Bread and Circuses

And here I thought butchering the national anthem was an American thing. 

Au contraire.  (And a big shout out to my seven international readers).

Picture this.  Eighty-thousand soccer, football, whatever fans in the stands at Wembley.  Big match.  England must beat Croatia to stay in one of those incomprehensible tournaments the Euros have.  It leads to the World Cup, the Olympics, or perdition.  I’m just not sure.

So they trot out an opera singer to do the Croatian Anthem.  His name is Tony Snow.  Right away you notice two things.  #1.-Pretty snappy dresser for an opera singer.  #2.-Wow!  This is what Steve Urkel will look like in his forties.

Now, our new friend Tony gets to this line in the Croatian anthem-

‘Mila kuda si planina’ (which roughly means ‘You know my dear how we love your mountains’).

Which he sings as-

‘My dear, my (male sexual organ) is a mountain’.

Only he didn’t say, male sexual organ.  For the crossword fans out there, five letters beginning with ‘p’ and ending in ’s’. 

The Croatians took it well.  After they polished off England 3-2 they gave Snow credit for helping relax them.  Truth be told, the TV shots showed them laughing so hard they had trouble taking the field.

Now, some Brits are blaming Snow for loosening up the opposition.

"I can’t take the blame for that. The last thing I would
do is brag about my parts like that - especially to make it so public,"
said Henry.  Yeah, sure. And Roseanne Barr…well, nevermind.

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