We’re living in crazy times, aren’t we? We hear of statues
being toppled, not just in the United States, but all over the world. For some
reason, I was reminded recently of the statue of Freddie Mercury in Montreux,
Switzerland on the shore of beautiful Lake Geneva. I have always wondered why
there is a statue of Freddie Mercury in Switzerland, haven’t you?
Well, I think I’ve got it figured out. There are four official
languages in Switzerland. So yeah, I think when the statue was commissioned, it
was supposed to be a statue of the queen. (I’m guessing Switzerland must have
had a queen at some point in its history.) Instead, due to a translation error,
the sculptor thought it read, “The lead singer of the rock group Queen”. Yeah,
that’s gotta be it.
They probably have a statue of Prince over there somewhere
too I bet.
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