Taking the torch: Assuming the reins from Beijing as the next Olympic host, Johnson couldn’t help himself. “Ping-Pong was invented on the dining tables of England and it was called whiff whaff,” he said at a party after the closing ceremonies. “Other nations such as the French looked at the dining table and saw the opportunity to have dinner. We looked at the dining table and saw an opportunity to play whiff whaff.” Let the games begin!