Reading the Sunday Times yesterday, my eye was caught by a news story written by James Gillespie. It appears there was a shooting tournament recently in Kuwait which was won by Maria Dmitrienko last Thursday. There has been a diplomatic incident as a result of the national anthem played at the medal ceremony.
Maria D is from Kazhakstan and someone, it seems, decided to play Sacha Baron Cohen's version of the anthem made famous in his film "Borat". After the first few notes the words "...all other countries are run by little girls" were clearly heard. The tune Borat used was the American National anthem. The lyrics continued, "Kazakhstan's prostitutes are the cleanest in the region" and "No1 exporter of potassium." My particular favourite line was about the Tinshein swimming pool with "filtration system a marvel to behold. It remove 80% of human solid waste."
Maria D carried it off with a baffled look on her face. ~Two Kazhak officials including the foreign minister have demanded that the medal ceremony be re-run. (No sense of humour -they did of course ban Borat the movie in 2006 - a ban which is still in place)
Should they complain? Well earlier this month, the journalist tells us, there was a ski-ing competition in Northern Kazakhstan, where rather than playing the national anthem the officials played "Livin' la Vida Loca" by Ricky Martin instead!
Maria D is from Kazhakstan and someone, it seems, decided to play Sacha Baron Cohen's version of the anthem made famous in his film "Borat". After the first few notes the words "...all other countries are run by little girls" were clearly heard. The tune Borat used was the American National anthem. The lyrics continued, "Kazakhstan's prostitutes are the cleanest in the region" and "No1 exporter of potassium." My particular favourite line was about the Tinshein swimming pool with "filtration system a marvel to behold. It remove 80% of human solid waste."
Maria D carried it off with a baffled look on her face. ~Two Kazhak officials including the foreign minister have demanded that the medal ceremony be re-run. (No sense of humour -they did of course ban Borat the movie in 2006 - a ban which is still in place)
Should they complain? Well earlier this month, the journalist tells us, there was a ski-ing competition in Northern Kazakhstan, where rather than playing the national anthem the officials played "Livin' la Vida Loca" by Ricky Martin instead!
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