dkw Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 Just saw this on a site:- Joseph S. (Sepp) Bellend Blatter (born 10 March 1936) is the 8th and current President of FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association). He was elected on 8 June 1998, succeeding Dr. Joao Havelange (Brazil). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rahul Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 Saw this today morning myself. Had me in stitches in front of my perplexed colleagues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWestwayWonder Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 haha, that is great. Was it real after all? I just assumed someone had hacked the site and done that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hutch Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 here's one source, The Presidency: Republic of South Africa, no less: Profile of Joseph Sepp Bellend Blatter Joseph Sepp Bellend Blatter was born on 10 March 1936 and is the eighth and current president of FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association), having been elected in June 1998. He was born and graduated in Switzerland before gaining a Bachelor’s degree at HEC Lausanne, the affiliated business school of the University of Lausanne. LINK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 (edited) I don't get it..... Edited July 15, 2010 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegRabid Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 (edited) Excellent...had to read it twice to spot it! "Cntrian Well no, sir um... I think it's a joke, sir. Like uh... Sillius Soddus, or... Biggus Dickus sir. Pilate What's so funny about Biggus Dickus? Cntrian Well it's a joke name, sir. Pilate I have a vewwy gweat fwiend in Wome called Biggus Dickus." Edited July 15, 2010 by RegRabid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonetti Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 I don't get it..... Bellend!!! Not you - Blatter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkw Posted July 15, 2010 Author Share Posted July 15, 2010 This is the full story, which is even better. http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/oddballs/835201-sepp-blatter-called-a-bellend-during-award-of-south-african-medal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Bellend!!! Not you - Blatter Ohh okay I had to look up Bellend on google to find out what it meant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkw Posted July 20, 2010 Author Share Posted July 20, 2010 Ohh okay I had to look up Bellend on google to find out what it meant I shudder to think what came up when you googled that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim W Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 I shudder to think what came up when you googled that. Blatter About 338,000 results (0.37 seconds) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkw Posted July 20, 2010 Author Share Posted July 20, 2010 (edited) Blatter About 338,000 results (0.37 seconds) Bellend 339,000 results (0.43 seconds) Spookily similar. Edited July 20, 2010 by dkw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maksimov Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Bellend 339,000 results (0.43 seconds) Spookily similar. So Bellend is slightly more popular than Blatter. Hmm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maksimov Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 I reckon the prank was a bigger success than the pranksters dared to hope for: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup-2010/7891632/Sepp-Blatter-given-embarrassing-nickname-on-World-Cup-award.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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