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Closing Ceremony: London, Where Everyone Is Made Out Of Newspaper

Bill Hanstock
Bill Hanstock is a writer, author and Emmy Award-winning producer. He began writing for SB Nation in 2011.

The Closing Ceremony is meant to evoke “a day in the life of London,” from “morning rush hour” to ... uh ... I guess, feeding the birds? Tuppence a bag?

Part of daily life in London apparently involves everything being made out of newspaper.

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I mean, like, EVERYTHING.

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Bloody hell, don’t people in London know how to use clothes or cars made out of metal, rather than out of newspaper?

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No. No, I guess they don’t, apparently. How sad that Great Britain is still in the Paper Age. Guess they used up all their bronze with those dumb medals.

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