{"id":2547,"date":"2013-12-13T07:49:40","date_gmt":"2013-12-13T14:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/?p=2547"},"modified":"2013-12-13T07:49:40","modified_gmt":"2013-12-13T14:49:40","slug":"sign-language-interpreter-from-mandelas-funeral-what-was-he-actually-saying-a-little-friday-funny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/2013\/12\/sign-language-interpreter-from-mandelas-funeral-what-was-he-actually-saying-a-little-friday-funny.html","title":{"rendered":"Sign Language Interpreter from Mandela’s Funeral – What Was He Actually Saying?: A Little Friday Funny"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

<\/iframe>In case you haven\u2019t heard about it, news agencies have been reporting that a man posing as a sign-language interpreter was on stage during Nelson Mandela\u2019s funeral this week, standing next to heads of state including President Obama. Only problem is that he didn\u2019t really know sign language and wasn\u2019t signing their remarks. The story gets even more bizarre. According to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/12\/13\/world\/africa\/mandela-memorial-interpreter.html?_r=0\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">report in the NYTimes<\/em><\/a> this morning, the man, Thamsanqa Jantjie,\u00a0is a paranoid schizophrenic with violent tendencies who was hallucinating the entire time.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\u201cWhat happened that day, I see angels come to the stadium,\u201d he told The Associated Press. \u201cI start realizing that the problem is here,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd the problem, I don\u2019t know the attack of this problem, how will it comes. Sometimes I react violent.\u201d He added, \u201cSometimes I will see things that chase me.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cI was in a very difficult position,\u201d Mr. Jantjie said. \u201cAnd remember those people, the president and everyone, they were armed, there was armed police around me. If I start panicking I\u2019ll start being a problem. I have to deal with this in a manner so that I mustn\u2019t embarrass my country\u2026 I would like to tell everybody that if I have offended them, please forgive me,\u201d he said. \u201cI was doing what I believe makes a difference in the country.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\nI feel really bad for this guy. Sounds like he\u2019s a pretty troubled man.<\/p>\nI\u2019m guessing that somebody with the Secret Service is currently undergoing an unpleasant performance review. How you let a paranoid schizophrenic with violent tendencies, who is currently masquerading as a sign language interpreter while having hallucinations of angels descending into the stadium stand two feet from the American president will probably be the main thrust of that discussion.<\/p>\nJimmy Kimmel decided to bring in a real interpreter to tell viewers what the man was actually saying. It\u2019s pretty hilarious. This is like something out of a Naked Gun<\/em> movie. It\u2019s pretty funny. So say a quick prayer for a troubled man named Thamsanqa Jantjie, that he\u2019ll be okay and get some help. Watch the video and have a good laugh. Then get back to work and have a great Friday everyone.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In case you haven\u2019t heard about it, news agencies have been reporting that a man posing as a sign-language interpreter was on stage during Nelson Mandela\u2019s funeral this week, standing next to heads of state including President Obama. Only problem is that he didn\u2019t really know sign language and wasn\u2019t signing their remarks. 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