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2011-04-13 Arabia
Man declares self Mahdi at Grand Mosque in Mecca
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Posted by ryuge 2011-04-13 01:36|| || Front Page|| [4 views ]  Top

#1 Impressed the Babes at Penn State by elevating them off the ground, did he???

[PADME AMYGDALA here].
Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-04-13 02:31||   2011-04-13 02:31|| Front Page Top

#2 "Hokay, if yer the Mahdi, what's yer mom's name?"

"Ummmmmm.....Anastasia?"

"Wrong! Abdul, take him downtown until the headshrinkers get a look at 'im!!"

Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2011-04-13 08:57||   2011-04-13 08:57|| Front Page Top

#3 That's pretty funny, Mike! LOL!
Posted by Alaska Paul 2011-04-13 11:10||   2011-04-13 11:10|| Front Page Top

#4 AP,

Thank you! I just channeled some of the Cleveland cops I knew. :)

Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2011-04-13 11:22||   2011-04-13 11:22|| Front Page Top

#5 Oh he's the real Mahdi all right, and I should know - I've followed a few!
Posted by flash91 2011-04-13 11:25||   2011-04-13 11:25|| Front Page Top

#6 Mahdi-as-a-hatter

Sounds islamic to me if said outloud and fast
Posted by Punky Elmaish9564 2011-04-13 12:32||   2011-04-13 12:32|| Front Page Top

#7 "Police concluded that the man was suffering from mental problems."

What was their first clue? That he was in Mecca?
Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2011-04-13 12:54||   2011-04-13 12:54|| Front Page Top

#8 As a kid, I used to memorize and go around spouting Lord Lawrence OLivier's lines from the movie KHARTOUM. My sister and parents were driven half nuts. Great flic by the way...
Posted by borgboy 2011-04-13 14:23||   2011-04-13 14:23|| Front Page Top

#9 Weird. Previous contenders for the title have generally announced their true identity after raising a substantial military force.
Posted by Zhang Fei 2011-04-13 16:32||   2011-04-13 16:32|| Front Page Top

#10 Lawrence Olivier?
Posted by mojo 2011-04-13 16:37||   2011-04-13 16:37|| Front Page Top

#11 I believe Herbert Lom also declared himself Mahdi in the film El Cid, which also starred Charlton Heston. Mahdi's are us.
Posted by Sgt. D.T. 2011-04-13 23:01||   2011-04-13 23:01|| Front Page Top

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