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2003-10-13 Arabia

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Posted by Atrus 2003-10-13 4:00:37 PM|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Requirements for office?:

(1) 4th-cousin or better relationship to the current monarch

(2) Can't be Jewish or Christian (just guessing)

Posted by snellenr 2003-10-13 4:31:51 PM|| 2003-10-13 4:31:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 There's a quote: "It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting."

Posted by spiffo 2003-10-13 4:38:09 PM|| 2003-10-13 4:38:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Spiffo!

LOL.... Where's the quote from? Sounds like Bierce or perhaps Mayor (the real one) Dailey.

Posted by Shipman 2003-10-13 6:01:41 PM|| 2003-10-13 6:01:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 They're like Oman - kinda sticking the old big toe in to see whether the water is warm. Now PeeWee Herman will get elected to the school board in Riyad and the experiment will be over - with authority.

Posted by Super Hose 2003-10-13 6:09:36 PM|| 2003-10-13 6:09:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Sounds a bit like HL Mencken, too, but it's Tom Stoppard...

Posted by .com 2003-10-13 7:24:39 PM|| 2003-10-13 7:24:39 PM|| Front Page Top

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