At the 11:11...

And what's up with Egypt?

A couple friends of mine spent some time in Egypt about a month ago. Of course, their friends joke about how they might have caused the uprising and mayhem occurring today. Last night, as I was falling asleep, I envisioned some sort of Seinfeld episode. An entire scene played out:

[Jerry Seinfeld is sitting behind the driver on a tour bus in Egypt. Jerry sticks his head over driver's shoulder, into view of camera, and starts talking]

"A dictatorship? Really? I can't believe the lack of democracy! I would think after 30 years, you people would do something about this."

[Jerry sits back into his seat, out of focus. Bus driver's eyes get wide and he grips the steering wheel tightly while grinning menacingly]

[screen goes black, text reads "One Month Later."

[camera shot close up of television showing news footage of riots. Cut to George Costanza and Jerry Seinfeld on couch, eyes bulging (in the world of Seinfeld, they always somehow know when what they've done has fucked things up... even across the globe)]

George: "What did you do?"

Jerry: "I just... I just mentioned to a bus driver that they seemed oppressed... that... they have a lack of democracy!"

George: "Well, are you happy now? You caused a coup."

Jerry: "A coup? I did not cause a coup."

George: "You caused a coup."

Jerry: "It's a crazy coup."

George: "A cuckoo coup?"

Jerry: "A cuckoo coup, indeed."

...and then I fell asleep. Seems like a lot of work for the payoff of "cuckoo coup," but that's the kind of shit I drop at the 11:11.

goochout.