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| Rabbis back Israeli ’Guard Pigs’ | ||
| 2003-10-29 | ||
| EFL An organisation in Israel has gained rabbinical approval to train pigs to guard Jewish settlements in the West Bank. Until now, Jewish settlements have been guarded by men with guns and also by guard dogs. But a new idea - guard pigs - has been thought up by an organisation called The Hebrew Battalion. The man in charge, Kuti Ben-Yaakov, insists it is a serious proposal. "Pigs’ sense of smell is far more developed than that of dogs," he said.
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| Posted by:Yosemite Sam |
| #15 snellenr, ROTFLMAO! That, my friend, is what we call laugh out loud funny. We should go to one of those whack-job islamist sites and 'Ask the Imam'! 'Dear Imam, my cousin Mohammed and my brother Muhammed, were both killed and devoured by walking porkchops on their way to become shaheed (sp?). Will they still get their virgins?' |
| Posted by: Swiggles 2003-10-29 3:20:33 PM |
| #14 I know of an available compound in Ramallah that only has one occupant remaining. Perhaps it could be used as a pig farm and holding area. |
| Posted by: Don 2003-10-29 3:13:44 PM |
| #13 This raises a profound theological question requiring a fatwah -- "Is being consumed by pork forbidden?" |
| Posted by: snellenr 2003-10-29 3:01:10 PM |
| #12 Hmmm.. Doesn't Australia have some kick-ass razorback boars? Sounds like an export item to me. Can you imagine their fear of not only touching a pig... but being gored and trampled by one. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2003-10-29 2:49:05 PM |
| #11 Can't you hear the Paleos whinning and screaming about those"Barborious Joooos".Talk about asymetric warfare. Arizona has Javilina(desert version of a wild pig)them bad boys is just plain mean.Any of you folks that have spent any length of time in Arizona know what critter I'm talking about. |
| Posted by: Raptor 2003-10-29 2:34:05 PM |
| #10 Raj has it right. The only thing I forgot to mention is that pigs run fast as hell. He could have been in mucho trouble. I can see it now; a new market for attack pigs competing with the German shepards. |
| Posted by: Slumming 2003-10-29 2:07:49 PM |
| #9 We need to let the folks at Gitmo know that Major Zifel is the new questioner. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2003-10-29 1:55:18 PM |
| #8 Best of all, the terrorists may never know what hit them -- how likely is it that they're familiar with pigs? Unless they teach the pigs to bark, which will be utterly confusing... |
| Posted by: snellenr 2003-10-29 1:38:47 PM |
| #7 In the old days the people at Aramco used to put bacon bits in everything - including ice cream (!!!) - to keep the Saudis from stealing the food supplies. For those with a desire to read how it was there circa 1947 - 1979, you can read from an online "book" by Larry Barnes. To find the bit about the bacon, just do Edit/Find/bacon - it's the first hit. Interesting reading beyond the sound bytes. http://www.amble.com/barnes.htm Note that the whole thing is in one page - and it's all text - once loaded, you can save it to your own machine. Barnes was a classic American of the post WW-II era, open, adventurous, and gentle to innocents... I wonder what he'd have to say about what's transpired in the following 25 years. |
| Posted by: .com 2003-10-29 1:16:06 PM |
| #6 I hiked school back in 8th grade and was cutting through some fields when we were charged by about 50 pigs. As they got closer I got more 'concerned' and bolted so fast I made Carl Lewis look like Jerry Lewis. I agree w/ Slumming - you don't want to be in that situation. |
| Posted by: Raj 2003-10-29 1:05:59 PM |
| #5 "Moreover, this animal is considered to be dangerous by Islam and, according to the Muslim faith, a terrorist who touches a pig is not eligible for the 70 virgins in heaven. Isreal is going Religious on their asses! Have every Detainee touch a pig! Forget that, arrest Arafish and make him touch a pig on TV! |
| Posted by: Charles 2003-10-29 12:55:21 PM |
| #4 Talk about putting lipstick on a pig. |
| Posted by: Lucky 2003-10-29 12:44:37 PM |
| #3 The Israelis should coat their guard fences with lard and advertise the fact, to keep the more devout suicide bombers away. |
| Posted by: Tresho 2003-10-29 11:17:45 AM |
| #2 When will the UN denounce this war crime and insult to Islam? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-10-29 11:13:21 AM |
| #1 LOL!!! I just love this shit! |
| Posted by: .com 2003-10-29 10:24:15 AM |