Va. man plants flag, claims African country, calling it 'Kingdom of North Sudan' (http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/va-man-plants-flag-claims-african-country-calling-it-kingdom-of-north-sudan/2014/07/12/abfbcef2-09fc-11e4-8a6a-19355c7e870a_story.html)
QuoteJeremiah Heaton was playing with his daughter in their Abingdon, Va., home last winter when she asked whether she could be a real princess.
Heaton, a father of three who works in the mining industry, didn't want to make any false promises to Emily, then 6, who was "big on being a princess." But he still said yes.
"As a parent you sometimes go down paths you never thought you would," Heaton said.
Within months, Heaton was journeying through the desolate southern stretches of Egypt and into an unclaimed 800-square-mile patch of arid desert. There, on June 16 — Emily's seventh birthday — he planted a blue flag with four stars and a crown on a rocky hill. The area, a sandy expanse sitting along the Sudanese border, morphed from what locals call Bir Tawil into what Heaton and his family call the "Kingdom of North Sudan."
There, Heaton is the self-described king and Emily is his princess.
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Quick! Someone make a flag for GrogLandia!
And anyone else thinking of Eddie Izzard?
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What could possibly be genius about being king of 800 square miles of dirt surrounded by millions of maniacs?
I think its a brilliant thing to do for your daughter for the shits and giggles.
JH, do you realize if you did the same thing where you live your comment would be just as accurate? :coolsmiley:
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on July 14, 2014, 01:58:25 PM
What could possibly be genius about being king of 800 square miles of dirt surrounded by millions of maniacs?
you think his daughter cares?
shes a goddam princess - i think its awesome
Eddie Izzard is a genius. I'm always quoting that scene.
As he was mentioned here...here's the bit he mentions America turning up for WWII...(if you are specifically looking for that bit, jump to 3:40)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6omQ5JjjLsE
Have fun administering the royal subjects, err rocks :)