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2006-08-22 India-Pakistan

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Posted by Fred 2006-08-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "Ershad, a rickshaw puller." Must be a real catch in Kolkata.

Posted by Cheech/Chong 2006-08-22 10:38|| 2006-08-22 10:38|| Front Page Top

#2 The clerics have said the man the woman marries temporarily must be 70 years of age

They gotta be making this stuff up. I can just see all these clerics going into the back of the mosque afters these pronouncements and just laughing their asses off.

Posted by DoDo 2006-08-22 12:00|| 2006-08-22 12:00|| Front Page Top

#3 Well if He was drunk when they got married, it's only fitting He can divorce her while in the same condition....

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-08-22 12:15|| 2006-08-22 12:15|| Front Page Top

#4 The clerics have said the man the woman marries temporarily must be 70 years of age

Just curious: how old are these clerics?

Posted by James">James 2006-08-22 15:06|| http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com]">[http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com] 2006-08-22 15:06|| Front Page Top

#5 Offhand, I'd say about, oh, 70.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2006-08-22 15:52|| 2006-08-22 15:52|| Front Page Top

#6 The Indian courts have already ruled that this "divorce" is null and void.
The entire bunch of clerics can be charged with contempt of court and jailed.

Posted by john 2006-08-22 17:38|| 2006-08-22 17:38|| Front Page Top

#7 "Ershad, a rickshaw puller."
I read a historical novel that pointed out that Rickshaw Pullers normaly had very short lives, averaging only eight years before being so worn out they simply die, they simply cannot get enough food to sustain their bodies from all the excessive demands put on them, plus they usualy were poor to start with so couldn't afford much food.
It was generaly considered a "last Job" and few survived.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2006-08-22 22:07|| 2006-08-22 22:07|| Front Page Top

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