Thank you for the lovely coup

The Daily Mash is rather cynical about the people's revolution in Egypt:

'THE Egyptian army last night thanked demonstrators in Cairo for their military coup, adding that it was a very nice one.

President Omar Suleiman, whose real first name turns out to be 'General', said the coup was very thoughtful of the Egyptian people, particularly as it came with lots of lovely press coverage.

He added: "Usually in these situations the army has to storm the presidential palace and the TV station and set up a cordon around the airport. It's a lot of fucking hassle.

"There's some very nasty shouting and a load soldiers getting all scared.

"And as all that's going on you've got these arsehole foreign governments phoning you up giving you an earful while John Simpson stands outside your new house in a flak jacket telling everyone you're a prick.

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The general added: "Like all military coups this is a temporary one. Though to be on the safe side it would be useful if you familiarise yourselves with the term 'ish'.

"As in 'we will move towards democracy-ish but will have to maintain a state of emergency-ish, but it will only be for six months.

"Ish."'