Adil Najam
On your left is the picture of the flag of the Czech Republic. On your right is a ‘Check’ (or, rather, checkered flag; often used in car racing. The two should never be confused. Except for the fact that ‘Czech’ is pronounced as ‘check.’
Ordinarily, this should not be a problem. But right now the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic is visiting Islamabad, and the Capital’s PR people have adorned flags on flagpoles and a number of (very) large banners to welcome him in the spirit of good hospitality. The only problem is that instead of putting the ‘Czech’ flags on the banners, they have ‘Check’ flags!
I saw these while driving back into Islamabad on the from the Airport. I rushed back to see if I would figure out who was responsible for this little gaffe and maybe alert them to the mistake before the Czech PM arrived. Unfortunately, it turned out that the Czech PM was already here.
I wonder what he and his team thought of this. Did they even mention it to their hosts or did they just keep politely quiet? I also wonder what they thought about the banner that read: “We Pray for the Czech Progress and Prosperity”?I am sure they liked the sentiment, but maybe they also wondered why Pakistanis are praying for Czech progress and prosperity instead of working harder for Pakistani progress or prosperity. On the other hand, maybe they do not think as hard about what is written on banners as I do!
I have no way of knowing this, but my theory of how this might have happened is this – Someone tells someone to find out what a Czech (read ‘check’) flag looks like; they look up ‘check flag’ on Google, and that is the one which makes it way on the banner.
Nice story for a chuckle? But how would you feel if the Pakistan Prime Minister goes to another country and they mess up the flags this way?
immad and javed nice to have u here, H-26 rocks,for other participants both of these guys are my buddy’s from our Telecom college.Immad i dont remember but the old car u used to drive in our uni days was a scoda or was it a nissan
[quote comment=”47802″]Do Czechs still build Skodas. We used to have those in Pakistan in late 60s. I see a lot of jokes on web about these cars.[/quote]
No, Czechs build only VW for Germans nowadays.
Well the worst was sitting Pakistani Prime Minsiter waving a Pakistani Flag in a Public rally on March 23rd at Minar-e-Pakistan.
What do you expect from the checkered govt of a country that has checkered history of being ruled military dictators????????
Pakstani FM is directly responsible for this act and must seek public pardon from Czech people and govt. The FO of this checkered Pakistani Govt was definitely sleeping as usually.
Great joke :o))
Don’t worry, nobody is perfect :o))