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Shut up, shut up...says the song of Black Eyed Peas and because King Juan Carlos loves it, he keeps on singing. Just the other day he hummed it to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. However, due to their status, he reformulated it polite and said: Why don't you shut up? ("Por que no te callas?"). Beyond all jokes, at a summit last week in Chile, the Spanish king told Chavez to shut up in a heated confrontation. Since then it become not only a hit, but also hip. Madrid daily El Pais reported on its Web site Monday more than a half a million people have downloaded a mobile phone ringtone featuring the phrase and companies gained around $2.2 million for it. President Chavez initiated the conflict when he called former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar a "fascist" and while Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Spain's current Prime Minister, asked him to be more diplomatic, he kept interrupting. As it is, King Juan Carlos, annoyed, said the phrase that would become history. Many of Chavez's opponents in Venezuela would have said the same thing; therefore they become prime supporters of the king. Furthermore, in Venezuela the word "no" written in the Spanish message on T-shirts is in uppercase and represents a call for voting against constitutional reforms that would significantly expand Chavez's power. Rumor has it that the next best thing will be T-shirts and mugs featuring the words. On Youtube the videos of the confrontation are already a hit. Did you bought something with message? What are you waiting for, the demand is high you might be left outside.

related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071120/ap_on_fe_st/shut_up_ringtone;_ylt=AqXLSfTZLD2EACEaC5jpZias0NUE

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