felix rex moves to Cairo

[ChiComCat]

Fantastic posting Felix Rex.  Thanks for taking the time to keep these palefaces in the loop.  Stay safe

[Pete]

Embassy now open for essential personnel. Cue the "Dear Egypt: Fighting You Related" thread! I am gonna be dry-shaving beards and delivering fistfuls of freedom to belligerent ball-sacks at 10:30 by the Omar Makram statue (which I will then roundhouse to the mouth and replace with Ernie Barrett). Mrs Rex will be hosting an olive bar but THAT IS ONLY FOR MY CREW. She is not even Muslim but she will chop your rough ridin' hand off and rig an explosive in the headrest of your car if you rough ridin' touch our olives!

Also, will try to post pics.

I love you, Felix.

Not as much as I do. 


FELIX REX, FTW!

[Pete]

I may or may not have attempted to strategically seed a rumor that Americans use a gesture consisting of raised arms and crossed fists with pinkies and thumbs extended to signify the devil (i.e. great satan). It may or may not be my proudest moment if it works.

HOLY eff!  I pray to Allah that this catches on....

[kitten_mittons]

I may or may not have attempted to strategically seed a rumor that Americans use a gesture consisting of raised arms and crossed fists with pinkies and thumbs extended to signify the devil (i.e. great satan). It may or may not be my proudest moment if it works.

HOLY eff!  I pray to Allah that this catches on....

It's going to look weird with pinkies instead of index fingers.

[OK_Cat]

fr, explain the tweet you just posted.  epic global tweet war?

[felix rex]

What a surreal day. Pretty tame inside the office. More or less normal feel. I mean, once you get over the lingering tear gas drifting down the street when you pulled up.

Then you go up on the roof and see all the protesters and security forces going back and forth. Almost comical. The protestors would make a rush and start chucking rocks at the CSF guys (about 30 on Simon Bolivar) who are all outfitted in riot gear. The CSF would shove them back and fire tear gas, but the wind kept blowing it back in their own faces. That went on pretty much all day. (with the GSO dudes testing SAT phones on the roof freaking the eff out and yelling "gunfire! Gunfire!" every damn time a tear gas canister went off).

Then, at the end of the day, when it's time to get out before the protests get ramped up, you're led down a pre-scouted route to transport home, get back to your place, and suddenly it's all "welp, where do you wanna go for dinner? There's a good Italian place a few blocks away."

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Embassy now open for essential personnel. Cue the "Dear Egypt: Fighting You Related" thread! I am gonna be dry-shaving beards and delivering fistfuls of freedom to belligerent ball-sacks at 10:30 by the Omar Makram statue (which I will then roundhouse to the mouth and replace with Ernie Barrett). Mrs Rex will be hosting an olive bar but THAT IS ONLY FOR MY CREW. She is not even Muslim but she will chop your rough ridin' hand off and rig an explosive in the headrest of your car if you rough ridin' touch our olives!

The Word

[felix rex]

fr, explain the tweet you just posted.  epic global tweet war?

We called them on their bullshit.

[OK_Cat]

usa, usa 

[ChiComCat]

I mean, felix rex has to be the most badass poster on here now, right?  Is it even close?

[ednksu]

Felix do you feel right now that you can trust the average security force member?  Some have reported that they have with drawn when the protesters first showed up. 

I've been pretty impressed with how the Marines have handled themselves in Egypt.  There was some pretty strong discipline to keep a low profile while the protesters were coming over the walls.

[Ghost of Stan Parrish]

I mean, felix rex has to be the most badass poster on here now, right?  Is it even close?

Hero.

[felix rex]

(what worries me here is that the dozens of military trucks and personnel that usually camp out along the shady street in front of the Embassy here in Garden City quickly and inexplicably vanished right before the protests broke out).

No. I don't trust them at all.

[felix rex]

btw, a tip of the cap to the pizza guy who actually delivered to us today. You earned every last guinea of that tip.

[CNS]

FR, don't eat that pizza.  It's a trap!!!!!

[steve dave]

was it pizza hut?

[ew2x4]

This is definitely thread of the year, for me. Keep doing the good work, Felix.

[felix rex]

was it pizza hut?

Papa Johns. Pizza Hut is terrible.

[Saulbadguy]

Do they have any type of special pizza's over there, that we don't have over here? I always get REALLY MAD when I read about that, b/c i'd like to try it, but can't. Tried to order a Maharajah Big Mac at McDonalds once, got a   

[felix rex]

I've been pretty impressed with how the Marines have handled themselves in Egypt.  There was some pretty strong discipline to keep a low profile while the protesters were coming over the walls.

The Marines are restrained. They are the kraken. That's not discipline. It's a strong chain. And I mean every aspect of that in a positive way.

[steve dave]

Do they have any type of special pizza's over there, that we don't have over here? I always get REALLY MAD when I read about that, b/c i'd like to try it, but can't. Tried to order a Maharajah Big Mac at McDonalds once, got a   

this is a great question.  address this with all chain food if not already addressed.

[felix rex]

Do they have any type of special pizza's over there, that we don't have over here? I always get REALLY MAD when I read about that, b/c i'd like to try it, but can't. Tried to order a Maharajah Big Mac at McDonalds once, got a   

All pizzas here are shitty. Papa Johns is mediocre, making it the top expat choice. The McDonalds does have the McArabia. It is made with kufta and looks disgusting.

Also, there's no pork. All pepperoni is veal/beef. I'm almost ready to tear down their rough ridin' flag.

[felix rex]

Do they have any type of special pizza's over there, that we don't have over here? I always get REALLY MAD when I read about that, b/c i'd like to try it, but can't. Tried to order a Maharajah Big Mac at McDonalds once, got a   

this is a great question.  address this with all chain food if not already addressed.

On it.

[XocolateThundarr]

I've been pretty impressed with how the Marines have handled themselves in Egypt.  There was some pretty strong discipline to keep a low profile while the protesters were coming over the walls.

The Marines are restrained. They are the kraken. That's not discipline. It's a strong chain. And I mean every aspect of that in a positive way.

Do you anticipate that the kraken will need to be released?  I would imagine if that scenario comes to pass, there will be some real heavy crap going down.

[felix rex]

I've been pretty impressed with how the Marines have handled themselves in Egypt.  There was some pretty strong discipline to keep a low profile while the protesters were coming over the walls.

The Marines are restrained. They are the kraken. That's not discipline. It's a strong chain. And I mean every aspect of that in a positive way.

Do you anticipate that the kraken will need to be released?  I would imagine if that scenario comes to pass, there will be some real heavy crap going down.

No one wants that. If it happens, I hope I'm not here. These are not Riley rats. They are scary motherfuckers.