Brangelina Labor Day a National Holiday in Namibia?

James Joyner @ Gone Hollywood | Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Namibians want to commemorate the day Angelina Jolie gives birth to Brad Pitt’s baby a national holiday, according to one totally unscientific survey.

Half of Namibians voting in an informal radio survey believe the day Angelina Jolie gives birth should be declared a national holiday, an honor usually reserved for kings, queens and national heroes. “We have a tie, it’s 50-50,” the DJ for popular local radio station Radio Wave announced Tuesday after listeners were asked whether the “Brangelina” baby should be accorded the honor. She said voting was still going on.

Hollywood stars Jolie and Brad Pitt sparked an international media frenzy when they arrived in Namibia with her two children to have their first child. But while residents of the southern African country have so far been unfazed by the visit, local media are now getting into the act, with the daily Namib Times speculating that the baby might arrive at the weekend or early next week.

Hell, I’d take the day off, too, if they’d pay me.

Brangelina Labor Day a National Holiday in Namibia?

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