Posted on 07/23/2017 4:40:49 PM PDT by Twotone
I see that Prince Abdul-Rahman bin Abdulaziz al Saud died the other day. If you're having trouble keeping track of your Saudi princes, well, I don't blame you. Unlike the closely held princely titles of the House of Windsor, the House of Saud is somewhat promiscuous with the designation: there are (at the time of writing) over 10,000 Saudi "princes" running around the country - and, in fact, at this time of year, more likely running around Mayfair and the French Riviera, exhausting the poor old blondes from the escort agencies. I believe that's Abdul-Rahman at right, although to be honest all Saudi princes look alike to me, except that some wear white and others look very fetching in gingham. As I once remarked to Sheikh Ghazi al-Ghosaibi, the late cabinet minister, he was the only Saudi I knew who wasn't a prince.
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Every member of the Saudi ruling class sounds as though they have the same name. So yes, it’s easy to get the players confused. I guess the Saudi’s aren’t big on nicknames.
The enemy islamist saudis should have been our first target in what has become the so-called War on Terror.
Best known for the noodles he invented. Is there any college student that hasn't had to eat Rahman noodles at some point? Of course, for trademark reasons, they had to change the label slightly.
Or at least, that's what an anonymous source with ties to the Washington establishment said.
Two things, Mark.
When God said “be fruitful and multiple” the Saudis thought he said “Be Fruit Flies and multiple” and you know how that works.
Secondly, birthday parties must be a hoot. If old papa Saud got just one gift from all the kiddies, he could open the largest Toys R Us store in the world.
I knew one of those 10,000 princes back in the day. To be fair, he was impeccably cordial, affable and hospitable. A prince of a guy, in fact. (see what I did there?) His bisht had more gold in the embroidery than most women have in their jewelry boxes, yet he displayed no arrogance at all, and treated the poor Arabs at our school with complete warmth and as peers.
As I think about it he may have been Kuwaiti rather than Saudi.
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