Brickbat: You Got to Know When to Fold 'Em
Police in Cyprus raided the weekly card game of a group of elderly women and charged them with gambling. The women, including one 98-year-old, faced a fine of up to 750 euros or six months in jail. But after local and international media picked up the story, prosecutors dropped the charges.
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Fist!
Heil, mein F?hrer.
Heil myself!
Heil to me!
Es lebe die gro?e, wunderbar, und allmachtigen Regierung!
Ne zabyvaite Komissar, tovarishche!
Es lebe deutsche Grammatik! Heil Duden! (also why no fake Greek? It would be easy to just blame Plato for this, just ask Rand)
You would think the police there would be more concerned with keeping the Greeks and Turks from killing each other.
I guess cops are cops the world over when it comes to the retarded way they prioritize things.
Um die edlen Misstrauen Agenten der Regierun ist es Verrat z8 begehen. Sie mussen fur Ihr abscheuliches Verbrechen gegen den Staat, Heiden bezahlen.
Putin soglashaet sya i daet pechen obedy!!!
Shto za bazar, patsan? Ti shto, kak Gojira ruskii izuchal shtoli?
You fucking libertarians. You're all Soviet sleepers agents, aren't you? *Bulging eyes*.
/Rep. Peter King.
Google translate really screwed up there. Heiden bezahlen???
Take the easy way out and do the least amount of work... In America look for the union label.
The Greeks are on one side of the island the Turks on the other. Problem already easily solved by ethnic cleansing.
OK wow I never thought about it like that.
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