Truemors
In Chile during summit talks and reminscent of Mel Brooks saying the famous line in his movie History of the World Part II "It's Good to be King" whilst his "Piss Boy" (Also played by Brooks) holds a overflowing "Piss pail" following Mel as France's King Louis IV as he walks about this palace gardens. Spains King Juan Carlos told President Chavez to "Shut Up" as Chavez was posturing on his political soapbox for what seemed like an eternity.
Many believe King Carlos' comment was a genuine feeling of what ordinary Venezuelans would love to say publicly to President Chavez but cannot for dear of their own life.
It is certainly nice to be King, speak your mind to idiotic leaders, and gain worldwide admiration from not only his Spanish subjects but from President Chavez's own citizens and detractors. We certainly need more people like King Carlos.
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 Web site 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 $2.2 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 Web site.
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 neighborhood-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, King Juan Carlos leaned forward and said: "Why don't you shut up?"
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Associated Press Writer Jorge Rueda contributed to this report from Caracas, Venezuela.
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