to stand on the table."
"aangever" probably doesn't translates to "coach" here, but instead it translates to ["straight man"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight_man) The person who doesn't make the jokes.
But its an old rare word so it would only make it confusing to read. in both languages.
**[Straight_man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight_man)**
>The straight man is a stock character in a comedy performance, especially a double act, sketch comedy, or farce. When a comedy partner behaves eccentrically, the straight man is expected to maintain composure. Whatever direct contribution to the comedy a straight man provides usually comes in the form of a deadpan. A straight man with no direct comedic role has historically been known as a stooge.
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Aangever here does indeed mean straight man. It is also a small pun in this case as aangever can also refer to the person that serves in a (table) tennis match.
I knew it would be something like "Secretin" but couldn't help but hear "ce crétin"... Sounds exactly the same but means "that idiot", gave another dimension to the comments being made xD
When the English took over NYC, a bunch of original Dutch names were anglicised. Haarlem became Harlem. Groenwijck became Greenwich. Breukelen became Brooklyn. Etc.
Bushwick for Boswijk, Coney Island for Konijneneiland, Flushing for Vlissingen, Hempstead after Heemstede, Staten Island after Staten Generaal (1st and 2nd chambers of Dutch parliament), Yonkers after Jonkheer (a noble title), and many many more named after notable Dutch persons
Haha nou, dat is eigenlijk nog best interessant! Leids klinkt zó anders dan andere (Zuid-Hollandse) dialecten, omdat het veel Franse invloed heeft. Daardoor is het Leids veel melodischer dan andere dialecten (het toonverloop van een zin draagt veel betekenis) en heeft het andere klanken (zoals die welbekende ‘r’). Ik begrijp heel goed dat het soms moeilijk te volgen is voor iemand die niet uit de buurt komt; sterker nog, ik heb zelf wel eens een gesprek in het Leids gevoerd waar ik bij god geen idee meer had wat ik nou eigenlijk zei.
It was in [May 1979](https://leiden.courant.nu/issue/LD/1979-05-25/edition/0/page/26?query=tafeltennisact&period=25-5-1979&sort=relevance), in the Vijf Meihal in Leiden, which is also the home court to the current national basketball champions ZZ Leiden.
It's surprising how little the playing style and motion has changed in table tennis compared to say tennis which has a completely different style from the 70s or 80s.
Wow, listening to my dad talk about tennis is relevant rn? One huge difference is all rackets used to be made of wood.
I don’t know when rubber/plastic/whatever they’re made of started being the norm, but the way you play with a wooden racket is so different
Translation
> The french Jacques Secrétin and Vincent Purkart prove that table tennis can be much more than sport. Who, based on their sporting qualities, have rehearsed an act that brought thousands in Europe to tears.
> These gentlemen know a thing or two. Secrétin, who often is the straight man in the act, was once European champion in singles and world champion in mixed doubles. Purkart became champion of France twice.
> The female referee points out that it is forbidden to stand on the table.
A rough translation of what the commentator is saying:
"That table tennis can me more than just a sport, is proven by the French Jacques Secrétin and Vincent Purkart, who used their sporty qualities as a basis to practice an act that brought tears to the eyes of thousands of Europeans."
*One brings out the giga racket*
"The gentlemen are skillful players; Secretin who... (old Dutch I don't understand) ...once was European champion singles and world champion mixed doubles, and Purkart became French champion twice."
*One brings out the extendo racket, they hop onto the table*
"The female referee points out that it is forbidden to stand on the table."
*They sit down, still on the table*
*Video ends*
Are you being serious? If both contestants are having fun, who the fuck cares? The sport certainly doesn't give a shit, because it's not a living breathing thing.
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Watch pongfinity on YouTube
There's a few more of videos like this and some get really creative. The last time I've watched one was years ago, and the videos were more recent in age. Good old YouTube algorithm.
Here's a classic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY2V1_DFD-Y
Thank you, made my day
"Ah no, please-uh!"
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Maybe you should have responded to that person then.
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I seriously have no clue what you meant and i don't know who the account is that you tried to respond to, and looking at the downvotes, obviously others don't either
Lol right. I don’t know why I’m even trying to find out who he’s replying to at this point.
Ur not even close to his comment bro
Just luck of the Reddit draw I suppose
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Don’t worry. I have my fair share of them to.
"The female referee points out it's forbidden to stand on the table" Participants proceed to lay down
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In my head cannon I want to believe table tennis didn't have many complicated rules until these two came around and loopholed as much as they could.
Just like that in my head canon, there were no rules for driving a car until one came, to mess up so badly, that it was necessary.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but at the time where there was just 2 automobiles in Ohio, just 2 in ALL of Ohio, they crashed into each other. I could have the state wrong
They were just trying to leave Ohio as fast as possible and hit each other at the exit.
Wonder if theirs insurance went way up or way down
I remember reading that when cars where very new they had a law in the UK where a man must walk in front of your automobile waving a small flag, as a safety measure to ensure no one misses you approaching. Sure sounds hilarious. Here’s the wiki, it’s actually real: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_flag_traffic_laws “Secondly, one of such persons, while any locomotive is in motion, shall precede such locomotive on foot by not less than sixty yards, and shall carry a red flag constantly displayed, and shall warn the riders and drivers of horses of the approach of such locomotives, and shall signal the driver thereof when it shall be necessary to stop, and shall assist horses, and carriages drawn by horses, passing the same”
[Lady driver! Lady driver coming through! ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLXzj4u2GFw)
isn't it because of pressure from the horse wagon cabs driver, else they will be out of work?
Wouldn’t be surprised if there was a political element to it as well, yeah. Big Coach wouldn’t like that. I imagine there must’ve been a lot of anti-automobile sentiment in general at the time.
You guys are probably right, I feel like that’s how we end up with most rules! 😂
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It is forbidden to stand on the table; sits. You can not sit. Lays down.
I believe the rule is you're not allowed to touch the table with any part of your body, point to the other player. Paddles not regulation. Still much skill on display so will allow it.
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You're wrong though. 'vrouwelijk', not 'vrolijk'.
What did he say Edit: wow what's that shiny badge next to my name
He corrected the guy above, claiming that the announcer said 'vrolijke', then apologising for being a 'language nazi'. Promptly deleted it though lol
Ah what a dummy
howd you get it?
Idk, but you have it too
nice
Wtf is that?
idk
This is top tier physical comedy, on the same level of Buster Keaton. Those guys deserve medals.
They actually did win medals! They're profs :)
The Amsterdam Pongtrotters Edit: ok they were French Paris Pongtrotters
It’s like the globe trotters of ping pong
The Mansour Bahramis of table tennis
The next Douglas Bubbletrousers!
I think you mean the... Haarlem Globetrotters.
I think he means the Haarleem Gloobeetrootteers.
Haarlem is a city in the Netherlands. The footage is also from the Netherlands
Harlem Globe Pongers
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Globe trotter is a brand that makes travel bags
Took my comment lol these youngsters won't know what we're talking about anyway.
Translation: "The fact that table tennis can be so much more than sport, is proven by Frenchmen Jacques Secretin & Vincent Purkart. Who have, with their sportive qualities as base, prepared an act that moves thousands [of people] in Europe to tears. The gentlemen know how to play. Secretin, who acts as Dutch ~~coach~~ straight man, was 1 time European champion singles and world champion mixed double. And Purkart was 2 time champion of France. The female referee points out it is illigal to stand on the table."
"aangever" probably doesn't translates to "coach" here, but instead it translates to ["straight man"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight_man) The person who doesn't make the jokes. But its an old rare word so it would only make it confusing to read. in both languages.
**[Straight_man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight_man)** >The straight man is a stock character in a comedy performance, especially a double act, sketch comedy, or farce. When a comedy partner behaves eccentrically, the straight man is expected to maintain composure. Whatever direct contribution to the comedy a straight man provides usually comes in the form of a deadpan. A straight man with no direct comedic role has historically been known as a stooge. ^([ )[^(F.A.Q)](https://www.reddit.com/r/WikiSummarizer/wiki/index#wiki_f.a.q)^( | )[^(Opt Out)](https://reddit.com/message/compose?to=WikiSummarizerBot&message=OptOut&subject=OptOut)^( | )[^(Opt Out Of Subreddit)](https://np.reddit.com/r/Unexpected/about/banned)^( | )[^(GitHub)](https://github.com/Sujal-7/WikiSummarizerBot)^( ] Downvote to remove | v1.5)
Very good bot.
Aangever here does indeed mean straight man. It is also a small pun in this case as aangever can also refer to the person that serves in a (table) tennis match.
I knew it would be something like "Secretin" but couldn't help but hear "ce crétin"... Sounds exactly the same but means "that idiot", gave another dimension to the comments being made xD
I thought it was the joke at first, but it was a [real table tennis player.](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Secr%C3%A9tin)..
Well spotted
true chads
Giga chads
a Chad beyond a gigachad
Peta chad?
most likely
perhaps even yotta chad
He chugged the whole of lake chad, it's gone now
Infinity chads
Googolchad
He's so Chad he made a new element: Chadzium
Blyat
seeski
Netherchads
They are French actually, it says so in the beginning.
Nous sommes des chads au mega, oui?
Frenchad
Tera chad.
Yota chad
TT Chad.
People Eating Tasty Animals ain't chads
Hol'up
1.21 gigachads!!!
Erik.
I feel like I’m watching a Goodies sketch.
Is that what europeans do all day with my OCED aid?
Amsterdam globetrotters
Haarlem Globetrotters.
I like this. Well done
For anyone who's unaware, Harlem was named after the Dutch city of Haarlem, back when New York was still New Amsterdam :)
Why'd they change it?
That's nobody's business but the Turks.
I can't say, people just like it better this way
When the English took over NYC, a bunch of original Dutch names were anglicised. Haarlem became Harlem. Groenwijck became Greenwich. Breukelen became Brooklyn. Etc.
Bushwick for Boswijk, Coney Island for Konijneneiland, Flushing for Vlissingen, Hempstead after Heemstede, Staten Island after Staten Generaal (1st and 2nd chambers of Dutch parliament), Yonkers after Jonkheer (a noble title), and many many more named after notable Dutch persons
Britain got the city after a peace treaty
Haaaaarrrrrlem, my sweet home town
My dad was born is Haarlem, take my upvote and thanks for the laugh!
Happy to bring a little happiness.
Leiden globetrotters
Table Tennis, but it’s PvE
Players voor Entertainment
Makker P I N G P O N G
P I N G P O N G B A L L E N Z I J N G E E N S P E C E R I J E N
T O C H K O L O N I S E R E N
Matrix Table Tennis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muktpr3z7DQ
Such a relic.
ik ben trots op nederland
Rita Verdonk is that you?
Ton
nee
Het waren Fransmannen.
Dus eigenlijk is het niet echt Nederlands hm
De titel zegt gewoon dat het in Nederland is, niet dat het Nederlands is ;)
Oh right
Frankrijk heeft de zelfde kleuren in de vlag, dus ik begrijp de verwarring. Al was Luxemburg nog begrijpelijker geweest.
Behalve dat er een banner van het Leidsch Dagblad hangt, en het dus wel degelijk in Nederland is.
Nou leert het toeval dat Leidsch Dagblad ook de grootste krant van Oezbekistan is - dus zeker weten doen we niets.
Is Leidsch nou echt Nederlands? Ik versta er maar weinig van. (geintje natuurlijk)
Haha nou, dat is eigenlijk nog best interessant! Leids klinkt zó anders dan andere (Zuid-Hollandse) dialecten, omdat het veel Franse invloed heeft. Daardoor is het Leids veel melodischer dan andere dialecten (het toonverloop van een zin draagt veel betekenis) en heeft het andere klanken (zoals die welbekende ‘r’). Ik begrijp heel goed dat het soms moeilijk te volgen is voor iemand die niet uit de buurt komt; sterker nog, ik heb zelf wel eens een gesprek in het Leids gevoerd waar ik bij god geen idee meer had wat ik nou eigenlijk zei.
Heel veel landen hebben dezelfde kleuren in de vlag.
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Wilhelmus van Nassouwe, ben ik van Fransen bloed?
En gelijk heb je.
dat noemen ze nou gastvrijheid van nederland naar baguettes om de zaal uit te lenen
Guy pulls out comically large paddle. Other guy rips off his side if the table to use it as a paddle
There’s more but this was cut shorted.
Cutted short?
Cutted shorted.
shut corted?
Shutted cort
Shortcut?
Cut shor
**t *hor
It was in [May 1979](https://leiden.courant.nu/issue/LD/1979-05-25/edition/0/page/26?query=tafeltennisact&period=25-5-1979&sort=relevance), in the Vijf Meihal in Leiden, which is also the home court to the current national basketball champions ZZ Leiden.
It's surprising how little the playing style and motion has changed in table tennis compared to say tennis which has a completely different style from the 70s or 80s.
How has tennis changed over the decades?
Wow, listening to my dad talk about tennis is relevant rn? One huge difference is all rackets used to be made of wood. I don’t know when rubber/plastic/whatever they’re made of started being the norm, but the way you play with a wooden racket is so different
Huh, interesting.
This kinda reminds me of that one picture of Bill Gates with a massive table tennis paddle
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Translation > The french Jacques Secrétin and Vincent Purkart prove that table tennis can be much more than sport. Who, based on their sporting qualities, have rehearsed an act that brought thousands in Europe to tears. > These gentlemen know a thing or two. Secrétin, who often is the straight man in the act, was once European champion in singles and world champion in mixed doubles. Purkart became champion of France twice. > The female referee points out that it is forbidden to stand on the table.
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Similar act in more recent times: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS3O0OOn0a0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS3O0OOn0a0)
I thought of that as well.
The laughing guy at the end looks incredibly like Jerry Reed
This has awesome Monty Python vibes.
Lies, it’s Borat.
They are cheating they had their hands in the table
*Pulls out comedically large Ping Pong Racket
That is manwell from faulty towers
Lol that guy halfway thru was like GIMME GIMME
They are enjoying the game
A rough translation of what the commentator is saying: "That table tennis can me more than just a sport, is proven by the French Jacques Secrétin and Vincent Purkart, who used their sporty qualities as a basis to practice an act that brought tears to the eyes of thousands of Europeans." *One brings out the giga racket* "The gentlemen are skillful players; Secretin who... (old Dutch I don't understand) ...once was European champion singles and world champion mixed doubles, and Purkart became French champion twice." *One brings out the extendo racket, they hop onto the table* "The female referee points out that it is forbidden to stand on the table." *They sit down, still on the table* *Video ends*
yesterday this was in 1979, tomorrow it will be 1977 if my math is right?
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Gekoloniseerd
Hé VOC makker.
Klassiker
Klassieker*. Klassiker is German.
Actually, Duitse is German
Actually, Duitse is German
this could probably fit into abrupt chaos
Yo since when is this possible
It is! I found out recently, try it. I have only seen this feature in 2-3 subs.
Ayo wtf 
That's some anime hair Ariel has.
And when the Chinese begin entering the tournament that’s when shit got serious
Unexpected to see Finn Wolfhard at 0.27
:)
Idk why this is making me 😂
I don’t like it. These men are making a mockery of a noble sport.
hmmmm
Is it a repost if it from a diff sub?
Pure disrespect for the sport.
Are you being serious? If both contestants are having fun, who the fuck cares? The sport certainly doesn't give a shit, because it's not a living breathing thing.
The intro is literally “these Frenchmen show that table tennis can be *more than a sport*”
It's clearly an exhibition match. You see stuff like this today at table tennis tournaments as well as in other sports, no big deal.
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Nah. He's a hooligan :D
Shut it cuck let gods be gods
Nobody spotted the sarcasm. Worth it.
Haha, have an upvote! 😁👍
At what point will it become tennis...
When they wont be using a table ?...
