Monday, March 6, 2017

The Twelve Days

I was reminded of the lyrics to "The Twelve Days of Christmas" when I read of the Saudi Royal Family's current tour of Asia. It goes like this:
- One Lockheed C 130
- Two Mercedes Benz limos
- Three electric elevators/escalators
- Six Boeing jets
- Ten Ministers
- Twenty-five Princes
- One hundred security personnel
- Five hundred tons of cargo
- Five hundred & seventy two luggage handlers
- Six hundred & twenty in the entourage.
(Did not detect any leaping lords)
They are now heading for Bali to slake their thirst in the"alcohol drenched nightlife". Austerity does take its toll.
tjs
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/01/world/middleeast/saudi-king-indonesia-wealth.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fmiddleeast&_r=0

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