From: Champ on
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
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.