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The result was: promoted by Aoidh (talk) 16:54, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
... that the Swiss Social Democratic Federal Councilor Willi Ritschard was not amused when he had to attend on the International Workers' Day in 1980, a Royal Banquet for Queen Elizabeth II? Source: Am 1. Mai, dem Tag der Arbeit, musste er im Smoking zu einem königlichen Bankett fahren, das war schwer verdauliche Kost für den Sozialdemokraten. Und enervierte ihn derart / On the International Workers Day on 1 of May, he had to attend in smoking to a Royal Banquet ... this unnerved him such... [1]
Overall: @Paradise Chronicle: Good article. I do like the not amused part of the hook. Onegreatjoke (talk) 20:44, 13 December 2022 (UTC)
Hey Paradise Chronicle, I came here to promote this, but I can't help but feel that we're missing out on a better hook here as the actual German text says essentially says they literally found this hard to digest - I think that would be quite funny if quoted. --GGT (talk) 13:20, 24 December 2022 (UTC)
GGT For the German language this might work good, you are right. Hard to digest is a saying (or proverb) in the German language for when one should do something one doesn't like. In the English language I don't remember to have heard it making sense. For this, I translated it into not amused which is well known, much more in connection to the Queen.Paradise Chronicle (talk) 14:44, 24 December 2022 (UTC)
@Paradise Chronicle: Good article. I do like the not amused part of the hook. Onegreatjoke (talk) 20:44, 13 December 2022 (UTC)