Commonwealth Games brochure declares that England is now in Africa

England's Commonwealth Games team actually hail from Africa, according to none other than the tournament's organisers. The blooper, made in the official programme for the opening ceremony of the Gold Coast Games taking place in Queensland, Australia, today was spotted by various athletes and the media. In what appears to be a …

[Korev]

I'm pleased that errors like this aren't more Common(wealth)

[msknight]

Bless away....

.... 'casue the rest of us are cursing it.

[MyffyW]

Re: Bless away....

Bloody typical ... you turn you back for two minutes and your neighbours bugger off to the tropics.

[defiler]

Well, if we're not in Europe any more...

Where's next-closest?

[I ain't Spartacus]

Re: Well, if we're not in Europe any more...

Sod closest! Where has the nicest weather?

Also, does any other part of the world have a song contest we can join? Preferably one a bit less naff than Eurovision.

Oh and maybe a regional football tournament that we might win..

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: Well, if we're not in Europe any more...

>Oh and maybe a regional football tournament that we might win..

Oceania champions has a great ring to it. Even England could beat New Zealand, Fiji and Tongo - not so sure about the Scottish chances though...

[WolfFan]

Re: Well, if we're not in Europe any more...

Oh and maybe a regional football tournament that we might win..

You don't want to be in North America. That'd put you in CONCACAF. You can beat Canada, everyone beats Canada, but the Mexicans will drop the hammer 'cause they're Mexicans and Englishmen look like Gringos to them, while the entire English-speaking Caribbean will line up for a chance to pound on England in Real Football(tm). The Yankees and most of Central America might be beatable, depending on how seriously they take the game. Honduras and El Salvador take it really seriously. Run away, run away.

[phuzz]

Re: Well, if we're not in Europe any more...

I think we should un-moor the country and tow it on a little tour of all the Commonwealth countries.

I'm sure Jamaica or Antigua would be pleased to see the UK coming over the horizon, right?

[WolfFan]

Re: Well, if we're not in Europe any more...

Barbados, maybe. Antigua, probably not. Jamaica, hell no.

[Anonymous Coward]

That's Brexit for you

If you don't want to be a part of Europe, you will be a part of Africa.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: That's Brexit for you

Well it is gonna take some time to do the things we never have.

[Mage]

Re: That's Brexit for you

The Canaries are in the EU and Geographically Africa. They grow bananas. While Ireland has at times been the biggest Banana exporter (World? Europe?), Iceland is only grower of bananas in Europe (not EU).

[Trigonoceps occipitalis]

Re: That's Brexit for you

"Iceland is only grower of bananas in Europe"

Cyprus grows bananas and is both in Europe and the EU.

[Stork]

Re: Bananas

Not quite true. They also grow banana on Madeira, and even some here in Algarve - mostly in greenhouses, though.

[Pen-y-gors]

Re: That's Brexit for you

Well, give it a few years and England will be economically indistinguishable from the Gambia. It's an understandable error.

[veti]

Re: That's Brexit for you

There's one part of the UK that is very close to Africa.

Gibraltar voted by 96% to Remain in Europe. When my colleagues in the office saw that (it was the first result to be announced), they thought the result was a foregone conclusion - I had to explain quite forcefully that Gibraltar was not exactly typical...

[rmason]

Did the leave voters know we would be arbitrarily assigned a new continent?

Oh well, at least we aren't American.

[SoaG]

'at least we aren't American'

Take off, eh!

[Fungus Bob]

Re: Take off, eh!

Could be worse, mason - you could've been arbitrarily made Canadian (politeness is overrated).

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: Take off, eh!

@ Fungus Bob

I'm still hoping that the EU will permit Canada to join now that they have an opening.

[Dan 55]

It's not arbitrary, the new continent was chosen based on the level of competency in government.

[Rich 11]

A little breathing space

There are plenty of good arguments for moving Parliament out of London for a few years, but Banjul is perhaps a little further away than most of us were expecting. Still, I'm willing to let them give it a try...

[Aladdin Sane]

Re: A little breathing space

Can't we move Parliament somewhere further away? Bikini Atoll springs to mind.

[defiler]

Re: A little breathing space

Can't we move Parliament somewhere further away? Bikini Atoll springs to mind.

Neptune. I mean it's not like Parliamentary TV needs to be real-time anyway.

[Aladdin Sane]

Re: A little breathing space

There's enough space junk as it is

[PerlyKing]

Obi Wan error?

I notice that the next country down is The Gambia - are its details correct or has everything been shifted by one index?

[Anonymous Coward]

I tend to agree - 'banana country' :)

[Roj Blake]

How Could They Mix the Two Up?

One of the countries is struggling with poor infrastructure, extreme poverty and corruption, and the other is The Gambia

[Anonymous Coward]

You can be a shithole country too

Like the one I live in: USA

Okay, it not entirely a shithole. Mainly it's just our president.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: You can be a shithole country too

That's pompous weasel dicked president to you sonny!

[Fungus Bob]

Re: You can be a shithole country too

"Mainly it's just our president."

No, its more than him. All of DC is a shithole.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: You can be a shithole country too

> Okay, it not entirely a shithole. Mainly it's just our president.

I wouldn't be so smug given the long history of gun murders which spans many presidencies.

America is a shithole. Period. Just like everywhere else.

[Anonymous Coward]

I See How It Works

Well, you're in for global warming with a vengeance.

[Raj]

It's time...

... to round up Robert Redford and Meryl Streep for a sequel to their 80s movie - Back Into Africa.

[Nick Kew]

The Gold Coast

Am I the only one to have had an atlas old enough to show a country called the Gold Coast, before it was renamed Ghana? Also in West Africa.

[mumble] brexit, brafric,

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: The Gold Coast

> Am I the only one to have had an atlas old enough to show a country called the Gold Coast, before it was renamed Ghana?

Obligatory XKCD...

[GIRZiM]

Re: The Gold Coast

> Obligatory XKCD...

Hadn't seen that one before.

I laughed and laughed and laughed.

Thanks for that!

[Mark 85]

So you guys across the pond moved lock, stock, and barrel and didn't tell anyone?

Icon.. looking for my address book to start updating it.

[Woza]

Do we need to update bookmarks to the register.co.gm too?

[Brex]

Germany is already in Asia...so why can't the UK be in Africa?

Just ask Merkel and her beloved "refugees".

[Pascal Monett]

"We found out about it maybe 10 days ago"

So, what you're saying is that your Quality Control is inexistant, you have no one in your team that gives a flying one, and you get your essential news about what happens on CNN ?

Sounds like your working environment is very nice. I'll take the couch over there, and a bottle of Jack's, thanks.

[Cpt Blue Bear]

Re: "We found out about it maybe 10 days ago"

Before you start applying, its not JD you'll get but Bundaberg rum. Its easy to tell the difference: Jack Daniels leaves you wondering where the whiskey promised on the label is while Bundy (as its affectionately known) will make you want to punch the bastard responsible for ruining it.

[Anonymous Coward]

Jack Daniels leaves you wondering

And it is distilled in a dry county - we've still got some of those. Apparently the natives don't want to drink it either.

[Anonymous Coward]

Going home?

We're all out of Africa.

[silverfern]

What's wrong with Africa? The weather there's better.

[CraPo]

A friend of mine went to the opening ceremony....

The ticket said, "Thursday, 4th April". <facepalm>

[onefang]

Re: A friend of mine went to the opening ceremony....

"The ticket said, "Thursday, 4th April". <facepalm>"

Well, since Australia's timezones are so far ahead of most other countries that it's often yesterday in those other countries, the Aussies where just being kind to the jet lagged.

Or as I always say, living in the future, just waiting for everyone else to catch up.

[onefang]

Re: A friend of mine went to the opening ceremony....

"The ticket said, "Thursday, 4th April". <facepalm>"

Oh wait, this is Queensland we are talking about, 4th of April 1957 was a Thursday. Also explains why the buses where late.

[onefang]

Let me guess, the dunderhead that made this mistake got their geography lessons from a school in USA?

[James O'Shea]

Impossible. No schools in the US teach a subject called 'geography'.

https://www.pri.org/custom/files/styles/original_image/public/TrumpMap.jpg

It has been that way for quite some time now.

https://liberalvalues.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/the-world-according-to-ronald-reagan.jpg