It was still dark outside. The elderly man got up and turned on the TV, setting the volume to low so as to not disturb his sleeping wife, according to relatives and friends. What he saw next made him shake her awake. "Come see what your imbecile son is doing," he yelled.
Instead of the normal newscast, they saw a group of soldiers huddled in front of the TV camera. It took them a moment to recognize their son, Capt. Amadou Haya Sanogo, who was announcing that the military had overthrown the government of Mali.
How come he's always my son when he overthrows the government. Elsewhere:
Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh took the stage for new leader Kim Jong Un...
I wonder if Disney were on board with this. They're notoriously litigious over copyright stuff. I wonder what jurisdiction they could sue in.
Posted by: chris y | July 08, 2012 at 06:05 PM
The classic is of course Stalin's mum: "What are you doing these days?" "Well, I'm sort of like the tsar." "Huh. Better if you'd been a priest."
Posted by: Alex | July 08, 2012 at 08:32 PM
"He's not Koba the Dread he's a very naughty boy!" etc etc
Posted by: belle le triste | July 08, 2012 at 09:43 PM
Or, alternatively, "It's very impressive, Leonid, but won't you be in a lot of trouble when the Revolution comes?"
Posted by: ajay | July 09, 2012 at 09:27 AM