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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSaudi people 'shaking hands' with the royal family
This may qualify as one of the weirdest things I've ever seen. People walking through a line, walk up to a cardboard cut-out of members of the Saudi Royal Family and 'shake the hand of someone behind the cut out
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Saudi people 'shaking hands' with the royal family (Original Post)
rpannier
Feb 2015
OP
Wait till they find out what's going to greet them through the hole in the bathroom.
Glassunion
Feb 2015
#3
Exhibit A
(318 posts)1. That really is weird. n/t
Suich
(10,642 posts)2. That's w-a-a-a-y past creepy.
Any back-story on this?
rpannier
(24,338 posts)4. According to France24 it's part of a ritual called bay'ah
They are pledging allegiance to the King and the two primary heirs
So many people (males) pledge that the king uses cut outs
http://observers.france24.com/content/20150204-saudis-pledge-allegiance-new-king-shaking-hands-cardboard-cutouts
Glassunion
(10,201 posts)3. Wait till they find out what's going to greet them through the hole in the bathroom.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)5. The king is checking to see whose hands aren't chopped off yet
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)7. ....
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bin' Curly [font color=white]>>>>>>>>[/font] bin' Larry [font color=white]>>>>>>>>[/font] bin' Moe
underpants
(182,879 posts)8. Karl Rove is thinking "Damn & I thought I was clever just serving hot dogs & burgers at fundraisers"
That is bizarre