Reflections From a Murky Pond

The simple fact is that Muslims get married and a certain number of them, those who don’t to closely follow the example set by Muhammad, even wait until their females have reached puberty before buying them from their fathers and taking them to wife.

This perforce means that Muslim couples have wedding nights and that the brides – at least those of an to understand such things – will likely want some sort of special bridal lingerie, much in the same way as brides in the Civilized World do.

That in turn causes a problem in places, such as Saudi Arabia, where the Islamists follow very strict forms of Shar’ia that forbid Muslim females from baring their faces in front of even their husbands.

Shari’a Compliant Even According To Wahhab

Fortunately I suppose, the Arabs are a race of merchants and have bred themselves to possess the cunning merchants needs. Certain accommodations of style were made and, so far, few have complained overly much.

NOTE: It’s also apparent that there’s more worth tapping in the MENA region than merely oil.

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For ages cartographers have tried to describe our world with maps. They’ve tried a variety of projections in or to do so: the Albers Equal-Area, the Azimuthal Equidistant, the Bonne, the Mendeleev-Conic, and the ubiquitous Mercator projections to name but a few.

Some times though, when trying to map things more complex and fluid than geographic features, they have to resort to creative cartography in order to do so.

No Wonder The Middle-East Is In Deep Shit

I believe this should be called the Colorectal-Sinusoidal Projection. I also believe that cartographers have finally managed to illustrate the reason for so many of the world’s ills.

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There is humor to be found in almost anything. Even those things which are the most vile and pernicious still hold the seeds of comedy within them, if one but knows how and where to look. Indeed, AIDS, Islam, and other similar things need jokes to be told about them.

So here are some jokes attributed to the – probably completely fictitious – Muslim comic, Goffaq Yousef:

Good evening, gentlemen, and get out, ladies.

On my flight to New York there must have been an Israeli in the Bathroom the entire time.
There was a sign on the door that said “occupied.”

What do you say to a Muslim woman with two black eyes?
Nothing! You told her twice already!

How many Palestinians does it take to change a light bulb?
None! They sit in the dark forever and blame the Jews for it!

Did you hear about the Broadway play, The Palestinians?
It bombed!

What do you call a first-time offender in Saudi Arabia?
Lefty!

Did you hear about the Muslim strip club?
It features full facial nudity!

Why do Palestinians find it convenient to live on the West Bank?
Because it’s just a stone’s throw from Israel!

Why are Palestinian boys luckier than American boys?
Because every Palestinian boy will get to join a rock group!

A Palestinian suspect was being grilled by Israeli police.
“Honest, I’m not a suicide bomber,” he said. “I didn’t say I wanted to blow Myself up so I could sleep with 72 virgins. All I said was I’m dying to get laid!”

What does the sign say above the nursery in a Palestinian maternity ward?
“Live ammunition.”

A Palestinian girl says to her mommy:
“After Abdul blows himself up, can I have his room?”

As a special bonus there’s a another bit of humor contained in this post – the supposed comic himself. Goffaq Yousef - go ahead and say it out loud a couple of times

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