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SERBIAN VILLAGE CONSTRUCTS STATUE IN HONOR OF ROCKY BALBOA

[+] ballot by herzog
ACTIVE Feb 12,2007 - Tue Feb 12, 08

A tiny village in Serbia says it will construct a statue of the film character Rocky to ward off decades of bad luck.

An official from Zitiste, about 55k (33 miles) north of Belgrade, said the statue of Rocky was needed to give the village a more positive image.

Zitiste has suffered serious damage from floods and landslides, earning it a reputation for being jinxed.

Many of its residents have left the village in search of a better future.

The idea came from Bojan Marceta, a village resident, when he saw the latest Rocky film "Rocky Balboa".

"I felt as if Rocky has come from our village, he had to fight to win his place in society," he told B92 radio.

Zoran Babic of the local council said he and other officials agreed with the plan.

"This is the chance to give a better, more positive image to Zitiste," he said.

Mr Babic said villagers had already been in touch with officials in the US city of Philadelphia, where a Rocky Balboa monument has already been erected.

"We have also contacted a sculptor who has designed the statue, asking him whether he would help us," he told AFP news agency.

The film "Rocky", a story of a boxer who gets the chance to fight the reigning champ, won three Oscars for best picture, best director and best film editing.

Its star, Sylvester Stallone, has recently released "Rocky Balboa", in which the character comes out of retirement to fight once again.

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Does this seem odd to anyone else or is it just a serbian thing?

Nah, the serbians do it all the time	9
That's a little odd	5
crazy but ok	3

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COMMENTS:
Voted : Nah, the serbians do it all the time
nah, the serbs do it all the time. one town in serbia built a statue in honor of marge simpson. apparently they have like $1 billion in their statue fund. those zaney serbs!

by Kev24 on Mon Feb 12, 07 10:31am [+]

Hmm. . . they have interesting priorities.

Although I'm glad they've taken such an interest in american pop culture perhaps they could spend some of that money building an industrial base or giving people a decent education.

by herzog on Mon Feb 12, 07 10:35am [+]

by Kev24 on Mon Feb 12, 07 10:39am [+]

how do you add images again? its not working.

by Kev24 on Mon Feb 12, 07 10:40am [+]

thats nothing -- next on their agenda is to build one celebrating "pepe le pew" -- and it will be solid gold! oh, those crazy, whacky fun-loving serbs!

by Kev24 on Mon Feb 12, 07 10:43am [+]

They need a matching one of rambo at the other end of the street.

by herzog on Mon Feb 12, 07 10:44am [+]

Voted : That's a little odd
Interesting.

by skylab on Mon Feb 12, 07 1:26pm [+]

Voted : Nah, the serbians do it all the time
They are a strange people. Something being added to the drinking water there?

by FiddleFaddleOnLSD on Mon Feb 12, 07 7:35pm [+]

Maybe they should concentrate on prosecuting war criminals

by Chomsky on Tue Feb 13, 07 2:59am [+]

Voted : crazy but ok
I am also a Serb but i think we don`t need it....

Kev, Herzog....do not underestimate the others just because they are different....they are trying to find the original way to popularize one of the poorest places in Serbia.....it will feed a lot of houngry mouth there...

Herzog, btw, our education is much better then the most of european countries, a lot of our science experts are working everywhere around the world....

I agree that it would be better to erect few factories for people without jobs....but, you can not understand our mentality, the whole idea was humoristic, we are very lucid people, and we love to make jokes with ourselves and our problems in life....it was our way of survival while the comunist rule, since there is no better life after beginning of democracy it is still the only way of coping with reality.....

If you have any question or if you want to understand our way of thinking please contact me, i would gladly answer to all of your questions....

kviskobg@yahoo.com

Best wishes
Nicholas

by Guest User from [77.105.53.234] on Sat Aug 18, 07 9:31am [+]

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