Name That List, #30
What is this a list of? The answer is below in extended.
Answer:
They're some of the personal effects left behind in the palace of King Farouk following his flight from Egypt after a military revolution in 1952.
- A vast collection of American comic books
- A series of photos of copulating elephants
- A number of pocket radiation counters, each inscribed 'Measure nuclear energy yourself'
- A $20 double eagle gold piece that had disappeared some years previously from the Museum of the Philadelphia Mint
- 50 walking sticks
- 6 bedside telephones
- 75 pairs of binoculars
- 1000 ties, many with five-inch monograms
- One of the largest stamp collections in the world
- The stuffed body of a hermaphrodite goat
Answer:
They're some of the personal effects left behind in the palace of King Farouk following his flight from Egypt after a military revolution in 1952.
King Farouk
Comments
Close! Did 't even try for the name.
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 06/19/16 at 08:53 AM
Wow! No clue, but the name triggered the memory of a song parody done by Stan Freeburg. He had parodied the style of a certain singer with the song "C'est Si Bon", and at the end of it he's congratulating himself and saying how he'll be rewarded. One of the awards was "...an autographed picture of King Farouk!". This is list is now the second thing I know about the monarch.
Posted by Mike on 06/19/16 at 08:57 AM
I was close. I figured it was a weird collection found upon the death of some little known recluse.
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 06/19/16 at 10:34 AM
I thought it was the 'rejected' list of stuff The Jerk wanted to take with him when he was destitute. I still recall him taking the THERMOS and PADDLE BALL GAME as hilarious. "and that's ALL I NEED!"
Posted by Greg on 06/19/16 at 11:22 AM
I just need this thermos. I just need this thermos and this ashtray. I just need this thermos, this ashtray and this...
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 06/19/16 at 12:36 PM
That was the first movie I ever bought on VHS. Favorite lines include: You mean I'm gonna STAY this color?
This is the best cup o' pizza ever.
The second movie I bought on VHS was DINER.
This is the best cup o' pizza ever.
The second movie I bought on VHS was DINER.
Posted by Greg on 06/20/16 at 06:10 AM
King Farouk of Egypt went in exile to Italy. King Victor Emanuel of Italy went in exile to Egypt.
Posted by Roland Johansson on 06/20/16 at 01:21 PM
Europe and the Middle East are running a royalty protection program!
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 06/20/16 at 09:37 PM
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