  by Erik Deckers AR Humor Writer Indianapolis, Indiana January
31, 2011 Make My Day  Back to home page  Printable version of
this story  There's a lot to do when you have to flee the
country you've led for 30 years.  First, burn the tapes. Next,
burn statements from your bank.  Get all the gold you can carry
from the central bank. Get all the great art you can from the
national museum. Pack the latter carefully; just stack the gold
in a crate.  Want to get to the airport but can't get a
helicopter and marchers block the streets? Send people to the
tallest buildings and drop hundreds of thousands of US-
denominated $1 bills. Angry at them? Feel they betrayed you?
Drop counterfeit $100 bills.  Don't eat much: You're probably
going to puke before the day is out. Empty your bowels: they'll
soil your pants if you end up getting hung.  Send your wife
ahead without any money: she'll be very happy when you arrive.
Carry Kleenex in case you need to make a tearful farewell speech
to the staff, or a passionate defense