# Saddam Hussein, Poet and Gardener **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 26, 2004, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-hussein-poet-and-gardener/256978 "2004-07-26T20:24:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-hussein-poet-and-gardener/256978/1 "2004-07-26T20:24:47Z")
Wonder what rhymes with “genocide” in Arabic? [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5517617/](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5517617/) “LONDON - Saddam Hussein appears depressed and demoralized in solitary confinement, spending his time writing poetry, tending a garden and reading the Quran…” Well, I guess it’s good he’s keeping himself busy. Otherwise he might get depressed or something, and we wouldn’t want that, now would we? ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-hussein-poet-and-gardener/256978/2 "2004-07-26T21:11:40Z")
Aww, he likes American muffins! ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_B.Phart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Capt\_B.Phart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_B.Phart)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-hussein-poet-and-gardener/256978/3 "2004-07-26T22:05:29Z")
> [@](#): > > “One of the poems is about George Bush, but I had no time to read it,” Amin said. That’s one poem I’d _make_ time to read! ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_B.Phart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Capt\_B.Phart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_B.Phart)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-hussein-poet-and-gardener/256978/4 "2004-07-26T22:17:34Z")
On second thoughts - maybe the other poems would be more interesting - what the hell does Saddam write poetry about? fluffy bunnies? ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-hussein-poet-and-gardener/256978/5 "2004-07-27T00:54:27Z")
> [@Capt B. Phart](#): > > On second thoughts - maybe the other poems would be more interesting - what the hell does Saddam write poetry about? fluffy bunnies? Rainbows, lollipops, and colorful balloons gently drifing away in the clear summer sky… 🙂 Seriously, I’m curious about those poems, too. Especially the one about Bush. Come on, you hack journalists, let’s see some English translations. ---
**Author:** ![Early\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-hussein-poet-and-gardener/256978/6 "2004-07-27T01:36:37Z")
I wonder how it stacks up against [Vogon poetry](http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/hitchhikers/guide/poetry.shtml), though I gather the poems of Grunthos the Flatulent were even worse: > [@](#): > > Vogon poetry is of course, the third worst in the universe. The second worst is that of the Asgoths of Crea. During a recitation by their poetmaster Grunthos the Flatulent of his poem “Ode to a Small Lump of Green Putty I Found in my Armpit One Midsummer Morning” four of his audience died of internal haemorrhaging and the president of the mid-galactic Arts Knobbling Council survived only by gnawing one of his own legs off. Grunthos was reported to have been “disappointed” by the poem’s reception, and was about to embark on a reading of his 12-book epic entitled “My Favourite Bathtime Gurgles” when his own major intestine, in a desperate attempt to save humanity, leapt straight up through his neck and throttled his brain. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-hussein-poet-and-gardener/256978/7 "2004-07-27T02:42:49Z")
> [@Jeep's Phoenix](#): > > Aww, he likes American muffins! \*Do you like American Muffins? I like American Muffins! Don’t you like American Muffins… baaaaby… Did you make too many SCUDS? I made too many SCUDS! Did you make too many SCUDS too, baaaaby… Do you like American Muffins? We like all kinds of muffins But I like American Muffins best Maybe you got no gas shells Maybe I got no gas shells But every time I look at that ugly cell It reminds me of me It reminds me of me (Do you like American Muffins?) It reminds me of me (Do you like American Muffins…?)\* [fade out] ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-hussein-poet-and-gardener/256978/8 "2004-07-27T02:59:02Z")
Awww, give the poor schmuck a break. After all, he has less than a year to live. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-hussein-poet-and-gardener/256978/9 "2004-07-27T07:19:46Z")
Incidentally, I was pretty pissed off by the poll they had alongside. What should Congress make its top priority for the coming session? It said “Iraq” and “Banning gay marriage,” but didn’t have “Getting out of Iraq” or “Permitting gay marriage”. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZombiesAteMyBrain)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-hussein-poet-and-gardener/256978/10 "2004-07-27T17:10:02Z")
> [@](#): > > **There before me were the men responsible for the industrial pain of Iraq — mass murderers who were responsible for turning Iraq into a land of mass graves.”** Aren’t Bush and Blair also responsible for > [@](#): > > **turning Iraq into a land of mass graves** ? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-hussein-poet-and-gardener/256978/11 "2004-07-27T22:52:26Z")
The only thing this guy should be allowed to do is receive heavy sack beatings.