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eynon
Joined: 03 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 3:35 pm Post subject: They should let me run this country..... |
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now normally I don't say stuff like this, but the UN really should make me leader of Turkmenistan, or you or pretty much anybody for that matter...just as long as they get rid of the current crazy bastard running the place, behold the insanity:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4177622.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3651006.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3554626.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3528746.stm |
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zero18
Joined: 13 Dec 2004
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Location: Illinois
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| Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 11:49 pm Post subject: |
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| :lol: An ice palace in the middle of the desert? I think this guy has been in power long enough. I say everyone in the LP forum should be put in charge of Turkmenistan. I call Secretary of Defense. 8) |
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eynon
Joined: 03 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 2:20 am Post subject: |
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zero18 wrote: :lol: An ice palace in the middle of the desert? I think this guy has been in power long enough. I say everyone in the LP forum should be put in charge of Turkmenistan. I call Secretary of Defense. 8)
That is a wonderful idea :-D
seriously though I think the Roman dictator Sulla said it best "there is nothing in life that one can not find amusing, either because it's funny or ridculious"
all that said poor turkmen :( |
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eynon
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 3:13 am Post subject: |
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| hey...here's an idea, anybody wanna get together with me, Micheal Caine, and Sean Connery, we can go to this country and play "the man who would be king" game...:) |
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thundertaker
Joined: 29 Aug 2004
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Location: The right side of the Pennines (Lancashire)
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Eynon81 wrote: hey...here's an idea, anybody wanna get together with me, Micheal Caine, and Sean Connery, we can go to this country and play "the man who would be king" game...:)
As I recall, that little adventure didn't have a happy ending...... :-| |
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ToonArmyIsComing
Joined: 15 Feb 2005
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Location: Ontario
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 5:14 am Post subject: |
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| Oh dear! This guy must be believing his own hype! |
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eynon
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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thundertaker wrote: Eynon81 wrote: hey...here's an idea, anybody wanna get together with me, Micheal Caine, and Sean Connery, we can go to this country and play "the man who would be king" game...:)
As I recall, that little adventure didn't have a happy ending...... :-|
True, BUT we won't pretend to be gods :wink: |
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thefranzkafkafront
Joined: 24 Jul 2005
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Location: Edinburgh University.
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 4:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Give me a couple a crates of beer (something nice like hoegaarden) and a rifle and im up for it. |
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Titan
Joined: 14 Apr 2005
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Location: Dalton, MN
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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I'll come and help guard the treasure. :wink:
That is if we get there before the president bankrupts the country building a some space ship or a giant statue of himself... |
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Snow Patrol
Joined: 30 May 2005
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Location: Glasgow
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| Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 11:08 am Post subject: |
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An ice palace in the desert. :lol:
Reminds me of the Sultan and the palace of chocolate from the new "Charlie And The Chocolate Factory" film. |
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Lord Hargreaves
Joined: 05 Oct 2004
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Location: Herefordshire
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| Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 1:27 pm Post subject: |
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| The comedy routine is either because the guy is genuinely insane or it could be a rather ingenius ploy; How many people have died under this tyrannt - and who cares when he orders Ice palaces in the desert? |
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Joined: 24 Jul 2005
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Location: Edinburgh University.
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| Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 2:46 pm Post subject: |
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Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov wrote:
one can't catch two melons with one hand.
Genius!
But frankly id be impressed if you could catch one melon. |
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Demothenes
Joined: 05 May 2004
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Location: My Happy Place
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Quote: banned opera and ballet
forbade long hair or beards for young men
banned car radios
required video monitors in all public places
closed all hospitals, except in the capital, Ashgabat
renamed some calendar months after the president and his mother
?????????????????????
What the hell is wrong with this guy!? |
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euro
Joined: 12 Aug 2005
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Location: old europe
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| Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 3:31 am Post subject: |
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zero18 wrote: :lol: An ice palace in the middle of the desert? I think this guy has been in power long enough. I say everyone in the LP forum should be put in charge of Turkmenistan. I call Secretary of Defense. 8)
Hey we wanna make it better, not worse :lol: |
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zero18
Joined: 13 Dec 2004
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Location: Illinois
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| Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 2:24 pm Post subject: |
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euro wrote: zero18 wrote: :lol: An ice palace in the middle of the desert? I think this guy has been in power long enough. I say everyone in the LP forum should be put in charge of Turkmenistan. I call Secretary of Defense. 8)
Hey we wanna make it better, not worse :lol:
:evil: :lol: |
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