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The Head Butt that Just Keeps Giving

   

You would think that the statue of limitations for people to still be interested in Zidane’s World Cup head butt would have run out by now, but in fact it seems like the thing is gaining new legs by the moment.

In China, an entrepreneur has registered a trademark for the silhouette of the head butt. Who the hell even knew they had trademarks in China? Certainly not the pirates who rip off all the clothing products, electronics and Hollywood movies.

In France, the head butt is causing people to bang their heads. A song about the incident is number one on the pop charts and has blessed the planet with this music video.

Then there are the imitation head butters, like the jockey in Britain who has been banned for one day of racing because he head butt a horse. Seeing is believing:

Folks, please don’t try that at home.


  • Napoleon

    Bon pour lui, pourquoi ne gagner pas de l’argent de du disgraced ZZ. Je n’aimerais pas dire que tous gens français sont aussi ignorants que ZZ.

  • bruce

    If only Zidane had taken out international patent on his headbutt. He could have made millions from the successful legal action against those who have infringed copyright.

  • Garibaldi

    Napoleon, you are great!!!!! you are showing the right face of what french people are (i think the large majority).
    France lost a chance to gain the WC also for what ZZ did. ZZ (guide and reference of french team) left the team alone in a crucial moment of the game for his stupid reaction.

  • Stokazz

    This-jockey-is-a-bastard!!!
    I-hope-that-poor-horse-will-break-his-head!!!

  • luke

    See what Zidane started. I predict headbutt assualts to increase by 124% over the next 12 months. Not even the animals are safe…thanks zizou

  • PETA

    That poor horse got ZIDANED.

  • http://www.myspace.com Khalil

    zidan is great… he could’ve won the world cup for the second time but that Italian bastard started everything. But the Italian dumbo desirves what u got a head in the chest’hahhahahahhahahhaha lol

  • http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/zinedine-zidane-wants-to-return-to-football.html Zinedine Zidane Wants to Return to Football – World Football – The Offside – Soccer News and Opinion from leagues around the world

    [...] We haven’t seen Zizou in action since the 2006 World Cup final, where he was sent off for something or other. And since retirement, Zidane has been famously media-shy, mostly because he’s sick of [...]

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