Tuesday, June 29, 2021

interesting info about a crazy king


He made it illegal to own a red car in Egypt so that he could drive like crazy all over Egypt and police would know not to pull him over.  

He once had a nightmare where he was attacked by a lion.  He went to the Cairo zoo and shot all the lions with a rifle.

https://peashooter85.tumblr.com/post/136715612384/crazy-facts-about-king-farouk-of-egypt-one-of-the

I didn't know about this when I posted https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-farouk-car-collection.html

2 comments:

  1. At least he didn't let power run to his head.

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  2. I knew a lady who said that a song was sung about him, the ending of which was "King Farouk, Edin alla bouk." This means "King Farouk, God curse his religion. He was hated.

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