The below advertisement was in the local newspaper today. Can you spot the inconsistency?
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ComingAnarchy.com » Blog Archive » Incapable of Democracy? added these pithy words on Feb 02 06 at 9:47 am[...] Since most of us have only read the articles, but not actually seen the comics over which all the fuss has been made, I’d like to present them here. At the great risk of displeasing Allah, I invite readers to have a drink and enjoy. [...]
Alexander added these pithy words on 01 Feb 06 at 4:18 amWhiskey Willy’s Plaza
And I saw that before I read the title, honest.
Curzon added these pithy words on 01 Feb 06 at 5:45 amGod isn’t called Allah?
No appostrophe in “Gardeners”?
No comma after “Arabic,”?
Elizabeth added these pithy words on 01 Feb 06 at 6:04 amThis is just excellent. Though it might be hard in Kingston to find a decent-sounding place.
But Curzon – there are different words for God and Allah, at least in Persian and Urdu. And there is a comma after Arabic, just no space.
BillyBob added these pithy words on 01 Feb 06 at 9:44 amim still confused if the inconsistency mentioned is a joke or a serious challenge to readers. I mean, it wasn&t posted under “random,” so are you serious?
ElamBend added these pithy words on 01 Feb 06 at 1:02 pmThe meeting hall will be one of the first places to be renamed after the coming of the 12th Imam, Insha’alla. (Not that I’m saying current president of Iran will take his place as the 12th Imam).
;)
Younghusband added these pithy words on 01 Feb 06 at 2:33 pmBillyBob, maybe I should have used the word “irony” rather than “inconsistency.” The reason I filed it under “In the News” is because I found it in the newspaper. This is not a joke or a satire. Just a bad choice in location.
Dusty added these pithy words on 01 Feb 06 at 5:15 pmIs “Golorious” a good or bad thing?
Any Islamic experts out there who wish to interpret this curious adjective? I pensively await a fatwa on two counts.
Dusty added these pithy words on 01 Feb 06 at 5:18 pmIbid, Maulana Mumtaz Ali’s “speach”.
Check your swords at the door, please.
Dusty added these pithy words on 01 Feb 06 at 5:23 pmActually, “swords” is just another manifestation of my cultural illiteracy.
Any help here?
Dusty added these pithy words on 01 Feb 06 at 5:27 pmYeah! Do I get a prize for sweeping the activity list for this post on the right sidebar?
If it’s just going to be a CA fatwa, put it in the bin in the alley at midnight. Come alone.
Alfred Russel Wallace added these pithy words on 01 Feb 06 at 10:19 pmPerhaps this group is the Shia equivalent of the Episcopalians?
Chirol added these pithy words on 01 Feb 06 at 10:46 pmA good point has been raised, ComingAnarchy needs a new category: “Fatwas,” as in, our own.
