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The "Triangle Of Wickedness"

By The Daily Dish
Jan 18 2010, 2:29 AM ET

Presumably, that's Ahmadinejad's response to Bush's "Axis Of Evil". He needs a Frum or two. Scott Adams is amused:

I laughed when I saw this New York Times article in which Iran's state run media referred to America as part of the "triangle of wickedness." Apparently the triangle includes America, Israel, and Miscellaneous.

I will allow that there are some translation issues here. Triangle of wickedness probably sounds way more awesome in Farsi. But it does make me wonder what phrases they considered before they landed on the Triangle of Wickedness.

One clue is that they had to add a miscellaneous category just to get the threat level up to triangle. Otherwise the labeling options are limited to Duo of Duplicity, or the Gruesome Twosome, or the Twin Terribles. See? It's harder than you think.



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