Something hidden in my memory kept nagging me since I have published the post with this picture:
Of course, pictures from Mecca with the mandatory bedsheets and happy pilgrims are a dime for a dozen. Take one, do some basic Photoshop job and here you are. But still... and then it clicked.
![]() |
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, right, Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, second from right, P.A. President Mahmoud Abbas, third from right, and Fatah member Mohammed Dahlan. |
Aha, now it's clear. So these are (probably) the bodies used for the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam shahids. And then, and oldish Russian joke surfaced in my memory:
A freshly sentenced for the first time young thief tells his new prison mates about his last girlfriend. "You should see her boobs, guys [shows with his hands the approximate dimensions on his own body]! You should see her buttocks [again using his hands to demonstrate the latter on himself]. You should see..."
Here he is interrupted by an old and experienced prisoner: "Listen, mate, don't show on yourself. This is a sure cause of bad luck..."
Dear martyrs-to-be of Izz ad-Din al-Qassam: you may have chosen the right bodies to use for that demonstration. Or the wrong ones, depends how you look at that. Bad luck, remember.
So there.
7 comments:
Think of all the money we could save if we all wore bed sheets. They wouldn't even have to be white. Although I guess they'd be a little chilly in the winter.
There might be a solution for winter as well, I guess. Some fur on the inside or whatever.
Oh yeah, that is it in a nutshell ;-)
Thanks for reminding.
Yeah, I'm pretty speechless
Better watch out Mom & Dad. Don't irritate your little darling.
No worries, in a few years she will learn to lop off the head in one fluid motion.
That too.
Post a Comment