Did the world finally get wind of its Nazi identity? Or of its glorification of war criminals? Perhaps word got out about the daily assassinations there? Or did U.S. media finally learn how deadly it is to be a female tourist in Croatia?

You guessed correctly: None of the above.

Instead, the MSM has taken notice because the country has stitched together a pair of jeans that even I could fit into:

ZAGREB (AFP) — A pair of jeans the size of six tennis courts, stitched together from thousands donated for charity, should be recognised by Guinness World Records as the biggest anywhere, organisers said on Sunday.

“We’ve made the world’s largest pair of jeans!” the Cockta Jeans Fashion project said on its website.

“People were bringing in their old jeans…and sponsors were immediately giving money for humanitarian purposes,” project head Boris Juric told national television.

The denims were put on display in Croatia’s capital Zagreb on Saturday after they were assembled from 8,023 unwanted pairs and auctioned off over the last few months.

They have a leg length of 45 metres (148 feet) and a total width of 34 metres and were sewn up in a local factory.

For each pair of donated jeans, the project paid seven kunas (1.30 dollars or 90 euro cents) to a local association providing therapy to disabled people.

You think President Mesic gathered up all his ministers and had a storming session (get it? STORMing session) — and they were like, “Hmmm. We need something to distract the EU from the fact that we’re a country of unrehabilitated, proud Nazis with a corrupt people/government; daily assassinations; glorifying of war criminals; and dead tourists…Let’s think hard here…think…think…wait…I think I got it: Yes!…YES!…A GIANT PAIR OF JEANS!…GENIUS!!!

Well, at least it’s better than wearing dead Serbs , which is what used to comprise Croatian fashion.

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