Way OT: Tokyo Sexwale for FIFA President
You read that correctly. A South African businessman named Tokyo Sexwale is one of five men approved to run for FIFA's presidental vacancy in 2016.
I know we all love a good name on our MGoBoard, as well as a chance to mock the sport of soccer.
All hail president(ial candidate) Sexwale!
(Photo credit to the Daily Mail UK)
P.S. His name is pronounced "Sex-Wall-Ay", but in my brain it will always be "Sex-Whale".
November 12th, 2015 at 12:47 PM ^
I'm triggered.
November 12th, 2015 at 1:07 PM ^
That could have been a name for a Japanese Bond Girl, following on the footsteps of such other provocative names as:
- Pussy Galore
- Holly Goodhead
- Plenty O'Toole
- Octopussy - not Octomom, and
- Xenia Onatopp
November 12th, 2015 at 1:28 PM ^
Actually, the names of all 5 candidates for FIFA President seem like they could have come from a James Bond movie from the 1970s:
• Prince Ali Al Hussein
• Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa
• Jérôme Champagne
• Gianni Infantino
• Tokyo Sexwale
November 12th, 2015 at 1:45 PM ^
The recent history of corruption at the top levels of FIFA governance would fit some Bond treatment, too.
November 12th, 2015 at 3:46 PM ^
Dammit Alton--your posting skills are way better than mine. I posted a link to an article about the names, but it ended up way down in the thread.
You also left out Musa Bility, who was just rejected as a candidate, and David Nakhid.
More here: http://www.sbnation.com/soccer/2015/10/26/9567057/fifa-president-candid…
November 12th, 2015 at 7:04 PM ^
Did you say Alotta Fagina?
November 12th, 2015 at 1:50 PM ^
Alotta. Alotta Fagina.
Edit: Damn, MMB 82. Great minds.
November 12th, 2015 at 6:53 PM ^
Alotta Fagina
November 12th, 2015 at 7:14 PM ^
You forgot Kissy Suzuki
November 12th, 2015 at 2:25 PM ^
Creepy does not begin to describe that! Too bad I can't un-see it....
November 12th, 2015 at 9:12 PM ^
I am traumatized by seeing this
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November 12th, 2015 at 4:20 PM ^
I'm a big fan of the 'whale tail'.
November 12th, 2015 at 12:29 PM ^
didn't exploit this bit of greatness.
November 12th, 2015 at 12:39 PM ^
Hingle McCringleberry immediately popped in my head when I opened this thread.
November 12th, 2015 at 2:27 PM ^
Your comment reminded me of this from West Virginia....
November 12th, 2015 at 4:33 PM ^
It's actually pronounced "Dingle McCringleberry"
November 12th, 2015 at 12:29 PM ^
is that a picture of his "O-Face"?
November 12th, 2015 at 12:34 PM ^
The article where I found the picture has the headline:
Tokyo Sexwale... the karate loving anti-apartheid prisoner who finds himself at the centre of football's racism storm
Which sounds like the tagline for the best made for TV movie ever.
November 12th, 2015 at 12:36 PM ^
They locked him away for years. They thought he was broken. They were wrong.
November 13th, 2015 at 10:10 AM ^
...but what they didn't know was that he had an 8-foot-long penis and nothing to lose...
November 12th, 2015 at 1:00 PM ^
If this guy isn't the most interesting man in the world, I don't know who else would be.
November 12th, 2015 at 1:05 PM ^
Best "Made for behind the black curtain at the movie store" movie ever.
November 12th, 2015 at 12:33 PM ^
I believe it's from his vinegar stroke
November 12th, 2015 at 12:51 PM ^
straight into a man's soul
November 12th, 2015 at 12:36 PM ^
#TokyoSexwhale2016
November 12th, 2015 at 12:37 PM ^
Well, thought sperm whale would have been more appropriate, but not bad.
November 12th, 2015 at 12:38 PM ^
Much more fit for the poistion than Amsterdam Humpduck.
November 13th, 2015 at 12:04 PM ^
But trailing Kalamazoo Screwazoo.
November 12th, 2015 at 12:40 PM ^
I will admit that it does create a vision of a scene where some poor player / coach will get in a spot of trouble and you'll hear something like:
"So, do I go before a committee or something?"
"No, you get to see Tokyo Sexwale."
And forgetting who it is, they'll light up with intrigue and say, "Really? Like, right now?"
November 12th, 2015 at 12:43 PM ^
Everyone on this thread deserves an upvote.
November 12th, 2015 at 12:42 PM ^
"His name is pronounced "Sex-Wall-Ay"
It's actually Se-wall-eh.
November 12th, 2015 at 12:46 PM ^
He was Name of the Year back in 2001.
http://www.nameoftheyear.com/2007/03/final-standings-2001.html
November 12th, 2015 at 12:51 PM ^
Where has this website been all my (internet age) life?
#lancelotsupersadjrwasrobbed
November 12th, 2015 at 1:25 PM ^
Has had a few Michigan-ish connections over the years, most notably UM alumn Iris Macadangdang was runner up a few yearss back.
MSU had Lou Rawls Nair Jr in the bracket last year.
Also, Tokyo Sexwale was the name of a band my friend was in that played in and around Ann Arbor for a while and even once at Top of the Park.
November 12th, 2015 at 12:51 PM ^
She really cannot get a break.
November 12th, 2015 at 9:57 PM ^
Thank you so much for sharing this. It's literally the most amazing thing I've seen in quite some time.
November 12th, 2015 at 12:48 PM ^
My buddy, Mory Sexwale. Went to school with him from K-12. A prince of a guy, but absolutely hated his name. As soon as he turned 18 he went to court and got it changed.
He's much happier now as Ira Sexwale.
/drops mike/
November 12th, 2015 at 12:50 PM ^
At a thread title.
November 12th, 2015 at 12:55 PM ^
I'm not up on soccer news, so my assumption from the thread title was that the FIFA president was discovered to have hired an obese Japanese prostitute.
November 12th, 2015 at 12:56 PM ^
This dude sounds like he came straight from a 70's Japanese samurai exploitation film.
November 12th, 2015 at 1:01 PM ^
His name is Sex Whale...
November 12th, 2015 at 1:10 PM ^
Rapper or Porn name or FIFA president?
November 12th, 2015 at 1:14 PM ^
Not sure why I thought of Charlie when I saw sex whale.