Truth stranger than fiction, even if fiction is Eastern European Absurdist Comedy

[Huckleman2000]

This sounds like the plot of a play by Havel or Mrozek...


Double take: Poland’s top leaders are twins
President picks his brother as prime minister
The Associated Press

Updated: 10:45 a.m. MT July 10, 2006

WARSAW, Poland - President Lech Kaczynski appointed his identical twin brother Jaroslaw as the new prime minister, the presidential office said in a statement Monday.

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[Zeb_Carter]

Is he the best man for the job or is this a form patronizing?

 

[Huckleman2000]

Is he the best man for the job or is this a form patronizing?

I don't know - I guess the guy was head of the elected party or something; I don't know squat about Polish government structure.

I suppose it's not exactly unprecedented - JFK appointed Bobby his Atty. General, although this looks more like the analogy might be appointing Speaker of the House or similar.

Still... TWINS!? This just seems to have all the potential of a mistaken-identity, drop-trou, half-dressed women running around, door-slamming political farce.

One of them has two moles on his face.