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2004-05-31 Europe
Bomb Explodes at Monaco's Soccer Stadium
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Posted by Fred 2004-05-31 1:06:26 AM|| || Front Page|| [11131 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Maybe the bombers thought they were in Frawnce. As it was, they were only a few miles off.

Easy mistake to make, I suppose, particularly if Phrench isn't your first language and you're not really up on European geography.
Posted by Barbara Skolaut  2004-05-31 1:14:36 AM||   2004-05-31 1:14:36 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 May want to quit losing matches then!
Posted by Lucky 2004-05-31 1:16:16 AM||   2004-05-31 1:16:16 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 I saw the match on ESPN2. Monaco had already "bombed" on game day. Setting off an explosion at the stadium was merely redundant.
Posted by JDB 2004-05-31 5:14:39 AM||   2004-05-31 5:14:39 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 More likely they were just French jihadis passing through on their way to Italy.
Posted by RWV 2004-05-31 2:52:07 PM||   2004-05-31 2:52:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Monaco

Sounds like a African country

Stade Louis II

With a European named building

said Jose Badia

And a Latin Counseler of Social affairs and Public works. Ok, I give, where the hell is Monaco?

Posted by Charles  2004-05-31 4:12:05 PM||   2004-05-31 4:12:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 43 44 North, 7 24 East

according to the CIA World Fact Book.
Posted by Zpaz 2004-05-31 6:14:54 PM||   2004-05-31 6:14:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 In case you're not kidding, Monaco is a tiny enclave on the Mediterranean coast of France.
It is an independent country, the second smallest in the world (less than a square mile). It is mainly known to the rest of the world for its famous casino ("Monte Carlo" ring a bell?) and through tabloid coverage of the goings on in its royal family.
Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2004-05-31 6:16:59 PM||   2004-05-31 6:16:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 In case you are interested, the fact book has other pithy sayings about Monaco such as:

Birth rate: 9.46 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)

Death rate: 12.82 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)

Net migration rate: 7.78 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Posted by Zpaz 2004-05-31 6:19:42 PM||   2004-05-31 6:19:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Forgot the link: Monaco in Wikipedia. Incidentally, the section entitled "Military of Monaco" consists of a single ominous line:
Defense is the responsibility of France

The poor Monagoshans (or whatever they call themselves)! They're doomed!
Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2004-05-31 6:29:28 PM||   2004-05-31 6:29:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Monaco also famous for first victory by Spanish grand prix driver.
Posted by Shipman 2004-05-31 7:13:03 PM||   2004-05-31 7:13:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Course I've always thought that Vatican City would be an even better venue for road racing F1 machines. Easter would be a natural race day.
Posted by Shipman 2004-05-31 7:15:09 PM||   2004-05-31 7:15:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Best claim to fame: Grace Kelly ...mmmmmmmmmm

married Prince Rainier (/bitterness)
Posted by Frank G  2004-05-31 8:14:07 PM||   2004-05-31 8:14:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Rite chew r, Shippy. Another eggcellent suggestion. They could put the finish line in St. Peter's Square. They could circle around the obelisk thingy. Maybe they could soup up the pope-mobile so he could play instead of just waving the green flag. The Swiss guards could be his pit crew...
Posted by Zpaz 2004-05-31 10:20:28 PM||   2004-05-31 10:20:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 Maybe the bombers are honing their skills for the summer Oleolympics.
Posted by Alaska Paul in Cooper Landing, AK 2004-05-31 11:29:10 PM||   2004-05-31 11:29:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 Grace Kelly was a honey, no doubt about it, but the royalty bit was more than a little overdone overdone in typical tabloid fashion.

The Princess of my realm, my daughter JJ, is just as pretty and just as blonde as Kelly, as well as much taller and therefore more regal. In fact, JJ is taller than I am, at 6'2" (for real).
The Realm of the Atomic Conspirators is actually larger than Monaco too, 640 acres vs. 480. We don't have a casino or a place to hold an F-1 event, but who needs a swarm of fashionably smelly Eurotrash hopheads anyway?
Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2004-06-01 12:05:23 AM||   2004-06-01 12:05:23 AM|| Front Page Top

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