Will you shut up?

wind2000 · Nov 20, 2007

Spain's King Juan Carlos telling Chavez to 'shut up' becomes ringtone hit
By Mar Roman, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MADRID, Spain - Many Spaniards were so amused when their king told Venezuela's president to "shut up" they want to hear the words every time their phone rings.

About half a million people have downloaded a mobile phone ringtone featuring the phrase "Por que no te callas?" or "Why don't you shut up?" leading Madrid daily El Pais reported on its website Monday.

That's what King Juan Carlos told Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez during a heated confrontation at a summit in Chile last week.

The ringtone is thought to have generated around C$2 million for the companies selling it, El Pais said.

T-shirts and mugs featuring the words are also becoming a profitable business, and videos of the confrontation have been a hit on the YouTube website.

Chavez's opponents in Venezuela are no less obsessed.

Pirated copies of the quote have been popping up in the South American country.

In Venezuela, T-shirts with the slogan in Spanish have the "NO" in uppercase, a call for voting against constitutional reforms that would significantly expand Chavez's power. The Venezuelan leader says the changes would empower neighbourhood-based assemblies and advance the country's transition to socialism.

"The king said what Venezuelans have wanted to say to Chavez's face for a long time," said Jenny Romero, 21, a student sporting one of the T-shirts in Caracas. "I'm wearing this T-shirt to protest everything bad that has happened in the country."

The spat last week began when Chavez repeatedly called former Spanish prime minister Jose Maria Aznar a "fascist."

Spain's current prime minister, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, asked Chavez to be more diplomatic and show respect for other leaders. As Chavez repeatedly tried to interrupt, Juan Carlos leaned forward and said: "Why don't you shut up?"
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http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2007/11/19/4668977-ap.html

Must be a national joke to be able to generate so much money for some idiocy like this. -unsure

MissCheekS · Nov 20, 2007

well...nowadays idiotic ringtones seem to be "in"
a while ago it was some idiotic frog....those companies make a lotta money out of it...=/

Knoctur_nal · Nov 20, 2007

and funny how this makes it to the news...right...hahah

dim8sum · Nov 20, 2007

haha the president got told!

Im so gonna go download that ring tone now

Knoctur_nal · Nov 20, 2007

dim8sum said: ↑

haha the president got told!

Im so gonna go download that ring tone now
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and now we need a chin version.

Will you shut up?

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