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2011-03-30 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
GMT is history, Arabic Standard Time (AST) begins Thursday.
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Posted by Besoeker 2011-03-30 07:29|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top

#1 Arabic Standard Time (GMT -1200 years)

Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2011-03-30 11:01||   2011-03-30 11:01|| Front Page Top

#2 whew August, 2010. I thought they were celebrating Ramadamadingdong early
Posted by Beavis 2011-03-30 11:12||   2011-03-30 11:12|| Front Page Top

#3 Mike definitely has the lead for 'snark of the day'.
Posted by Steve White 2011-03-30 12:50||   2011-03-30 12:50|| Front Page Top

#4 Thats gonna be a shitload of re-winding and button pushing. They gonna have to start wearing moon dials on their wrists?...guys only of course.
Posted by swksvolFF 2011-03-30 13:00||   2011-03-30 13:00|| Front Page Top

#5 GMT -10519200
Posted by Bright Pebbles 2011-03-30 13:44||   2011-03-30 13:44|| Front Page Top

#6 "This claim that the holy city is a "zero magnetism zone" has won support from some Arab scientists like Abdel-Baset al-Sayyed of the Egyptian National Research Centre who says that there is no magnetic force in Mecca."

Must be true. I'm feeling no great pull to visit there....
Posted by Ackoopmed 2011-03-30 15:02||   2011-03-30 15:02|| Front Page Top

#7 ...there is no magnetic force in Mecca.

There is no intellectual force in Mecca either.
Posted by DarthVader 2011-03-30 16:05||   2011-03-30 16:05|| Front Page Top

#8 Inshallah is kinda like the Spanish mañana, but without the urgency.
Posted by mojo 2011-03-30 16:17||   2011-03-30 16:17|| Front Page Top

#9 No magnetic field in Mecca, ya say? That explains a lot, with all the unimpeded solar particles hammering their brains non stop.
Posted by Alaska Paul 2011-03-30 17:02||   2011-03-30 17:02|| Front Page Top

#10 By far the most common Solar Particle i.e. photons are "rotating" Electric and Magnetic fields.

I always thought Mecca was left in the dark ages, now we know why.
Posted by Bright Pebbles 2011-03-30 19:12||   2011-03-30 19:12|| Front Page Top

#11 According to Yusuf al-Qaradawi, an Egyptian cleric known around the Muslim world for his popular television show "Sharia and Life", Mecca has a greater claim to being the prime meridian because it is "in perfect alignment with the magnetic north."

This claim that the holy city is a "zero magnetism zone" has won support from some Arab scientists like Abdel-Baset al-Sayyed of the Egyptian National Research Centre who says that there is no magnetic force in Mecca.

"That's why if someone travels to Mecca or lives there, he lives longer, is healthier and is less affected by the earth's gravity," he said. "You get charged with energy."

Where do I get my ticket? Do I need a job, or will thay care for me forever? Can I bring my wife, or will one be provided?
Posted by Bobby 2011-03-30 19:19||   2011-03-30 19:19|| Front Page Top

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