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Saudi's King Fahd Said to Be Stable
2005-05-29
Kind of like Yasser?
King Fahd was in stable condition Saturday with an apparent case of pneumonia, officials said, as Saudis prayed for the health of the ruler who brought the oil-rich kingdom closer to the United States during more than two decades as monarch. The elderly king's health was the main topic of discussion wherever people gathered in the Saudi capital, a day after he was hospitalized for officially unspecified reasons.
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#13  FrankG, I'm grinning like a Cheshire Cat here, and not sure quite why? :)
Posted by: Tony (UK)   2005-05-29 19:42  

#12  This is all covered by Stephen Hawkings in A Brief History of Slime.
Posted by: Matt   2005-05-29 19:41  

#11  well, I wouldn't be sticking my ass in the air five times a day if wormholes were on the agenda
Posted by: Frank G   2005-05-29 19:38  

#10  Hmmm, if we're up to creating wormholes, then I think we can move it around pretty easily - how's about a 90% speed-of-light equatorial circuit around the earth. It'll be rattling around the planet 6 times a second. Lots of whiplash potential there though.

Easiest thing might be to close it off completely and only open it (briefly) if there's been a full lunar month of 'peace'.

- crickets, tumbleweed -
Posted by: Tony (UK)   2005-05-29 19:34  

#9  In which direction they should face to pray, now that may be a problem. After all, the wormhole will be othogonal to the XY plane of the conventional compass rose. So, if the wormhole is above the plane of the elliptic, or below it, will pius muslims have to pray standing on their heads, depending on their planetary location? Or will they ignore the third dimension, and stick with the historic direction?

Yup. Let a girl take one too many math classes, and see what happens. ;-)
Posted by: trailing wife   2005-05-29 19:21  

#8  Hummm.... the presence of mooselimbs in this universe naturally implies the exsistence of anti-mooslems in another. Likely the same universe that contains the exploding Jooooooooooos.
Posted by: Shipman   2005-05-29 19:16  

#7  I see our thought processes coincide trailing wife...
Posted by: Tony (UK)   2005-05-29 18:05  

#6  Well, Tony, Muslims are required to make haj, so long as they are able. In theory, if the land mass of Saudi Arabia can successfully be dropped through a wormhole into another universe, then so can the people who must get to Mecca.
Posted by: trailing wife   2005-05-29 17:27  

#5  I think the only way you can reduce entropy overall is to ship some of it to another universe. Sounds like a plan to me, open the wormhole and start dropping Saudi Arabia into it wholesale.

I leave it up to my fellow Rantburgers to figure out what might happen when muslims realise the focal point of their religion is now in another universe.
Posted by: Tony (UK)   2005-05-29 16:50  

#4  When will the Saudis introduce their new entropy reduction program, Shipman?
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2005-05-29 12:45  

#3  Entropy triumphs again.
Posted by: Shipman   2005-05-29 10:09  

#2  Stable as in room temp?
Posted by: Sock Puppet 0’ Doom   2005-05-29 00:51  

#1  The elderly king's health was the main topic of discussion wherever people gathered in the Saudi capital...

Ahmed: So how are you and the family, Abdul?
Abdul: Couldn't be better, and you, Ahmed?
Ahmed: Pretty good, though I am worried about King Fahd's health.
Abdul: So am I. Though I was talking to Mohammed earlier today and he said the King was stable.
Ahmed: Stable, ya say? That's good news.
Abdul: Maybe, someone else said that the King was dead.
Ahmed: Well, that is stable, too.
Abdul: And there was this guy at the mosque, and he said....

And it goes on and on....
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2005-05-29 00:31  

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