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Friday, February 4, 2011

Funny Stuff: Field Expedient Helmets In Egypt

Filed under: Egypt,Funny Stuff — Tags: , , , , — Matt @ 2:58 PM

     This cracked me up.  It seems to me that a market for protestor riot equipment might be emerging out of all of this chaos in Egypt and elsewhere. –Matt 

THE MANY WAYS TO PROTECT YOUR HEAD IN A FIGHT WITH STONES

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.

There’s the man with a saucepan on his head, another with what looks like a latticed litter basket – so he can still see where the rocks are coming from – and another with a piece of styrofoam tied with a scarf to the top of his head.

In Yemen, one protester was even more inventive – he created a makeshift helmet with two baguettes, a chapatti and clingfilm.

Story here.

 

 

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