# Looking For Something to Give You That 3rd World Dictator Flare? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 3, 2008, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-something-to-give-you-that-3rd-world-dictator-flare/470838 "2008-11-03T08:42:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-something-to-give-you-that-3rd-world-dictator-flare/470838/1 "2008-11-03T08:42:34Z")
[Saddam’s yacht up for sale.](http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iHWtR1phxDDaQ7aKudbtQ-DtMJqA) > [@](#): > > The Iraqi government will sell former dictator Saddam Hussein’s luxury yacht, which was handed back to the state in July after a drawnout legal wrangle, the government spokesman said on Sunday. > > The 82-metre (270-feet) Ocean Breeze, equipped with several swimming pools, a mosque, **a missile-launcher and mini-submarine** , has been moored among millionaires’ yachts in a harbour near the Riviera city of Nice since November. _(bolding mine)_ I gotta say, I’m impressed by ol’ Saddie’s boat. At least he got one of the Evil Overlord rules right. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-something-to-give-you-that-3rd-world-dictator-flare/470838/2 "2008-11-03T14:08:50Z")
Yes, but can you throw that flare with flair? 😉 Maybe [Rick Flair](http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q256/maylosfree/RickFlair.jpg)will buy it. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-something-to-give-you-that-3rd-world-dictator-flare/470838/3 "2008-11-03T14:13:07Z")
I wonder how it wound up in Nice? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-something-to-give-you-that-3rd-world-dictator-flare/470838/4 "2008-11-03T14:19:50Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > I wonder how it wound up in Nice? It’s got a Nice Flair. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-something-to-give-you-that-3rd-world-dictator-flare/470838/5 "2008-11-03T16:26:23Z")
Even on an 82 meter yacht, isn’t “several swimming pools” a bit excessive? Most yachts would only have one or maybe two. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-something-to-give-you-that-3rd-world-dictator-flare/470838/6 "2008-11-03T18:34:23Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Even on an 82 meter yacht, isn’t “several swimming pools” a bit excessive? Most yachts would only have one or maybe two. C’mon, man. You’ve gotta dream big if you want to be an amoral paranoid narcissistic genocidal tyrant! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-something-to-give-you-that-3rd-world-dictator-flare/470838/7 "2008-11-03T19:57:00Z")
[Here’s a site](http://www.marinebuzz.com/2007/12/22/super-luxury-yacht-of-saddam-hussein-goes-for-sale/) with more pics and details. Really very nice. If the asking price of 35 million dollars is reduced by 34.9 million dollars, I’ll make an offer. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-something-to-give-you-that-3rd-world-dictator-flare/470838/8 "2008-11-03T20:07:35Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > [Here’s a site](http://www.marinebuzz.com/2007/12/22/super-luxury-yacht-of-saddam-hussein-goes-for-sale/) with more pics and details. Really very nice. If the asking price of 35 million dollars is reduced by 34.9 million dollars, I’ll make an offer. Wow! That thing is huge. When i was in college, i worked as a waiter for a small catering company, and we would occasionally do jobs on high end boats in Sydney Harbour. The biggest we did was about 170 feet, and that seemed pretty damned big, but this thing is amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-something-to-give-you-that-3rd-world-dictator-flare/470838/9 "2008-11-04T04:55:26Z")
> [@](#): > > C’mon, man. You’ve gotta dream big if you want to be an amoral paranoid narcissistic genocidal tyrant! Personally, I’d convert one into a mini-putt course or some bowling lanes. > [@](#): > > If the asking price of 35 million dollars is reduced by 34.9 million dollars, I’ll make an offer. Try [lowballing](http://www.marinebuzz.com/2008/10/12/jeanneau-sun-way-21-yacht-mistakenly-sold-online-for-2250/) them and hope you get lucky.