Turkmen leader orders ice palace
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A story, delightfully written, from the BBC’s Central Asia correspondent Monica Whitlock.
President Niyazov of Turkmenistan has ordered the construction of a palace made of ice in the heart of his desert country, one of the hottest on earth.
“Let us build a palace of ice,” said President Niyazov, “big and grand enough for 1,000 people.”
A small comic masterpiece, very deftly done.
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Posted to Oh, the Humanity • 2004.08.11 (Wed) • 21:32
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Posted by Empress of Everything 2004.08.12, 01:12
I think Niyazov may have an edge on you for the title King of the World. He’s written a moral manifesto that’s required reading in Turkmenistan and he’s renamed all the months of the year—January commemorates himself and April is for his mother.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3528746.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/2181151.stm
You’d better get cracking, King Antipixel. Your traffic noise proclamation doesn’t hold up…
Posted by liz 2004.08.12, 01:28
i can’t imagine a man who leads a country can possibly lack that much common sense…but then again my president is bush.
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