Ageless creepy-hot Russian Prime Minister, judo master and KGB agent Vladimir Putin spent the weekend talking to his forebears, giant snow leopards who like to kill. Oh, I could write a million hilarious captions, if I had enough coffee, but nothing is funnier than the text from this Moscow Times article: "'Good boy,' Putin said as the cat snarled at him and jumped out while guards and reporters pulled back. 'We have found common language, they understand me,' Putin said." The terror.
Monday, September 21, 2009
5
Putin: "Hey snow leopard. I like your fur, that looks really great. So you're a snow leopard, right? You know Apple named an operating system after you, right? Have you installed it yet? Okay, well it was great to meet you. Say hi to your mother for me, okay?
Whether staring down fearsome predators or his own puppet president, Putin never loses the "I must break you" grimace. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/09/16/vova_and_dima_4eva?page=0,7
No Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov tag?
At the (very small) risk of turning The Awl into a sports blog (notwithstanding Choire's Deadspin stint), do you see any similarities here?
(In a Joe Piscopo voice) "A giant snow leopard tried to kill me once. ONCE."