Knowing when to quit is tough. How do you leave the no-hope band you've played in since you were 14? How do you leave that boyfriend or girlfriend once the good times are gone? At 27, is it finally time to stop living with your mum?If you can identify with problems like these, spare a thought for dictators across the Middle East. They just don't know when to quit. As a service to these poor, besieged souls, here is a helpful pictorial guide offering pointers that should help lighten the burden of this tough decision.
In their heart of hearts, they know the moment has passed, but happy memories pull them back: flirting over tea with the wives of other world leaders, walking at evening amidst the delicate scents of the presidential gardens, absolute power of life or death over millions of people, that sort of thing.The occasion for these pictures are Friday's protests on Mansour Street, Cairo, by roughly 10,000 thuggish ingrates complaining about the odd death or 70 here and there. So, here goes.
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