Re: Xi and Putin's bodyguards

On Fri, 14 Jun 2024, Retrograde wrote:

On 2024-06-11, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:

Presidents Xi and Putin's bodyguards break the internet with awkwardly
hilarious nod at Harbin, China diplomatic meeting
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As international tensions grow, a very brief and very awkward moment
between Russian and Chinese presidential bodyguards has lit up the
internet.

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I wasn't able to see the video because that website is stuffed with
trackers/etc. that my system filters, it never downloaded. But I get the
idea.
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Was thinking: if your job is "Putin's bodyguard" you must spend a lot of
time taking the first sip of soup, the first sip of coffee from the cup,
the first bite of the chicken etc. just to make sure nothing was
poisoned.  One day, you die.
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Could be worse: Melania Trump has a worse job than Putin's bodyguard
does.
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No, I think he organises his court based on medieval patterns. He has tasters, spectrometers and other equipment for that.