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2007-02-10 Iraq

Iraqi and US forces push into Baghdad flashpoints

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Posted by Fred 2007-02-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Mercy, I read the headline as

Fleshpots

Alas Babylon, that mighty city. Yearning for etc.

Posted by Shipman 2007-02-10 08:00|| 2007-02-10 08:00|| Front Page Top

#2 The fleshpots were in Egypt, Shipman. How much easier was life as a slave with the fleshpots of Egypt, than wandering homeless for 40 years in the desert eating manna, day after day after day after... ;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2007-02-10 09:18|| 2007-02-10 09:18|| Front Page Top

#3 I can't help but wonder if "Manna" Doesn't mean "Locust Swarms" I understand they're delacasies in that part of the world.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-02-10 10:00|| 2007-02-10 10:00|| Front Page Top

#4 It's been argued that manna was a Negev species of honey ant. It wouldn't be locusts, Redneck Jim; they were named specifically as one of the Ten Plagues, so clearly the Hebrews knew them, whereas as far as I know there is no use of the word manna elsewhere in the Old Testament, except metaphorically. Also, in the lists of forbidden foods the only insect that is permitted is the locust. A wise decision on God's part, since when the locusts swarm there's very little else to eat until the flora regrows.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-02-10 12:59|| 2007-02-10 12:59|| Front Page Top

#5 Now that does take the edge off TW.

Posted by Shipman 2007-02-10 17:39|| 2007-02-10 17:39|| Front Page Top

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