Wednesday, August 23, 2006

That's Hungary

There'll be a new bridge on the M0 highway, and the hungarian government announced a public vote for its name, where anyone could have suggested a name. Among some serious and considerable suggestions there were some cynical ones ("Never Will Happen Bridge"; "Should Have Built This 50 Years Ago Bridge", etc) and some really dumb ones. Then came Mr Colbert on Comedy Central with this:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=NwY3TOBDvV4

Well, he won the first round with 17.231.725 votes (that's 53%; the second best was Zrínyi bridge with 2.062.649 votes / 6%). The top four at the second round:
1. Stephen Colbert híd - 6942 votes (60%)
2. Jon Stewart híd - 1460 votes (13%)
3. Chuck Norris híd - 488 votes (4%)
4. Perl-Script híd - 479 votes (4%)
(As you might have guessed, híd means bridge...)

Hungary is ridiculous.

Links:
Results of the first round
Current standings of the second turn

Update:
1. Stephen Colbert híd - 82657 votes (72%)
2. Pató Pál híd - 6141 votes (5%)
3. Jon Stewart híd - 6005 votes (5%)

He'll win.

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