Chuck Norris. Much has been mused about the iconic ass-kicker: Guns don't kill people; Chuck Norris kills people. There is no theory of evolution; just a list of animals Chuck Norris allows to live. Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits. There are many more theories floating about.



Hungarians apparently have no problem with his extreme manliness reputation. A new bridge over the Danube, of “Blue” fame in Hungary quite possibly could be named after the Hollywood action movie actor Norris unless the current trend turns in an Internet vote organized by the Hungarian Economy Ministry.


Votes for the "Chuck Norris Bridge" had attracted 8,725 votes or 11 percent by this Tuesday morning, just ahead of Hungarian humorist Geza Hofi and three times more than for Szent Istvan, founder of the state.


Internet votes can be cast until September 8th on the www.m0hid.gov.hu , where people have put forward more than 500 nominations including Bob Marley, as well as names referring to the cocked up construction problems, submitting, "It Will Never Happen Bridge."


A Hungarian government committee will review the three winning names, as well as other proposals put forward by local governments, cartographers, linguists and other experts.


The bridge over the Danube river, north of Budapest is scheduled to open in 2008.