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Thread: Solution to all of Afganistan's problems unveiled in Kabul

  1. 18th January 2012, 04:55 AM #1
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    Solution to all of Afganistan's problems unveiled in Kabul



    For years, the Afgan government has studied the reasons why the country's output has seemed to be limited to babies, creative IED design, heroin, foam-flecked head-hacking nutjobs and rubble from Unesco world heritage sites. After years of painstaking work and patient research the Afghan ministry of culture has finally unveiled the answer to all their problems. A 500 kilogram koran.

    The story is in the Guardian; not the Onion.

    World's largest Qur'an unveiled in Afghanistan | World news | guardian.co.uk
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  3. 18th January 2012, 05:00 AM #2
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    Wow.... i guess if that flips their lid then so be it. It is what it is.
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    it's awesome!
    now they can drop it on people they don't like.
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  5. 18th January 2012, 05:29 AM #4
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    As primitive as that whole excercise may look, it's scary to realise that only 27 years ago we had our very own moving statues.
    Although in fairness, with a statue of Muhammad, it would be the sculptor who would be the one moving fairly rapidly ... from the lynch mob.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kevin Parlon View Post


    For years, the Afgan government has studied the reasons why the country's output has seemed to be limited to babies, creative IED design, heroin, foam-flecked head-hacking nutjobs and rubble from Unesco world heritage sites. After years of painstaking work and patient research the Afghan ministry of culture has finally unveiled the answer to all their problems. A 500 kilogram koran.

    The story is in the Guardian; not the Onion.

    World's largest Qur'an unveiled in Afghanistan | World news | guardian.co.uk
    300,000 pounds would be better spent methinks. The fact that they are spending it on this rubbish shows that the nutjobs are still in charge over there.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tim Johnston View Post
    it's awesome!
    now they can drop it on people they don't like.
    They're going to need
    a bigger Koran for that.
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  8. 18th January 2012, 11:16 AM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tim Johnston View Post
    it's awesome!
    now they can drop it on people they don't like.
    Brings a worrying aspect to having the 'book thrown at you.'
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    Quote Originally Posted by Samell View Post
    Brings a worrying aspect to having the 'book thrown at you.'
    A punishment fit for Jehovah.
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