Interesting facts about Chile.

[Questions]

Chile is now the 5th largest exporter of wine in the world.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

The national football stadium was used as a concentration camp during the 1970s. 40,000 prisoners were detained there, many of them being tortured. Margaret Thatcher responded to this by inviting Augusto Pinochet to tea.

 

[BHAMAN]

Chile isn't really that cold

 

[Westdene Seagull]

It makes you fart.

 

[ferring seagull]

The national football stadium was used as a concentration camp during the 1970s. 40,000 prisoners were detained there, many of them being tortured. Margaret Thatcher responded to this by inviting Pinochet to tea.

Yes Ed. but do you know what she was going to say to him (handbag in hand)?

 

[u'vebeenamexed]

It has no coastline.

 

[ferring seagull]

It has no coastline.

Really ?

 

[Driver8]

It's very thin.

 

[Gully]

It has no coastline.

If that is the case, what lies between Chile and the Pacific?

I think you might be confusing it with Bolivia, now landlocked, which did have a coastline but lost it (somewhat ironically) to Chile.

 

[PeteSA2011]

About 30,000 residents of the Patagonia region of Chile have Welsh surnames.

 

[hshaw]

it burns your mouth and your arse when it comes out

 

[catfish]

Chile is now the 5th largest exporter of wine in the world.

What about marching powder - are they a player?

 

[portlock seagull]

They do a great con carne

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Yes Ed. but do you know what she was going to say to him (handbag in hand)?

She thanked him for "bringing democracy to Chile". Thatcher seems to have a curious understanding of the concept of democracy, since Pinochet came to power by overthrowing the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende, in a military coup.

 

[Fungus]

Chile is now the 5th largest exporter of wine in the world.

Doing my bit to help them! Lovely stuff.

 

[looney]

She thanked him for "bringing democracy to Chile". Thatcher seems to have a curious understanding of the concept of democracy, since Pinochet came to power by overthrowing the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende, in a military coup.

?Allende was about as democratic as Mugabe, chile was heading for a one party state. Pinochet held a referendum on wether he should continue in office and won it, when he lost the following referendum he stood down.

Truth is Pinochet was a dictator and scumbag, the issue I have is that you airbrush history to pretend that Allende wasn't.

 

[perseus]

Chile is now the 5th largest exporter of wine in the world.

Merlot Chile wine is not really Merlot. I drink Chilean Cabernet Chavignon as my regular red wine. It is best value.

 

[PeteSA2011]

Panpipe music is very big in Chile. As is wearing a poncho.
So maybe we can a live performance by a traditional panpipe group, at The Amex for one game.

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

this flair ICON is from CHILE

ivan zamorano trivia

-Zamorano was nicknamed Bam Bams (for Bamm-Bamm, a character from The Flintstones), and Iván el Terrible ("Ivan the Terrible").

-Zamorano wore the number 9 jersey for Internazionale until a sponsorship deal with Nike saw Ronaldo (who was originally assigned number 10) given the traditional strikers' number. When this happened, they gave him the number 18 jersey, but Zamorano added a plus (+) sign between the two numbers (actually, 1+8=9).

-Zamorano was the promotional face of the new Santiago, Chile transport system Transantiago, which has brought him criticism because of the system's starting failures; some even say his credibility may have been damaged.

 

[Questions]

What about marching powder - are they a player?

Lacks the finish of a good Peruvian Catty.