Thanks for the link and the rediculous pics.
I did notice that he almost always had his sunglasses on also. Only 2 pics showed him without them.
His aiguillette also looks stupid.
Shurely no one is impressed with him?
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An aiguillette is an ornamental braided cord most often
most often worn on uniforms, but may also be observed on other costumes such as academic dress, where it will denote an honor. Originally, the word “aiguillette” referred to the lacing used to fasten plate armor together. As such, a knot or loop arrangement was used which sometimes hung from the shoulder.
Aiguillettes should not be confused with lanyards, which are cords also worn from the shoulder (or around the neck), but do not have the pointed aiguillette tips (see Aiguillette (ornament)) and are usually of fiber rather than gold or silver wire, and often not braided.
A series of fanciful legends has developed about the origin of aiguillettes. One account relates that when certain European troops behaved reprehensibly on the field of battle, their commander decided to hang certain of them. The troops asked to be given a chance to redeem themselves and started wearing a rope and spike about their shoulders with the promise that if they ever behaved badly again, they were ready to be hanged on the spot. It is further related that these troops covered themselves with glory thereafter. Another tale recounts that aiguillettes originated with cord and pencil worn by generals and staff officers for writing dispatches. Still another account has it that the idea is French in origin and goes back to the use of horses in battle. A general’s aide-de-camp carried a loop of cord to tie up the general’s horse during dismount. As a practical approach, the aides would loop the cord around the epaulette flap on the shoulder of their tunic. All such accounts have no basis in fact.
Further, it has been argued by gunners that the aiguillette originates with the practice of carrying a pick on a shoulder rope, with which a gun captain would clear the touch-hole of a fouled cannon. Musketeer
arguments suggest that the “tags” on the aiguillette are representations of wooden charge carriers.
Thanks for the history.
Basically this thread is a jobs created by dictators thread — just another jobs program (saved, created jobs).