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(Daily Mail) — Desperate times call for desperate measures. The anti-Mubarak protesters in Tahrir Square have resorted to a variety of headgear — at times comical — to protect themselves in the pitched battle against President Mubarak’s thugs.

Stones are the preferred weapon in this Old Testament-style fight within the Egyptian capital and the protesters have made use of whatever lies closest to hand.

My personal favorite.

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95 comments
  1. PissedoffAmerican says:
    February 3, 2011 at 1:42 pm

    LMAO!! Your right, the last one is classic!

  2. fubar says:
    February 3, 2011 at 1:43 pm

    :D
    is that hot dog buns in the second picture?

  3. JCM says:
    February 3, 2011 at 1:44 pm

    Necessity is the mother of looking like a fool!

  4. Jason Barnhart says:
    February 3, 2011 at 1:45 pm

    And we wonder why they’re stuck in the 7th century.

  5. Junius says:
    February 3, 2011 at 1:46 pm

    Well now we can point to at least one actual scientific advancement in civilization by Islam, besides their genetic advancements in interbreeding between humans and camels! I wonder which of these state of the art helmets will be selected by our Army for use by our troops?

  6. Greg says:
    February 3, 2011 at 1:46 pm

    As nutty as they all are they should just wrap their heads in tin foil.

  7. Florida Girl says:
    February 3, 2011 at 1:47 pm

    I like wonder bread

  8. PissedoffAmerican says:
    February 3, 2011 at 1:47 pm

    Yes, he is concerned about the toll the protests are taking on the environment so he made an edible helmet instead of using those terrible plastic water bottles for one. And he doesn’t have to take a break for lunch, he just reaches up a grabs some bread………..do I smell goat shit?? Dirty muzzies!

  9. B-line says:
    February 3, 2011 at 1:49 pm

    Oh man, I have to go with the dinner rolls and packing tape.

    It serves a dual purpose. After keeping one safe when getting hit over the head for a few hours of protesting (which builds an appetite like nothing else) you have a handy snack to satisfy right within arms reach.

  10. Diamond Girl says:
    February 3, 2011 at 1:49 pm

    LMAO…my fav is the second one from the top…talk about ‘packing your own lunch’…too funny.

    …or Eating on the Run works too.

  11. Rodger says:
    February 3, 2011 at 1:50 pm

    Im thinking photoshop and the wookie…..

  12. commieobamie says:
    February 3, 2011 at 1:54 pm

    islamic Rage Boy has a hamburger on his forehead and two hotdog buns on his ears? Ready to eat.

  13. gastorgrab says:
    February 3, 2011 at 1:54 pm

    This is why Islam will conquer the world.

    How could we ever compete with this cleverness?

  14. deez says:
    February 3, 2011 at 1:54 pm

    As advanced as a class of nursery schoolers…

  15. fubar says:
    February 3, 2011 at 1:56 pm

    I keeel you for laffing at me..

  16. Random in Texas says:
    February 3, 2011 at 2:00 pm

    Should be nice and tasty when all that sweat soaks in. Not to mention the high protean content when it picks up the head lice. Good use for a hotdog bun!

  17. lawn lizzard says:
    February 3, 2011 at 2:04 pm

    they have come a long way in design considering these space cadet ‘aliens’ built the paramids, …bunny ears gets my vote.

  18. exsgtbrown says:
    February 3, 2011 at 2:04 pm

    Muslims need this equipment as there is no shortage of rocks in Egypt….

  19. Dick Turpin says:
    February 3, 2011 at 2:05 pm

    So THIS is what advanced technology looks like, eh?

  20. Maggie says:
    February 3, 2011 at 2:10 pm

    WHAT?!?!?

    You mean to tell me the unions in this country that are backing this crap haven’t sent the poor shitheads any hardhats with some sort of commemorative logo/slogan on it?

    Even the Superbowl teams have their hats printed up already …

  21. Keep Honkin I'm Reloading says:
    February 3, 2011 at 2:12 pm

    I’m amazed the fuck-tards can even operate a pair of pants…. :|

  22. fubar says:
    February 3, 2011 at 2:13 pm

    maybe they’ll be supplied with T-shirts too.

    “A week of revolution and all I got was this lousy T shirt

  23. Despising the Left says:
    February 3, 2011 at 2:15 pm

    I’m sending a truck load of dry-cleaning quality plastic bags that they can put over their heads and faces.

  24. Citizen Jane says:
    February 3, 2011 at 2:17 pm

    - I’m thinking of Lucy saying “Charlie Brown, you blockhead”

  25. uncivil & right says:
    February 3, 2011 at 2:18 pm

    It seems odd that in a country with food shortages,said food would be used to protect ones melon. Then again,that cos on cos love does produce some undesirable throwback. :razz:

  26. comacho says:
    February 3, 2011 at 2:19 pm

    This is so SAD. They have nothing to work with. Nothing! A damn turbin would work just as well as these improvs. If the Muslim Brotherhood takes over, the claims are that they will swallow up countries in the region, to the tune of an army of radicals, 80 Million strong. Is this the face of their NEW ARMY? It is MindBoggling!

    Even if the vast majority of these people don’t agree with what is happening at any given time, what could they even do about it, but hide, or do what they are doing now! God, I never stop being thankful that I live in America. Even at our worst, we are better off, than the rest of the world in almost every way. I doubt that even our poorest citizens would trade places with other country’s poor.

  27. Citizen Jane says:
    February 3, 2011 at 2:20 pm

    - Zip’s fav = pothead

  28. T2M says:
    February 3, 2011 at 2:20 pm

    Maggie says:
    February 3, 2011 at 2:10 pm
    WHAT?!?!?

    You mean to tell me the unions in this country that are backing this crap haven’t sent the poor shitheads any hardhats with some sort of commemorative logo/slogan on it?

    LOL

    Together we thrive?

  29. Andrew says:
    February 3, 2011 at 2:20 pm

    Pothead is my favorite. I see someone cracking him on the top of the head and if goes down to cover his eyes. Ends up doing the mummy/zombie walk.

  30. Maggie says:
    February 3, 2011 at 2:23 pm

    fubar says:
    February 3, 2011 at 2:13 pm
    maybe they’ll be supplied with T-shirts too.

    “A week of revolution and all I got was this lousy T shirt
    ————————————————————————————–

    Hey, Code Pink is over there now. If the guys stand around long enough the hags of CP always strip off their pink shirts and flaunt their saggy ta-tas and unshaven pits … so there will be plenty of T-shirts to have at from the ground.

    Nobody goes home empty-handed. And if they’re damn lucky they could get laid by one of the eager frustrated beavers.

  31. fubar says:
    February 3, 2011 at 2:27 pm

    GAG!

    @Maggie!

    You made me throw up in my mouth !

  32. GRIZZ says:
    February 3, 2011 at 2:33 pm

    They obviously dont have diapers

  33. UberNerd says:
    February 3, 2011 at 2:41 pm

    Dude…the bread-helmet…that guy is better than “Outraged Muslim Boy.”

  34. Sickofobama says:
    February 3, 2011 at 2:43 pm

    That looks like an Olive Garden garlic roll on the side of the guy’s head in pic 2.

    Thanks for the laugh Zip – I needed that!

  35. patti says:
    February 3, 2011 at 2:43 pm

    GIANT TWINKIES HELMET!

  36. Ray says:
    February 3, 2011 at 2:59 pm

    The laundry basket guy makes me think – ‘we come in peace ! !’ or something,
    but the garlic roll guy is tops ! !

    Is the leftstream ‘media’ showing these pictures of these ‘freedom fighters’ ??

  37. annie p says:
    February 3, 2011 at 3:00 pm

    I will invite these fine gentlemen to my Kentucky Derby Party this year. They will surely win the hat contest!

  38. Maggie says:
    February 3, 2011 at 3:01 pm

    #2 …

    If he had on a Green Bay Packer’s “cheese-head” between the bread whatnots, and one of his buddies accidently smashed a Molotov cocktail too close to him, would he then be considered a toasted cheese sammy?

  39. ThomNJ says:
    February 3, 2011 at 3:10 pm

    Someone should tell bread head that BAGELS are probably better – you know, the harder outside with a softer inner layer probaby has better impact resistance as well as the surface slickness to allow some blows to slide off the head more easily…..I mean, I am just sayin’

    But are there any Jewish delis in the area? Oh well, probably not.

  40. but says:
    February 3, 2011 at 3:11 pm

    democracy!

  41. J in MS says:
    February 3, 2011 at 3:24 pm

    HAHAHHAHAHA …..Holy shit dude……

  42. proof says:
    February 3, 2011 at 4:09 pm

    Two observations:
    1) Something is better than nothing
    2) Not much

  43. Mary Linda says:
    February 3, 2011 at 4:10 pm

    Each one of these helmets can stop a bullet!

  44. ONETRUEPATRIOT says:
    February 3, 2011 at 4:17 pm

    Aren’t these the people Obami wants to put in charge af NASA?

  45. BigJake says:
    February 3, 2011 at 4:29 pm

    It is confirmed! The WZ bloggers are the BEST! I have not laughed this hard since Erkel usurped the WH. Thanks to *everyone*!!!

    J-

  46. Liz says:
    February 3, 2011 at 4:59 pm

    Maybe these stupid hats are a good thing. At least they are not helmeting themselves in bombs.

  47. whthfk says:
    February 3, 2011 at 5:35 pm

    I’m going with Bun boy, but I have a feeling that hats not for protection from rocks and other projectiles but lack of pockets in his dress to carry his lunch.

  48. ran says:
    February 3, 2011 at 5:45 pm

    http://images.bitoonstar.multiply.com/image/M21D06NeR+LcyJPfG27n0g/photos/1M/300×300/159/buckethead.JPG?et=GtWeBL%2B0gFDzhE9%2BQjageg&nmid=0

  49. ran says:
    February 3, 2011 at 5:47 pm

    Plants Vs Arabs

  50. Ezra says:
    February 3, 2011 at 5:49 pm

    I wonder how crude these would be if NASA had not taught them some hi-tech stuff.

  51. Utah says:
    February 3, 2011 at 6:06 pm

    These are some brilliant people

  52. revparadigm says:
    February 3, 2011 at 6:34 pm

    “Kan wee ull joost gewt illlong???” :)

  53. Emily says:
    February 3, 2011 at 6:35 pm

    What’s up with the nasty comments here? If rocks were being thrown at your head and you had the choice of trying to make do with what you have or not doing anything at all, would you choose style over some form of protection? Shame on you for laughing at this. Your comments make far more of a statement about your intelligence (and humanity) than the intelligence of these resourceful people.

  54. revparadigm says:
    February 3, 2011 at 6:40 pm

    Personally I love the one with the rock slab strapped to his head. Now all he has to do is throw himself at the opposition.

  55. revparadigm says:
    February 3, 2011 at 6:43 pm

    Emily relax, it’s fun to poke at a bunch of people acting like a bunch apes & pigs [where have I heard that one before? Oh yes what the Quran says about Jews].

  56. Emily says:
    February 3, 2011 at 6:53 pm

    revparadigm, I’m not sure what news you’ve been watching to think that people in Tahrir Square have been acting like apes and pigs. I wonder if you would think the same of those who fought in the French or American revolutions (if you had been around to witness them). Fighting for freedom is not always glamorous. Also, it might benefit you to note that religion has not been a major part of this protest at all–it is the people who are standing united against an autocratic government– so I am not sure why you are bringing up the Quran.

    By the way, the guy is not wearing a slab of rock. It’s styrofoam.

  57. myrtle says:
    February 3, 2011 at 8:05 pm

    Question, Emily. Freedom of what from what? You don’t seriously think the whole of Egypt decided to rise up at one time to overthrow the government do you? This has been a long time coming, encouraged by the Dhimmocrats and the Obama administration who have been working to undo Mubarak, not work with him to create a more democratic country. People will be crying real tears when the MB take over, only then there will be no more revolutions and no more democracy for Egypt.

  58. revparadigm says:
    February 3, 2011 at 8:31 pm

    Emily lets see…
    Running over each other with camels and horses.

    Bashing each other’s heads in with rocks.

    Going after reporters just for the sake of punching someone.

    Are you going to somehow tell me these people acting civilized?

    Makes me wonder what you’ve been watching. Religion has not been a major part of the protest? What planet do you currently reside on? The majority of the people acting like a bunch of rabid dogs have included the fact Mubarak had normalized relations with Israel. The Muslim brotherhood hasn’t even seized power yet and they are planning to use Egyptian military prowess against Israel. This whole year prior to this has been a bloody attack after bloody attack upon Coptic Christian by Muslims there.

    So it was a piece of Styrofoam. I guess you had a little “gotcha” there.

  59. Emily says:
    February 3, 2011 at 9:01 pm

    Myrtle: Freedom of the people of Egypt from an oppressive regime. It was triggered by the protests in Tunisia, that gave people in Egypt a glimmer of hope that they could do the same. To believe that this was some kind of movement coordinated by outside forces (the theories abound here and elsewhere) requires the same kind of tin-hat-wearing conspiracy theorizing as the American ‘birther’ movement. Try Occam’s razor: if you keep putting down a people, eventually they will get fed up and do something about it. Obama and the rest of the Western leadership have been put in a terribly difficult position here, given their interest in maintaining stability in the Middle East. It wasn’t foreign policy dealings that was the undoing for the Egyptian leadership; it was abhorrent domestic policy over the course of decades.

    revparadigm, I am kind of confused by your points here. In all the instances that you have mentioned, it has *not* been the anti-Mubarak protesters that were the aggressors (which were, I presume, the people featured in the helmet pictures). Given the amount of emotion in this situation, a daresay that most people have shown an incredible amount of restraint. If you want a closer approximation of people acting like apes and pigs, I suggest you look to a Wal-Mart, early in the morning of Black Friday.

    And man, I’m a Copt. You don’t have to tell me that there have been religious tensions in Egypt and persecution of Coptic Christians there. But this protest doesn’t have anything to do with that. There are pictures of Christians and Muslims standing together, protecting each other. This has been a united, and uniting, movement. Many in the west have decided to turn this into a religious debate, driven by fear and misunderstanding. Some media outlets have, ridiculously, given extremist wing-nuts an international platform from which to spout their drivel. But that is not what these protests are about. If you speak with any of the protesters that have been in Tahrir from the beginning, they emphasize that this is a leaderless movement, not aligned with any religious group of political party.

    Thanks for the interesting conversation.

  60. bruxklly says:
    February 3, 2011 at 9:13 pm

    A plastic dry cleaners bag and duct tape would work the best for these pukes.

  61. Rob says:
    February 3, 2011 at 9:15 pm

    Emily says…”There are pictures of Christians and Muslims standing together, protecting each other….”

    Really… Where..? The Copts have been unusually quiet. during this event…

    so do tell…

    With attacks on Christians already increasing in the Middle East, the populist uprising in Egypt has triggered fears among some that the region’s largest non-Muslim population – Egypt’s 7 million Coptic Christians – could be at risk.

    Copt leaders in the United States said they are terrified that a new Egyptian government with a strong Islamic fundamentalist bent would persecute Christians. They are quietly lobbying the Obama administration to do more to protect Christians in Muslim countries and are holding prayer vigils and fasts such as one that ends Wednesday evening at Copt churches around the country, including four in the Washington area.

    “The current situation for the Copts stinks, but [longtime Egyptian President Hosni] Mubarak is the best of the worst for us,” said the Rev. Paul Girguis of St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church in Fairfax County, which has about 3,000 members.

    “If Muslim extremists take over, the focus will be extreme persecution against Copts. Some people even predict genocide.”

    Are you willing to call the Rev. a liar… Emily…

    or perhaps you work for the Brotherhood.. supplying disinformation…

    ###################################

    Emily says…”they emphasize that this is a leaderless movement, not aligned with any religious group of political party….”

    Leaderless… ElBaradei… is not a leader..?? And he has no vested interest in the outcome of this insurgency…??

    Than it is not leaderless… is it…??
    ######################################

  62. revparadigm says:
    February 3, 2011 at 9:40 pm

    A leaderless uprising is probably more dangerous than one without. Anarchy only serves to create a vacuum where virtually anybody with the wits to seize the moment can capitalize. So far I have not heard of a single entity with any sort of power from Egypt rise up and say “we want a western style democracy, this is what is it all about”…all I hear is western reporters wanting it to be that, so they keep alluding to some left wing dreamy “glorious revolution” swimming in their dysfunctional la la land.

    My humble opinion is here that the Muslim brotherhood lit the fuse, playing upon the frustration of various things from Mubarak’s oppression, to poor wages, to lack of food recently. This is not going to end well. This is looking EXACTLY like Iran did in 1979. Remember the supposed democracy that was going to spring up after the Shaw was run out? So far the only…I repeat…the only alternative that has even presented itself has been the Jihad inc… of the Muslim Brotherhood and Jihadists who met with King of Jordan recently.

    Let’s all be realists here for a bit. There is no pro western democracy movement even attempting to step forward. And this is supposed to be a revolution for freedom? More like a revolution against the dictator Mubarak into a anti U.S., anti Israel Islamic theocracy.

    Say hello to the reborn Islamic Caliphate.

  63. Rob says:
    February 3, 2011 at 10:03 pm

    Rev..

    Jordans downfall is next… and then Israel is surrounded…

    by virulent anti Israeli muslims…

    it doesn’t take much of an imagination to think what will happen next…

  64. The Tree of Liberty says:
    February 3, 2011 at 10:17 pm

    These third-world idiots who think they actually deserve democracy rather than a dictatorship should be mocked, mercillesly.

    Indeed, their “bravery” pales in comparison to my own, as I cruise a local parking lot in my medicare-funded scooter, misspelled sign in hand and Gadsen flag flapping proudly in the breeze.

  65. B-line says:
    February 3, 2011 at 11:22 pm

    The Tree of Liberty:

    Wow, the absolute lack of a sense of humor shown here by our leftist benefactors of the drippings of government kindness is staggering.

    We lowly proles (and I guess it’s a better thing to mock the disabled elderly rather than bread helmet) who actually honor and appreciate our own historic revolutionaries of liberty illustrated by the Gadsden flag while looking on with a realist’s eye at what may be the formation of the next islamic caliphate.

    Shame on us for having suspicions that history may be repeating itself as we may see Eqypt go the way of Iran after the 1979 revolution. That certainly turned out well for not only the people of Iran but for the globe as a whole, didn’t it.

  66. Emily says:
    February 3, 2011 at 11:58 pm

    I think this conversation is past the point of productive when you’re accusing me of “supplying disinformation.” There are plenty of websites showing how the Christians and Muslims have been working together here.

    I can understand why the Coptic leadership would want to hang on to Mubarak. But this hasn’t stopped Christians from also wanting change in Egypt. I wouldn’t call the priest a liar at all, but I think he (along with Pope Shenouda) are being very cautious and fearing what might come to pass instead of hoping for the good things that can come of this.

    On that note, I think that’s all I have to contribute in this forum.

  67. Elad says:
    February 4, 2011 at 2:09 am

    Looks like the retard convention came early this year.

  68. David says:
    February 4, 2011 at 3:12 am

    That’s what living on $2 a day looks like.

  69. Mia says:
    February 4, 2011 at 11:37 am

    I’m shocked by the incredible racism here.

    These pictures are *hilarious* and I’ll tell you why.

    Because I’ve been risking my life in Tahrir Square. I am on the ground and seeing it with my own eyes, daily. And when you are losing sleep, making shelters, giving blood, sharing all your food, and most of all constantly wondering every day whether your friends will come through this day alive in the fight for a true, diverse, popular democracy led by people of all faiths, you need to laugh to survive.

    Racism, ignorance, islamophobia, and mockery are the comic refuge of mindless brutes.

    I am a secular white person living in Cairo with not a hint of interest in religion. I’ll answer various of your specific ‘ideas’ in turn now.

  70. Mia says:
    February 4, 2011 at 2:34 pm

    Elad:
    I hope you are referring to the commenters above.

    B-line:
    When you actually know something and stop listening to Glenn Beck, come back for more fun, okay? Meantime, trousers first, THEN shoes.

    revparadigm:
    ‘My humble opinion is that the muslim brotherhood lit the fuse’.

    Your opinion happens to be wrong. :) My humble and absolutely verified and accurate opinion says that on 25th January, the ‘day of anger’, the mosques’ Friday sermons were urging all Muslims towards moderation and respect for the regime. Naturally, there *are* smaller, quieter mosques with much more radical intentions and I don’t know what they urged, but the vast majority of Muslims including the Muslim Brotherhood were not hearing that message. They protested anyway along with people of many backgrounds because they believe in democracy, not what Imams tell them. Muslims both moderate and devout, along with Copts and secular folk, went out in defiance of that instruction immediately after. I was there, I heard and saw it. No organised group lit the fuse. To be honest with you, I suggest the fuse is the 8 people who self-immolated in the days before (a horrifying event) and the middle class mostly secular activist kids who spread the word of protests on Facebook. All inspired by Tunisia, one of the most secular countries within the Arab world.

    Where the Muslim Brotherhood had a strong role was on the extremely dangerous 28th January battle for Tahrir Square. They formed easily the strongest and most organised resistance, without which everyone in there might easily have been killed. This doesn’t mean this is suddenly an MB revolution, it just means that they have a place in the picture.

    As for ‘throwing rocks at each other’:
    It’s horrific and true, but this is no different to the state that already existed of Egyptian soldiers forced by the state to violently police the people under Emergency Law. This too, the ‘stable’ Egypt that you seem to be referring to, is Egyptians throwing rocks at each other, except they were only coming one way, and it was from the state. OK.

    Many of us are incredibly saddened that Egyptians are hurting Egyptians in these events. Pro-Mubarak supporters have been found to have police ID on them and are clearly sent out in plain clothes by the govt to harass peaceful protesters. My friend was in Tahrir the night of the battles and sat down because he did not want to hurt another Egyptian, but after a time it was clear that they would be killed if they did not defend themselves from these mobs.

    It is possible there are some real, happily pro-Mubarak people amongst them, but several have been paid to intimidate antis. I passed a group of 300 of them as I was leaving the square the day of the battle, and they were very different to the anti-Mubarak protesters: all male, and extremely rowdy. So please do not make a sweeping description of people ‘throwing rocks at each other’ as though this is not part of resistance to a deeply repressive regime.

    The fact that you have not heard anyone say ‘we want a western style democracy’ is because you seem to know relatively little about things on the ground. On 24th January, at the very first protest, I got talking to a group of teenage boys who said ‘we need a democracy like the west, this is the only way.’ Deinstalling the current regime and installing a functioning democracy is the first thing on the list of demands issued by common consensus by the protesters.

    You are right about the potential for anarchy, it worries us all especially in this uncertain moment. Many discussions are being had on many levels about the need for a leader of this movement; people like Mohamed ElBaradei (nobel peace prize winning ex head of the IAEA) and Amr Moussa (secular Secretary General of the League of Arab States) are mostly spoken of; the Muslim Brotherhood have so far stated they are not fielding a candidate. This may of course change, I imagine they will have a role, it worries me, but due to the first choices being secular, internationally experienced men, it is not likely to be a mass insurrection from the MBs.

    I hope this balanced information helps, please let me know if you would like me to point you towards sources that back up my experience. Also, please do give me the sources for your apparently very certain and unshakeable opinions. Perhaps you are in Egypt right now? Perhaps you speak Arabic? Maybe you have some personal experience of the Muslim world, or maybe you have studied it in some way? I’d be *fascinated*.

    Rob:
    It’s a sign of the incredible cooperation in Tahrir and elsewhere that Christians and Copts *are* working together despite the horrific attacks on Copts in Alex and generally in recent years. Life has been shit for Copts. This corrupt government plays up to it all the time to win support from the Muslim population, which has worked, in part. However, the protest is characterised by the dropping of these differences for a wider goal.

    That famous picture of the Copts protecting the Muslims in prayer in Tahrir is in fact taken by a friend of mine. (seriously, I know that sounds ridiculous, but there are many such pictures. This one got facebooked a lot and then the media got hold of it). Once again, I can verify the cooperation between religions here.

    The Tree of Liberty:
    I have no words for the level of ignorance and hatred you display.

    comacho:
    Learn to spell.
    Also, yes, you are right, many of Egypt’s poor would instantly trade places with America’s poor. That is, as long as you emigrated.

    Junius:
    I hope racist fucks like you die before you consume any more oxygen.

    Jason Banhart:
    Of course Egyptians are not stuck in the 7th Century. Right now the bread-helmets are stuck in a place with few resources and great determination. Stuff is primitive in Tahrir Square, you try it. More broadly, Egyptian people are stuck in a world of incredible corruption, exploitation and fear that affects people on many levels. The reason the country is so shambolic in the many ways that it is, is due to the ongoing corruption of the government, that will use any trick in its book to siphon money and keep people down. I have experienced it first hand and it makes positive change by the people very difficult. Do you think you could maybe stop and think before saying such sweeping statements?

    Random in Texas:
    Why do you think Egyptians have head lice? Is that a problem in Texas? Or it is more the scraped knuckles that bothers you daily?

    Maggie:
    For your information, no unions in particular are supporting this revolution. Just the people. Your view that Egyptian protesters are hairy feminist unionised folk is just kind of … irrelevant. I’d have to whack you over the head with the Big Book of Edumacation to tell you why, but I haven’t the energy.

    So, question of the day: do you score more points with the boys when you talk misogyny like this? (By the way, fun fact! – Egyptian women in general wax far more stuff than any westerner. If you remove hair to the level of any beauty-conscious woman in the west, they would still consider you an uber hairy ogrebitch from hell. So get some education, see the world and grow the fuck up).

    Emily:
    Thanks for trying, it’s nice to see someone human on here. <3

    Finally, everyone:
    This is a young, old, female, male, bourgeois, working class, islamic, christian, secular revolution in no particular order and nothing less. The Egyptian government is censoring the local media which means that a different picture may be coming through to you (the internet was shut down for half of today, for example, and normal TV only shows state channels).

    Bread helmets are tragicomic hilarious. They're using them because they are poor people who have spent eight days sleeping far from their homes and they don't have any resources. If you were here, you would be amazed at the level of cooperation and organisation: people are organising constant litter picking, free food distribution, a media centre, and tons of other initiatives. Civilians are directing the traffic out of goodwill, doctors are camping out to help the injured. It is all hilariously shambolic because we have no resources, and it is all beautiful, and we are winning against this criminal government.

    In the coming days I might consider getting my own bread helmet. I'll think fondly of you all as I wear it with pride :D

  71. fubar says:
    February 4, 2011 at 2:37 pm

    wassamatta Mia?

    Pissy cause no one’s taking the bait?

  72. lawn lizzard says:
    February 4, 2011 at 2:56 pm

    Mia you act like giving blood, sharing food ,being awake, and looking for faults in your town of cairo is a burden now that everybody is doing it at the same time,(i send my condolances to the injured since my astrological chart blessed me with looking after the old and the young)… soooo i suppose before the riot you were hoarding food, kicking out your friends, sleeping all day smoking toxic hookha and careless about government news, your jealous and a hypocrite, just do your job of gwaking and stalking, and quit complaining.

  73. Mia says:
    February 4, 2011 at 3:41 pm

    fubar: no

    lawn lizzard:
    What weird logic you have. Before the protests people didn’t need to be vigilant at all times, didn’t need to shelter on an emergency basis, and didn’t need to share food beyond common conviviality, and people weren’t bleeding to death thanks to government-sponsored violence. What’s your point here?

    I don’t smoke. There’s no hypocrisy in my actions. Also I’m not sure what you think I’m jealous of.

    In summary: you are making no sense.

  74. lawn lizzard says:
    February 4, 2011 at 3:57 pm

    Mia, i comment, if you dont like it move on to your next target.

  75. B-line says:
    February 4, 2011 at 4:36 pm

    Mia:

    Ah, a obligatory Glen Beck reference. Man, that is original. Oh, and your holier than thou attitude is a sight to behold.

    Just put on your bread helmet, and wade headlong into the violence. Before you do that find a sense of humor you dupe.

  76. Val says:
    February 4, 2011 at 5:47 pm

    @Mia: Thank you, both for the on-the-street viewpoint and your patience. I found the pics amusing in a “what’s to hand is to hand” way, and then started second guessing that as I read the rest of the associated comments.

    I saw the ‘Christians protecting Muslims’ picture* yesterday and had wondered about more context; was reluctant to repost until I’d learned more. I’d heard about the reaction to the church bombings – Egyptian Muslims acting as human shields at 12th night services.

    Anyway, safe travels. The world is watching, and at least most of the people I know are with you in spirit. And I really really hope it all resolves peacefully soon.

    Val

    *http://makkah.wordpress.com/2011/02/02/christians-protecting-muslims-in-egypt-during-prayers/

  77. Mia says:
    February 5, 2011 at 7:34 am

    B-line:
    Ah, the obligatory name-calling. And when you can spot the parts where I twice said how funny the pictures are to me, you’ll have passed basic reading comprehension. Congratulations in advance!

    lawn lizzard:
    Yes, I thought something like ‘dialogue’ might be beyond you.

    Val:
    Thanks for your kindness and good sense. :)

  78. Human says:
    February 5, 2011 at 9:26 am

    Amazing. Just more reason why the world should be supporting these protesters: turning the other cheek instead of throwing punches back.

  79. lawn lizzard says:
    February 5, 2011 at 10:45 am

    what an individual does in times of peace should be no different than in times of war, maybe that way there will be no war.

  80. Chanmananonym says:
    February 5, 2011 at 12:52 pm

    Check out this video. It’s also hilarious.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NF5jyPtE98

  81. rhymes with yemen says:
    February 5, 2011 at 2:51 pm

    Breadhead guy in pic #2 is in Yemen calling for the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh and also some ham and mustard but mostly for the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

    http://blogs.wsj.com/photojournal/2011/02/03/photos-of-the-day-feb-3/3/

  82. Ohio girl says:
    February 5, 2011 at 8:44 pm

    hahaha bread guys my favorite !
    watch a funny video about it at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEuoVMQZupw&feature=feedlik

    btw.. theres other stuff in the video too !

  83. w1target.com says:
    February 6, 2011 at 10:12 am

    Egipt’s government tried to get the nation back to work on Sunday and people queued in Cairo when banks opened for the first time in a week as protests to force President Hosni Mubarak to quit entered their 13th day.Demonstrators camped out in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, which has become an epicentre for protest..

  84. online tv says:
    February 6, 2011 at 10:13 am

    only ?

  85. a regular guy says:
    February 7, 2011 at 5:13 pm

    Mia –

    Thank you so much for your intelligent and informed responses. I was amazed and awed by the makeshift helmets, knowing that I would likely run home and hid if I were in their situation. I was then shocked, dismayed and disgusted at the appalling ignorance, mean-spiritedness, and contempt displayed by the great majority of comments. I couldn’t possibly answer them all… But you did! Rock on!!!

  86. Andrey says:
    February 9, 2011 at 2:49 am

    Check this Egyptian Helmet Man on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMxdG-NQ3fI

  87. andrea says:
    February 14, 2011 at 1:51 pm

    Must be nice to sit in a safe secure country and laugh at desperate people, do you guys also kick puppy dogs. 90% of you morons wouldn’t have a clue how to survive and would probably run at the first sign of trouble.

    Peasants using whatever is at hand it not unusual. The chinese developed a martial arts system from it, the french overthrew their oppressive rules with pitchforks and stones. Then english/scots and many others have defeated their dispot rulers with minimum supplies…but they had passion, drive and ingenuity and were willing to FIGHT for their freedom.

    Not everyone relies on mega-machines and weapons, they don’t always work, ask the Americans about Viet Nam. They lost their shirts to a bunch of funny pajama wearing peasants. hahahaha Now that was funny.

    Oh yeah, during the Watts riots I am sure there were photos of people wearing tin pots on their heads too.

    ps. Police have all the gear but in the end the peasants won! Hand to hand combat will never die and when you have nothing to loose you try harder.

  88. fubar says:
    February 14, 2011 at 1:55 pm

    @andrea

    “safe and secure country” been to AZ or border town with Mexico lately?

    “90% of you morons wouldn’t have a clue how to survive and would probably run at the first sign of trouble.” wanna make a bet on that? like to meet my S&W?

  89. fubar says:
    February 14, 2011 at 1:58 pm

    OH. and we are not the ones starting trouble.

    can you say the same?

  90. DohBiden says:
    February 14, 2011 at 1:59 pm

    :lol: Safe and secure country? :lol:

    Andrea is a coward who would piss her pants if she saw you fubar :roll:

  91. fubar says:
    February 14, 2011 at 2:22 pm

    @dohbiden

    :P i think so too !
    (thanks)

  92. a regular guy says:
    February 19, 2011 at 9:51 am

    Fubar and DohBiden:

    Right. Conditions in AZ are easily comparable to those in Eygpt.

    The problem with this country is that about half the people celebrate ignorance and romanticize illiteracy. Fucking morons still don’t believe our President is a US citizen.

    I’m disgusted.

  93. Bill says:
    December 31, 2011 at 9:15 pm

    Shariah compliant helmets.

  94. dead kracker babies says:
    January 1, 2012 at 12:33 am

    The last picture of the basket case “R2D2 where are youuuu?’

  95. justwow says:
    January 1, 2012 at 4:27 pm

    I know it’s harder to see the incoming rocks and all but really it’s much safer to keep your heads stuffed up your asses like they were before.

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