# Saddam: "I'm CRUSHING your head!"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-im-crushing-your-head/372420>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 12, 2006, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-im-crushing-your-head/372420 "2006-09-12T15:46:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-im-crushing-your-head/372420/1 "2006-09-12T15:46:54Z")

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Man[…this is getting weird](http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/09/12/saddam.trial.ap/index.html).

“Yoooou Zionist! I’m crushing your head! Crush! Crush!”

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**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-im-crushing-your-head/372420/2 "2006-09-12T15:52:48Z")

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[Bush is way ahead of ya, Saddam](http://www.thetalentshow.org/images/bushcrush.jpg).

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**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-im-crushing-your-head/372420/3 "2006-09-12T15:56:50Z")

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LOL! (no really, people are staring!)

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**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-im-crushing-your-head/372420/4 "2006-09-12T16:41:23Z")

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[QUOTE=Colophon]  
[Bush is way ahead of ya, Saddam](http://www.thetalentshow.org/images/bushcrush.jpg).  
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[Yes, he is.](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v340/if6was9/Bush01.jpg)

So was [Condi](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v340/if6was9/Condi.jpg).  
And [Gonzalez](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v340/if6was9/Gonzalez.jpg).  
[John Dean](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v340/if6was9/JohnDean.jpg) was way ahead of all of them.

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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-im-crushing-your-head/372420/5 "2006-09-12T17:22:39Z")

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I think “Saddam” in Arabic does roughly translate to “crusher.” (With apologies to the late Reggie Lisowski.)

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**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-im-crushing-your-head/372420/6 "2006-09-12T17:40:03Z")

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[QUOTE=if6was9]  
[Yes, he is.](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v340/if6was9/Bush01.jpg)

So was [Condi](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v340/if6was9/Condi.jpg).  
And [Gonzalez](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v340/if6was9/Gonzalez.jpg).  
[John Dean](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v340/if6was9/JohnDean.jpg) was way ahead of all of them.  
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So was \*\*[Sailboat](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=387859) \*\*. 😉

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**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-im-crushing-your-head/372420/7 "2006-09-12T18:57:29Z")

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Here’s another old thing:

[Rock, paper, Saddam](http://www.rockpapersaddam.com/one.html)