From: Champ on 30 Jul 2010 19:32 On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:25:22 +0100, flook(a)home.com wrote: >On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:56:08 +0100, Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: > >>I just got round to watching the podium ceremony from Laguna Seca, >>where whoever was in charge of playing the winner's national antherm >>started playing the Italian anthem instead of the Spanish one. It >>played for 5~10 seconds or so, stopped and then the correct one was >>played. > >This is a great photo of that happening. :-) Rossi's expression is >good. > >http://superbikeplanet.com/image/2010/motogp/laguna/3fan/v.jpg Great photo! -- Champ neal at champ dot org dot uk
From: Henry on 4 Aug 2010 23:28 On Jul 28, 7:56 am, Champ <n...(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: > I just got round to watching the podium ceremony from Laguna Seca, > where whoever was in charge of playing the winner's national antherm > started playing the Italian anthem instead of the Spanish one. It > played for 5~10 seconds or so, stopped and then the correct one was > played. > > On the one hand, this was a simple mistake that could have been made > by anyone, anywhere. On the other, I can't imagine another country in > the world where such a mistake so closely matches its national > sterotype. > > <this space left for Mark to flame me to death> > -- > Champ > neal at champ dot org dot uk when our (NZL) rowing 8 won the gold at Munich, the organisers didn't have our national anthem, and played God Save the Queen.
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