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2005-06-01 Afghanistan/South Asia

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Posted by Fred 2005-06-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11127 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 AFAIK Mohammed never went to Pakistan... and why his relics would wind up there is beyond me.

SO... it makes me wonder what these slippers really are, if they aren't the prophet's slippers, what are they, really?

Blessed Erodeproof +1 Boots of Speed?

Jumping boots?

Cursed rusted -1 Boots of Fumbling?

Well, in that case, at least the thief's in Lahore, which should have a lot of holy men available to bless them so he can take them off. Unless, of course, he trips and falls and hits his head before he can get there. Meanwhile, the Kops are in hot pursuit, and armed with pies.

I just realized: he's going to need to find an aligned priest and/or altar. Lahore probably isn't the best town in the world to try to convert a non-co-aligned altar.

Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-06-01 00:15|| http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]">[http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com] 2005-06-01 00:15|| Front Page Top

#2 "You'll never see you slippers again! Never, my pretty! BWAHAHAhahahaha!"

Posted by mojo">mojo 2005-06-01 00:42|| 2005-06-01 00:42|| Front Page Top

#3 Mark Twain was a seasoned traveler who learned to be skeptical of the many, many wonders of the world, many of which were not wonderful at all. For example, Twain said, "In a museum in Havana there are two skulls of Christopher Columbus, 'one when he was a young boy and one when he was a man.'"

And, I'd wager, there you have it.

Posted by .com 2005-06-01 01:05|| 2005-06-01 01:05|| Front Page Top

#4 Check the toilets chief.

Posted by ed 2005-06-01 01:13|| 2005-06-01 01:13|| Front Page Top

#5 Boots of Striding +2
No you can't have tham back a female elf has them now.

Posted by Sock Puppet 0â Doom 2005-06-01 02:24|| 2005-06-01 02:24|| Front Page Top

#6 More idolatry from those who claim to be the ultimate in eschewing idols.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-06-01 08:11|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-06-01 08:11|| Front Page Top

#7 Maxed out your Platinum Yendorian Express Card again, Phil? Are there any 'c' corpses around?

Posted by Eric Jablow">Eric Jablow 2005-06-01 08:15|| 2005-06-01 08:15|| Front Page Top

#8 It's not funny -- these were the third holiest slippers of Islam and were only slightly worn.

Posted by Tom 2005-06-01 08:18|| 2005-06-01 08:18|| Front Page Top

#9 I've found it's best to stay away from the rubber chickens, especially if you're within a couple hundred miles of boots of fumbling... the authorities tend to not like it very much if people get stoned these days, y'know?

Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-06-01 08:35|| http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]">[http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com] 2005-06-01 08:35|| Front Page Top

#10 It's like this. I ran out of toilet paper...

Posted by BillH 2005-06-01 09:13|| 2005-06-01 09:13|| Front Page Top

#11 RC, don't forget that the Wahabis are the ultra-austere group (even tried to destroy Muhammad's tomb because it was a kind of shrine). Traditional Pakistani Muhammadanism seems to have lots of saints, relics, shrines, etc. Except where the Wahabis get involved...

Posted by James">James 2005-06-01 11:19|| http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com]">[http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com] 2005-06-01 11:19|| Front Page Top

#12 wasnt it said that in medieval europe there were so many fragments of the "true cross" that it must have been made from an entire forest? And relics of saints from one place were regularly "found" thousands of miles away?

Posted by liberalhawk 2005-06-01 11:22|| 2005-06-01 11:22|| Front Page Top

#13 Nice D&D references guys.

Posted by Secret Master 2005-06-01 13:15|| 2005-06-01 13:15|| Front Page Top

#14 Feets, don't fail me now!

Posted by Xbalanke 2005-06-01 14:37|| 2005-06-01 14:37|| Front Page Top

#15 Well, Secret Master, they're sort-of nethack references. Find out more at http://nethack.org.

Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-06-01 19:09|| http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]">[http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com] 2005-06-01 19:09|| Front Page Top

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