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2005-08-15 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

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Posted by Fred 2005-08-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "Let the life of every Turkman be as beautiful as our melons,"
Anyone got pics of Turkmen woman and their melons?

Posted by xbalanke 2005-08-15 00:52|| 2005-08-15 00:52|| Front Page Top

#2 Looks more like Wayne Newton to me.

Posted by Spot">Spot 2005-08-15 08:27|| 2005-08-15 08:27|| Front Page Top

#3 He was elected president in 1992 in the wake of the Soviet collapse, and has created a personality cult around himself.

See. Spot's right. It is Wayne Newton...

Posted by tu3031 2005-08-15 08:59|| 2005-08-15 08:59|| Front Page Top

#4 I celebrate melons every day. It's good for you. (NSFW)

YS, d'you still have that graphic of the too-perfect 'lopes? I think Fred might prefer it - scaled-down a bit.

Posted by .com 2005-08-15 10:19|| 2005-08-15 10:19|| Front Page Top

#5 Everyday should be mellon day.

Posted by MunkarKat 2005-08-15 11:21|| 2005-08-15 11:21|| Front Page Top

#6 "There is nothing like that in any country of the world," the state-run Neutral Turkmenistan daily said in a headline.

Dude, the town I grew up in had a Gourd Festival. I know at least two towns that have Pumpkin Festivals. Your melons have NOTHING on those.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-08-15 11:52|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-08-15 11:52|| Front Page Top

According to my Russian wife, all of Central Asia is full of "melons"! Of course, one of these guys has recently gone away... One less melon?

Niyazov, Nazurbayev, Karimov, Akayev (gone), and Rakhmanov...

Posted by BigEd 2005-08-15 15:43|| 2005-08-15 15:43|| Front Page Top

#8 Britain has a growing melon problem.

http://calderonswirbelwind.blogspot.com/2005/08/could-this-be-britains-next-terror.html

Posted by Thriter Jamble9553 2005-08-15 16:26|| 2005-08-15 16:26|| Front Page Top

#9 See post above.

Posted by Shipman 2005-08-15 17:56|| 2005-08-15 17:56|| Front Page Top

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