'Shut up' is hit ringtone in Spain
By MAR ROMAN, Associated Press Writer Mon Nov 19, 6:00 PM ET
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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'Shut up' is hit ringtone in Spain
