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Stephen Colbert vs The Hungarian Government
jefu writes "The Hungarian government is sponsoring an internet vote to name a new bridge. So far naming the bridge after acter Chuck Norris has been the most popular. However, last night Stephen Colbert (of Comedy Central's "Colbert Report") suggested that viewers vote to name the bridge after him. Remembering the effect that a Colbert segment had had on Wikipedia, I visited the voting page (in Hungarian when it works) soon after that and it was completely non-responsive. This morning (8:00 Thursday Pacific time) it is showing a "Horrible exception" and a Jetspeed/tomcat stack trace. " I believe Colbert's straight-talking sensibilities have earned him far more than just a bridge in whatever continent Hungaria is in.
Instead I think we should consider renaming one of our lesser used states as an honor more appropriate to his grippy contributions to America. We're not doing anything with Colorado these days anyway, but imagine the appeal of a new and improved state with a virile name like Colberado. Book your tickets today!
The very name of the country gives me an urge to go to Burger King. Why not take a vote on renaming Hungary itself?
Where were you when the voynix came?
What a moren, doesn't even know how to spell ACTOR.
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I already named my falafel after Bill O'Reilly.
Where were you when the voynix came?
it seems that chuck norris is not longer the top choice: Az indoklás megtekintéséhez kattintson a névre! Zenebutik-Zenehíd 260730 [13%] Chuck Norris - híd 158656 [8%] Zrínyi híd 156978 [8%] Vásárhelyi Boldizsár - híd 155314 [8%] Bethlen Gábor - híd 152720 [8%] Batthyány Lajos híd 122877 [6%] Szent Korona - híd 122325 [6%] Bocskai István - híd 121137 [6%] Hunyadi Mátyás - híd 120784 [6%] Szent István - híd 119985 [6%] found on http://www.m0hid.gov.hu/toplista anyone care for a transaltion of all the other names?
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mine must be defective, I'm not finding "acter"
Ah, how I miss my public school education.
The country's name is not "Hungaria" it is "Hungary."
And the country is in Eastern Europe.
Though, given the average American these days, we should feel luck he didn't think it was in the US.
Besides, Chuck Norris doesn't need a bridge. Chuck Norris walks to the river and the water gets out of his way. Sorry.
So the site is already fried because of Colbert, and your brilliant idea is to put it on the front page of Slashdot?
There goes the Hungarian electric grid.
that the population of Hungarian bridges has tripled in the last 6 months.
Build a man a fire, he's warm for one night. Set him on fire, and he's warm for the rest of his life.
why colorado? there is good skiing there. why not something like south dakota? what the hell is in south dakota anyways.
(here goes my karma down the tube)
...For the beast had been reborn with its strength renewed, and the followers of Mammon cowered in horror.
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"So the site is already fried because of Colbert"
I'm already starving just from reading the name "Hungary" over and over. Mmmmm fried by Colbert. mmmmm.
Where were you when the voynix came?
Then he could be the first state to outlaw abortion, have the fewest laws of any state, host a biker rally, and have drive through liquor and ammo stores everywhere.
.357 hollowpoints. My Ex is in town, and I wanted to get her ... er ... I mean get her something special...
Cobert to drivethrough speakerphone: Hi, I'd like a fifth of Tequilla and a box of
"We are all geniuses when we dream"
- E.M. Cioran
It is located in Europe.
(the joke only works if you follow the link... sorry)
Navicula hydraulica plena anguilarum est. Omnes castelli tuus nostri sunt. Ed elli avea del cul fatto trombetta.
The bridge in Hungaria should be named:
-The Chuck Norris Bridge
-The Steven Colbert Bridge
-Geza Hofi's Bridge (an actual Hungarian)
-King Steve's Kickass Bridge
-The Bridge of Death
-CmdrTaco's Bridge
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It would be pointless to name a bridge after Chuck Norris. If they did no one would dare use it, because everyone knows that no one crosses Chuck Norris and lives.
You should know that this is a spontaneous joke of Hungarian people, nothing serious. At last! Despite centuries when you had to shut up, and the eastern hordes ruining down the country several times, people there did not loose their sense of humor. This is the real knews. /yes, IAAH - I am a native Hungarian/
To be fair, I can't find Deustchland on the map either nor Myanmar... But in reality the Hungarians don't refer to their nation as Hungary, but rather Magyarország.
So heck... We can keep calling Hungary or Germany or Burma anything we want because they call themselves something else.
"I am the king of the Romans, and am superior to rules of grammar!"
-Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (1368-1437)
Everybody knows it is called hungary, and everybody but you also knows that calling it Hungaria and asking where it is was a *joke*.
You were either trolling, making a very unfunny joke, or an idiot. I think troll is the most respectable of those.
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You know, having Arnold Schwarzenegger as "the governor of In & Out" somehow just seems to work very well.
I like the term Colborted.
do you know squarepusher?
Reality has a liberal bias.
- "Scientia non habet inimicum nisp ignorantem"
Listen, I knew Bocskai István, and you, Mr. Colbert, are no Bocskai István.
Tip of the hat to Lloyd Bentson for his single meaningful - and truly eternal - contribution to political discourse.
Don't disappoint your bird dog. Go to the range.
To accomplish your task:
To vote, go here- http://www.m0hid.gov.hu/szavaz
UPDATE!!! Walk-through of the voting process:
The site is still only partially accessible due to the overload in traffic I imagine (lots of "Cannot Find Server" errors). But I did submit the nomination and at least one of the members of the Colbert Nation got through enough to get him on the ballot. On the form for justification for the nomination, I submitted "Lép Colbert van a áthidal között Magyarország és Amerika" Which means (according to Translation-guide.com): "Stephen Colbert is the bridge between Hungary and America". (Actually, what I'm pretty sure has happened is that the internet translation tool has mangled the translation and it says something like "Stephen Colbert has complete apple frog feet for the Mopping of Americans" or something.)
So vote early, and vote often.
The Top Nominees: (as of 8/10/2006 11:15 AM CST) http://www.m0hid.gov.hu/toplista
Toplista
Az indoklás megtekintéséhez kattintson a névre!
Zenebutik-Zenehíd 260730 [13%]
Chuck Norris - híd 156741 [8%]
Zrínyi híd 156415 [8%]
Vásárhelyi Boldizsár - híd 155314 [8%]
Bethlen Gábor - híd 152669 [8%]
Batthyány Lajos híd 122824 [6%]
Szent Korona - híd 122266 [6%]
Bocskai István - híd 121083 [6%]
Hunyadi Mátyás - híd 120734 [6%]
Szent István - híd 119933 [6%]
Some Other Nominees: (as of 8/10/2006 12:15 PM CST)
Stephen Colbert - 168
Jack Sparrow - 37
Monty Python - 25
Bruce Lee - 29
Skywalker - 21
Jackie Chan - 20
Steven Colbert - 12
Abe Vigoda - 3
Gene Simmons - 3
Sponge Bob- 1
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Cmdr Taco, allow me to congratulate you on your true red-blooded americanness, unless of course you are one of the many persons on our Internets who is actually a socialist-cozening Canadian.
While your proposal to upgrade the name of one the lesser American states, which is to say one of the states which does not produce oil, is certainly sound, in fact our entire American solar system could use an image upgrade.
I know I am not alone in my preference for a more masculine and aggressive stance regarding naming conventions, and I call on every American to support this fine idea.
let's rename La Belle Province to Quolbec
Unfortunately I can no longer find substantiation for this; however, I was once taught the reason for the odd name of Japan. It turns out that the first westerners to interact with Nippon were a group of missionaries from Portugal in the 16th century. Well, these missionaries found out about Japan while they were in Malacca. Well, the malay way of saying "Rising Sun" (i.e. the land of the rising sun, Japan) is Japang which comes from the Chinese jih pun.
Well, it isn't hard to see how jih pun becomes Japão which becomes our English version, Japan.
By the by, ni pon/hon is literally the "source of the sun" or "sun source." Hence, the rising sun, land of. It all makes sense as Japan should be the first part of Asia minor to see the sun every day.
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1) You mistake a joke for a real opinion.
2)You make a VERY prejudiced remark about ALL american citizens
3) You make an off-topic general insult about our TV (and I feel really sorry for you if you think that TV in anyway that matters?????)
4) You think that thoughtless attitude is a reason why people want to bomb us.
5) You think that americans actualy wonder why people want to bomb us.
Here, let me remove your head from that giant hole in your body:
1. Colbert is a sarcastic show, and the comments about him being straight-talking are supposed to be a joke.,
2. Americans are a varied lot, and any comment that starts off with "Americans think.." is almost certainly indicative of a foolish speaker, not americans.
3. Television, like most art forms, varies by culture, and by defition, deciding which is 'better' is pretty much impossible. At the very least one would need a nuetral third party to judge which is better (if you were moronic enough to care about such a thing), you CERTAINLY can not expect culture A to reasonably judge their own TV better than culture B in a fair manner
4. I am SURE that whatever reason people want to bomb the US, it is for far better reasons than the simple ones you put forth.
5. As an American, I can safely say that I have never wondered why people want to bomb us, I know people are varied and have different reasons, but frankly, I usually have better things to do than wonder about such foolish things. Many of them want revenge because an american soldier killed one of their friends/relatives (usually, but not all the time, in attempt to get them to stop killing innocent 3rd parties). Others are simply frustrated and angry that we don't do what they want us to do and are generally succesfull at what we do do. Finally, others are simply responding to religious and political leaders that need an enemey around which they can rally people to their cause.
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IIRC, an empress of Japan once famously insulted China by writting a not-so-diplomatic letter "from the land of the rising sun to the land of the setting sun."
Ah, old-world imperialist humor. You can't beat it.
Information wants to be anthropomorphized.
I don't think we should rename Colorado. After all, we DO use it for something - it's lumpy and cold, so at least you can ski there.
I suggest renaming one of the flat middle states that no one ever goes to.
Iowa (where I live) is out, because at least we grow corn and cows here, so it's good for something.
I would recommend Kansas, but at least they grow wheat, and we all like bread, right?
North Dakota, South Dakota, and Nebraska are all good candidates. In fact, why not just lump them all together into one big, flat, useless state and rename it 'Colbert'? I'll bet we could get elementary schoolkids to promote this idea because, hey, two less state capitols to learn, right? We could name the new capitol 'Steve' so it would be easy to remember.
And we could go back to that keen 48-star flag we used to have, too.
Serving your airship needs since 1995.
I love Colbert, and I sadly pay apple for the privledge of legally downloading his show per a subscription basis. He Is The Master Of Viral Marketing. His show is skyrocketing in popularity. When is he going to take over John Stewart's slot? :)
Horns are really just a broken halo.
"It all makes sense as Japan should be the first part of Asia minor to see the sun every day."
Asia Minor is essentially Turkey, so you are only off by a few thousand miles.
"Bugger this, I want a better world." - Jenny Sparks
You're an ass but I don't think you're funny. Don't feel bad though. He's an extraordinary ass.
"A mind is a terrible thing to taste."
Ja..and did you know that Hungary is a nation wealthy in foodstuff. Throughout history there has never been an extended period of hunger. There was always plenty of food, and the weather was kind too.
Well, there was that period in the 1200s after the Mongols tore through Hungary and killed off something like a third of the population. Starvation was pretty common because the peasants were either dead or hiding in the woods, so no food was being produced. That, however, is pretty much ancient history.
That said, Hungary is quite a productive agricultural country. I spent six weeks there one summer traveling around, seeing the sights (and practicing my rudimentary Hungarian), and I fondly remember the good food. The juicy, sweet peaches left a lasting impression on me, and I sure would like to go back to Eger for the great wine. Once on a train, a few elderly women shared their pogacsa (little bread roll type thingies) with me, and I absolutely loved them.
In my opinion, Hungarian wine is quite underrated.
5. As an American, I can safely say that I have never wondered why people want to bomb us
Safely say? You list several reasons but you miss the obvious and real one. USA supports and aids Israel.
To be honest, I'm not quite sure why people feel deliberate misspelling the names of other countries is funny. I know Americans don't generally find the joke funny when it is directed at the US, nor Canadians when directed at Canada.
This joke is directed at Americans, or at least a portion of them. Colbert's routine is to ironically typify the role of the stereotypical neocon talking head "news" commentator. Saying "Hungaria" like that with disdain is meant to parody when other people do the same type of thing, usually with Mexico, Canada, France, or whatever country isn't currently marching in lock-step with our government as the targets.