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Somali silliness
« on: July 29, 2011, 05:02:09 PM »
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2018858/Islamist-group-Somalia-bans-samosas-deciding-theyre-Western.html


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Somalia's al-Shabaab group has banned samosas after ruling the popular snacks are 'offensive' and too Christian.

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It is now thought islamist militants have taken offence at the three-sided samosa's supposed resemblance to symbol of the Christian Holy Trinity.

ZOMG!  We're being oppressed by triangular snack foods.

I'm tempted to send them a case of Doritos.
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Re: Somali silliness
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2011, 05:17:50 PM »
Quote from: Angel Eyes on July 29, 2011, 05:02:09 PM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2018858/Islamist-group-Somalia-bans-samosas-deciding-theyre-Western.html


ZOMG!  We're being oppressed by triangular snack foods.

I'm tempted to send them a case of Doritos.


Lulz.  A former girlfriend of mine is a Muslim, born in Sri Lanka and now a US citizen.  That girl had a fetish for samosas. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samosa#Etymology

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The word samosa can be traced to the Persian "sanbosag".[1] The pastry name in other countries also derives from this root, such as the crescent-shaped sanbusak or sanbusaj in Arab countries, sambosa in Afghanistan, "samosa" in India, "samboosa" in Tajikistan, samsa by Turkic-speaking nations, sambusa in parts of Iran and chamuça in Goa, Mozambique and Portugal.[1] While they are modernly referred to as sambusak in the Arabic-speaking world, Medieval Arabic recipe books sometimes spell it sambusaj.[2]

Stoopid islamoradicals.
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Re: Somali silliness
« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2011, 05:18:37 PM »
The only time I have eaten samosas were with Muslims.

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Re: Somali silliness
« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2011, 07:58:48 PM »
.....and why do we continue to allow this nation to exist?.....  =|
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Re: Somali silliness
« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2011, 08:15:16 PM »
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The only time I have eaten samosas were with Muslims.

Me too.
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Re: Somali silliness
« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2011, 08:42:43 PM »
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.....and why do we continue to allow this nation to exist?.....

Because the last time we tried to do something about it, they shot down two of our helicopters, killed some of our guys, and publically mutilated their bodies, so we're basically down to letting them wallow in the squalor they've created or atmospheric nuclear testing in downtown Mogadishu.

So, to answer your question, I dunno.
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Re: Somali silliness
« Reply #6 on: July 29, 2011, 09:54:14 PM »
why bother them  did they have something we wanted to use?
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Re: Somali silliness
« Reply #7 on: July 29, 2011, 10:32:01 PM »
Quote from: cassandra and sara's daddy on July 29, 2011, 09:54:14 PM
why bother them  did they have something we wanted to use?

Yes.....moving targets....  :cool:
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Re: Somali silliness
« Reply #8 on: July 30, 2011, 09:23:29 AM »
I think they're right.  The last time I burned my mouth on one of those, I shouted JESUS CHRIST!
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Re: Somali silliness
« Reply #9 on: July 30, 2011, 06:44:18 PM »
So I take it their tech-types are going to stop using the Pythagorean Theorem, as well?

Does Somalia even have tech-types?
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Re: Somali silliness
« Reply #10 on: July 31, 2011, 02:19:13 PM »
In Somalia, Technical means something else.  But no, I don't think they do.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_%28vehicle%29
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Re: Somali silliness
« Reply #11 on: July 31, 2011, 05:35:35 PM »
Our progressive types wanted us to play Policemen of the World and make sure that the absolute scum of the region weren't doing Bad Things.
 
Then a lot of the progressive types realized that in order to make an omelet, eggs must be scrambled. They now close their eyes, clap their hands over their ears, and commence chanting every time the word "Somalia" is uttered.
 
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Re: Somali silliness
« Reply #12 on: July 31, 2011, 06:52:06 PM »
I had 3 of the "black hawk down" guys in my cab one evening, they were in Reno for some kind of military/weapons convention. They assured me they could have eliminated the warlord/militia if they had been given free reign.

Cant you get samosa at any Indian restaurant?
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