Saddam's favorite SMS

[cowdery]

There was a documentary on TV the other night about Saddam Hussein. Like most documentaries these day, it included several "reenactments." In several scenes that supposedly showed Hussein meeting with aides, there is a bottle of scotch on the table. Although the label is partially obscured, it is clearly Laphroaig.

Good to know in case he ever drops by.

[BourbonJoe]

Another reason not to like Scotch.
Joe

[ThomasH]

A while back I saw a segment on one of those news shows that showed the aftermath of one of his palaces getting bombed. This particular one was one that his son lived in. In addition to the wine and really old cognac that remained after the attack, there were some bottles Of JD black as well as cans of Miller Genuine draft beer. Upon closer inspection, it was determined that these were originally exported to Jordan and then forwarded to Iraq. It just goes to show that money doesn't equate to having good taste. On the flip side, I'm glad that they had to settle for canned beer. long live bottles!

thomas

[TimmyBoston]

A while back I saw a segment on one of those news shows that showed the aftermath of one of his palaces getting bombed. This particular one was one that his son lived in. In addition to the wine and really old cognac that remained after the attack, there were some bottles Of JD black as well as cans of Miller Genuine draft beer. Upon closer inspection, it was determined that these were originally exported to Jordan and then forwarded to Iraq. It just goes to show that money doesn't equate to having good taste. On the flip side, I'm glad that they had to settle for canned beer. long live bottles!

thomas

I think Saddam's entire life displayed that money could Never buy taste.

[ggilbertva]

I think Saddam's entire life displayed that money could Never buy taste.

I spent about a month in Baghdad back in May of 2003. The Military took over Qusay Hussein's house and found over 2000 bottles of top shelf liquor. So, long story short, we opened a bar and served 50 cent shots after work. I don't remember all the bottles that we had but I do remember that we had an abundance of JW Blue.

[FlashPuppy]

I got a lot of buddies who got some cool stuff out of that place. Who were you there with?

[ggilbertva]

I got a lot of buddies who got some cool stuff out of that place. Who were you there with?

I was a Gov't contractor doing some IT work. That's about all I can say about that.....

Long 16 hour days, 140 deg. weather and lots of beer, scotch and bourbon after hours.

[tango-papa]

I got a lot of buddies who got some cool stuff out of that place. Who were you there with?

Sooo...
What kind of cool stuff?

~tp

[FlashPuppy]

If I told ya, I'd have to kill ya.

Think Along the Kommon lines of things. 47 of them to be exact.

[Hyperspace]

That’s A lot of Kewl info 4 it only being June 7 when I read this.