i was reading that the australian olympic team were having ticker tape parades in brisbane, sydney, melbourne and perth.
then last night i caught the 1st part of the david letterman show after sports tonight knowing that this program is usually 3 months behind on whats happening actually.
they had a gymnast called shawn thompson who won gold in a women's event who had just touched down from beijing, so they whisked her onto his program to talk about the games (even though she was supposed to get a connecting flight to her home state where apparently 4,000 people were waiting for her at their airport).
as a gold medalist she said she was invited to join the U.S.A. ticker tape parade covering 40 cities over the next 3 months
felt sorry for all of her home town people waiting to give her a welcome home celebration at the airport