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International The Emperor of Ethiopia
Posted by Charles Mudede on Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 12:56 PM
It's for sale at the Blue Nile...
I didn't ask how much it's going for because I did not want to get into a political conversation.
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I just nuked the holy hell out of that guy in a game of Civilization. The whole world had decided I was a warmongering assbag - even though I only ever invaded one teeny-tiny little city-state! - so I was like, Well, Haile's been an annoyance for centuries, so if I'm a monster anyway, LET'S BE MONSTROUS. Then I felt pretty bad, but at that point my troops were already on the doorstep at Addis Ababa, so I went ahead and conquered it because I don't like to leave anything half-finished.
So yeah. Uh, Haile Selassie. He was certainly a guy.
So yeah. Uh, Haile Selassie. He was certainly a guy.
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