Col Gaddafi

[steveo]

What's the point of being a dictator if you can't fart volubly? Wouldn't we all? I certainly intend to when I'm next in charge of a country. However there are associated dangers with the practice. Perhaps the female bodyguards have concealed nappies and wet wipes... and tent freshener

[Ridgley]

His wish will be granted, he will die in his own country but martyrdom not!!

[JohnL]

I'm So Ronery

So ronery

So ronery and sadry arone

There's no one

Just me onry

Sitting on my rittle throne

I work rearry hard and make up great prans

But nobody ristens, no one understands

Seems like no one takes me serirousry

[Emerson Crane]

JohnL Wrote:

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> I'm So Ronery

> So ronery

> So ronery and sadry arone

>

> There's no one

> Just me onry

> Sitting on my rittle throne

> I work rearry hard and make up great prans

> But nobody ristens, no one understands

> Seems like no one takes me serirousry

Is this a send up of a chinese person, a la Benny Hill?

[Scribe]

[mockney piers]

It's Kim Jong Il.

bah, pipped

Edited one time, one time. Last edit was february 22, 11:36am by mockney piers.

[Scribe]

How did you adjust the edit notification without it being noted a second time? I'd love to know, as my admittedly petty, perfectionist ego takes a blow every time I have to correct even the slightest error.

[mockney piers]

There's a tick against your user profile which says whether edits leave a notification.

I used to be a moderator, and I guess the tick remained ticked after my other magic powers were removed.

I try to be conspicuous about saying edited though.

But of course you knew that didn't you.

[Jah Lush]

Mockers had the power Scribe.

[Scribe]

Er, no. I didn't know anything about there being an option that allows me to edit a post without the edit being noted. And I'm at a loss as to why you'd think I did. But thanks for the info all the same. Ta.

[Jeremy]

mockney piers Wrote:

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> There's a tick against your user profile which

> says whether edits leave a notification.

Which sub-section is it under?

[mockney piers]

Only admin can do it. It's not for us mere mortals.

[karter]

Back on topic please before we get ticked off. Why is Colonel Gaddafi not a General?

[david_carnell]

On 1 September 1969, a small group of junior military officers led by Gaddafi staged a bloodless coup d'?tat against King Idris while he was in Turkey for medical treatment. His nephew, the Crown Prince Sayyid Hasan ar-Rida al-Mahdi as-Sanussi, had been formally deposed by the revolutionary army officers and put under house arrest; they abolished the monarchy and proclaimed the new Libyan Arab Republic. The 27-year-old Gaddafi, with a taste for safari suits and sunglasses, then sought to become the new "Che Guevara of the age". To accomplish this Gaddafi turned Libya into a haven for anti-Western radicals, where any group, supposedly, could receive weapons and financial assistance, provided they claimed to be fighting imperialism. The Italian population in Libya almost disappeared after Gaddafi ordered the expulsion of Italians in 1970.

A Revolutionary Command Council was formed to rule the country, with Gaddafi as chairman. He added the title of prime minister in 1970, but gave up this title in 1972. Unlike some other military revolutionaries, Gaddafi did not promote himself to the rank of general upon seizing power, but rather accepted a ceremonial promotion from captain to colonel and has remained at this rank since then. While at odds with Western military ranking for a colonel to rule a country and serve as Commander-in-Chief of its military, in Gaddafi's own words Libya's society is "ruled by the people", so he needs no more grandiose title or supreme military rank.[1

[mockney piers]

"Libya's society is "ruled by the people""

Talk about choking on your own words.

[tommy]

Good photo -not a bad Michael Jackson impression

http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=45647

[MrBen]

Great photograph. All of those medals always get me. What did he win them for? Bombing innocent passenger planes over Scotland?

[Annette Curtain]

http://mg.co.za/image/square/20110224libya300jpg/300

[Asset]

House for sale

Kinda slightly strange that the house is there!

[MrBen]

So the end is nigh. The endless loops on Sky News are like watching a car crash in slow mo. "Supporters" revealing their true colours, the denial that all dictators seem to take to the bitter end. A needlessly defiant last stand from a deluded home guard.

Is there any way out alive for Muammar? I can't see a physical route to exile in Angola or elsewhere, so its surely death or The Hague. He's clearly bonkers so based on past form what's most likely?

[DulwichFox]

Col. Gaddafi

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Muammar_al-Gaddafi_at_the_AU_summit.jpg/220px-Muammar_al-Gaddafi_at_the_AU_summit.jpg

Good Looking Chap...

[maxxi]

He can't get away it would seem. Well he could always have plastic surgery to change his lo- ... oh.

[Dee Woffaz]

Whats the chances of him turning up mid term as a surprise Big Brother house mate?

[ibilly99]

Seems a shame to waste this one I made earlier ...

yet again the West opens the Pandora's box and breaks up an oil rich country for it's own venal ends - the petrol you fill your car with has blood in it - happy motoring.

[Wilhelm]

I don't care what happens as long as we secure his secret blend of 11 herbs and spices.