A game of bridge

My foreign correspondent, Dave in Hungary, left a comment on a previous post which reminded me that I had not updated on the Stephen Colbert bridge naming situation.

I found the video on YouTube and attempted to post it. However there is some blockage in the internet pipes and it hasn't appeared so you'll have to go here to see it Colbert Hid.

On the show the Hungarian Ambassador Simonyi declared that under Hungarian law, Colbert would have to be fluent in Hungarian, and would have to be dead in order to have the bridge named for him.

These problems were probably going to be over-looked.

Then, a terrible blow.

On 28th September, it was announced that the bridge will be named "Megyeri Bridge", even though that name did not make it to the second round. The Name Committee justified the final name by explaining that the bridge connects Káposztásmegyer and Békásmegyer.

Colbert was, according to a spokesperson, "Crushed."