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| Mr. President, please slaughter 1,000 sheep |
| 2005-04-13 |
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono revealed on Tuesday that he had been told to slaughter 1,000 sheep and to do other rituals to prevent further earthquakes. He told some 200 members of the Family Welfare Movement (PKK) not to be superstitious about earthquakes, asserting that there was a scientific explanation for such natural disasters. "There is a scientific explanation for the series of earthquakes; don't be superstitious ... There was an sms (short message system) sent to me, saying Mr. President please slaughter 1,000 sheep," Susilo said, referring to the telephone text messages. Such a suggestion was not the only one as the President said that he had been bombarded by "a huge number" of similar wacky text messages. "If I followed all of them, I would not have been able to visit the disaster-hit areas to give instructions to respond to the emergency situation. That is why I did not follow those suggestions," the President said. During his official address to commence the 6th PKK national meeting, the President explained to the women members that earthquakes were a natural phenomenon. He acknowledged that he had discussed the matter with the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) and an earthquake expert during his recent visit to New Zealand. |
| Posted by:classer |
| #6 please slaughter 1,000 sheep Fire up the BBQ pits in an impoverished part of the country... {SORRY} |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-04-13 3:45:41 PM |
| #5 please slaughter 1,000 sheep Fire up the BBQ pis in an impoverished part of the country... |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-04-13 3:45:06 PM |
| #4 Those poor beasties have got a very long way to go. |
| Posted by: Tkat 2005-04-13 2:12:06 PM |
| #3 I'd watch these PKK dorks closely. No telling what they'd consider if there's yet another earthquake in that part of the world. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-04-13 2:05:02 PM |
| #2 Mr. President please slaughter 1,000 |
| Posted by: Halliburton Earthquake Division 2005-04-13 10:11:47 AM |
| #1 Bambang is definitely a cut above previous Indonesian presidents. Mind you thats not hard. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2005-04-13 7:13:13 AM |