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Crossing the Chuck Norris Bridge

August 3, 2006 at 8:40 AM | 0 Comments

Have we made our point yet that traveling in Hungary can be just a little bit different? If you're not drinking high-percentage alcohol preserved together with human bodies, or getting your teeth fixed between drinks, then in the future you could be driving over Chuck Norris Bridge.

It seems that some things in Hungary are just the same as everywhere, and some politician is trying to distract attention from the fact that a long-promised bridge over the Danube north of Budapest is a fraction behind schedule. The master distraction: An internet poll to name the new bridge. Early internet hype had action star Chuck Norris as the frontrunner in bridge-naming action, with voters citing reasons such as:

he could build that bridge, knock it down with a roundhouse kick, then rebuild it again all in less than 60 minutes

Unfortunately the more ordinary (by Hungarian standards) name of Szent Korona has taken over the lead, but the Hungarian Ministry of Transport is keeping their top list progress vote updated so perhaps before the vote closes on September 8, Chuck'll once again win the day.

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