August 16, 2005

Freddy Mercury and Japan

There are worse crimes than glossing over history.

The Freddy Mercury worshipping continues. Following the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's erecting of a statue to the great man, I found this in a high-school textbook I was proofing tonight:

"Nobody in this world is as cool as Mercury."

The senior editor obviously wasn't as hip and streetwise, crossing out the legend's name and replacing it with "that guy."

I was tempted to cross out "that guy" and replace it with "Hasselhof."

Posted by Setsunai at August 16, 2005 10:02 PM
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Oh you can be so cruel...

Posted by: Winds at August 17, 2005 7:26 PM | Permalink to Comment

What about Brush Shiels?
By the way Tom, a statue of Phil Lynott is being erected on Friday outside Bruxelles.

Posted by: paul at August 17, 2005 11:46 PM | Permalink to Comment
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