September 20, 2006
Wait, what?
Can someone explain to me why the movie based on the life of Idi Amin is called "The last king of Scotland"?
Posted by Karol at September 20, 2006 03:09 PM | TrackBackTechnorati Tags: Idi+Amin Last+King+Of+Scotland
In 1974, Idi Amin granted himself the title "King of Scotland", and asked the Queen to allow him into Britain to meet with British (read: Scottish, Irish, and Welsh) independence movements. His full title read:
His Excellency President for Life Field Marshal Al Hadji Dr. Idi Amin, VC, DSO, MC, King of Scotland, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Sea and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular.
Robert Mugabe only wishes he was as astonishingly insane as Idi Amin.
Posted by: Nikhil Bhat at September 20, 2006 03:38 PMHe was an MC? Now that's gangsta.
Posted by: Joe Grossberg at September 20, 2006 04:17 PMNotice that Ol' Idi got the fish and the beasts, but was deprived of sovereignty over the birds.
No wonder he was so ill-tempered. He totally got gypped.
Posted by: Jeff Harrell at September 20, 2006 05:18 PMWhat I want to know is, where do you park an ego that big?
Oops, I know, Saudi Arabia!
Posted by: Mark Poling at September 21, 2006 01:28 PMIdi Amin believed he had conquered the British Empire when GB broke all relations and ties with him. The dude was nuts.
Posted by: Joel at October 2, 2006 10:12 PM
