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What leader was born in the tiny town of Bodoni on the island of Lower Caisse in San Serriffe, circa 1977?
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#110537. Asked by BRY2K.
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serpa
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General Pica was very Elite. Amazingly this story broke on April 1 of 1977!
When the world first heard of San Serriffe in April 1977, the tiny state was a sleepy island paradise under the authoritarian leadership of an unpopular general. Visiting the archipelago 22 years on, Berlin Sans discovers a vibrant nation transformed by a visionary leader
The centre of Bodoni, the capital of San Serriffe, was, as ever, confused last night as it prepared to celebrate the 22nd anniversary of its discovery, the most dramatic event in the patchy - even blotchy - history of this remote sea-girt nation.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/1999/apr/01/features11.g24
Previous anniversaries had been celebrated with little ceremony. Indeed under the stern military rule of the strongman, General Pica, and his obscure successor (note to subs: have forgotten his name, please check) few Serriffeans felt they had much to celebrate.
However, since free elections were held and the handsome, popular, charismatic, boyish, charming, dynamic, modest, new leader Antonio Bourgeois was catapulted into office, the atmosphere in San Serriffe has been transformed. Nothing has actually happened, but the atmosphere has been transformed.
Regular followers of politics in this region will recall that San Serriffe comprises two islands, Upper Caisse and Lower Caisse, shaped curiously like a semi-colon, sited (usually) in the Indian Ocean. Since the country briefly hit global headlines in 1977, Western journalists have steered clear, in the belief that little was to be gained from visiting these shores, particularly in the matter of expenses.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/1999/apr/01/features11.g24
Good BRY2K! I need to finish the story now.
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Baloo55th

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Can't be Pica. He was ousted in 1989 or 1990 by Melior - that would make him only 13 if born in 1977. In fact, Pica took power in 1971 after overthrowing General Minion. Bourgeois come in in 1997, which would make him a possible (at 20). There are internal inconsistencies in the article, however. The islands are celebrating the 22nd anniversary of their discovery, but were noted in 1794 by Captain Meriwether Lewis, and their team played at Wembley in 1922.
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queproblema
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The San Serriffeans lost in 1922 but at the rematch in 1999 won.
"1999 The San Serriffean football team beats England 2-1 at Wembley amid protests over an alleged hand-ball incident."
(See serpa's second link.)
Regarding Capt. Lewis, this is just one more example of the British claiming a discovery centuries after the Americans beat them to it. ;)
http://www.metaltype.co.uk/stories/story23.shtml
Gen. Pica wasn't born in 1977--
"San Serriffe achieved its independence from Britain in 1967. It was then ruled by a succession of dictators (Colonel Hispalis and General Minion) before General M.J. Pica assumed control of the government in 1971."
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/Hoaxipedia/San_Serriffe/
As I recall, the same Gen. Pica was the dictator of many offices and schools back when Qp was thin and dark-haired. He himself descended from a dynasty powerful during the French Revolution.
In taking the true measure of Pica, however, we must remember he was not so much an "impressive character" but rather a fellow of some girth who demanded his allotted space, a full 0.166044 inch. The Elite always crowded him, but even after they nearly suffocated him by sheer numbers, he keeps elbowing his way back.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pica_%28unit_of_measure%29
Benguiat was born in 1977, but the place of his birth is as shadowy as Barack Obama's, likely because the government was loathe to issue a birth certificate to one born with those extraneous serifs. Perhaps his American father, Ed, landed on Sans Serriffe just long enough for his mother to type him out.
http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/bitstream/itc-benguiat/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITC_Benguiat
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Baloo55th

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By the way, Bodoni is on Upper Caisse. Lower Caisse has a form of autonomy subject to total supervision.
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