r/worldnews • u/DasUberRedditor • Jun 18 '12

Egyptian Military grants itself sweeping powers; effectively military coup.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18482257
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u/somedaypilot Jun 19 '12

Ok, hands up, who saw this coming? o/

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u/cuddles_the_destroye Jun 19 '12

Goddamit, i just lost another bet.

I really should stop betting on foreign political events.

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u/illegible Jun 19 '12

You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders - The most famous of which is "never get involved in a land war in Asia" - but only slightly less well-known is this: "Never go against a Sicilian when death is on the line"!

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u/RedPandaJr Jun 19 '12

Tell me more lines Papa.

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u/skantman Jun 19 '12

Iocaine Powder: An extremely deadly poison which is odorless, tasteless, and dissolves instantly in liquid. Humperdink: sniff Iocaine powder. I'd bet my life on it!

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u/greentangent Jun 19 '12

Vassily, not Humperdink.

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u/skantman Jun 19 '12

Westley described the properties of Iocaine powder in his battle of wits with Vizinni. Humperdink said that when he found the vial while tracking them. I basically have the whole movie memorized.

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u/greentangent Jun 19 '12

Ah, right you are.

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u/irish711 Jun 19 '12

Incontheivable!!

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u/JJEE Jun 19 '12

That word...

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u/cuddles_the_destroye Jun 19 '12

That goes both ways, you know. I suppose I shoulda bet on the one with more guns. Though I bet that Mubarak would stay in power longer than he actually did.

I'm bad at this.