Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Al Qaeda Done in by the Pickle Police

Well, allied troops are primarily responsible, of course. But Al-Qaeda's harsh rule in areas of Iraq that had come under the group's control led to a ferocious backlash, culminating in the Sunni Awakening and the virtual elimination of Al-Qaeda as an effective terrorist organization.

Among their more idiotic rules was one forbidding women from purchasing cucumbers and other "male" fruit in the marketplaces.

H/T Tigerhawk

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

But men could buy female fruit, huh?

FRUITISTS!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

And, no, I don't know what female fruit looks like. I'm just sayin', is all.

RebeccaH said...

This is perfectly understandable, in a repressed, Islamic kind of way. After all, cucumbers can be threatening to an insecure male ego.

On the other hand, we in the decadent West can see another side to the argument.

Anonymous said...

This is a major benefit of totalitarian movements. Democracies have internal friction that tends to slow decision making and implementation, so really stupid ideas can often be spotted aerly and mitigated (obviously not all of them).

But in a totalitarian society, really stupid ideas have no bullshit filter. Who is going to tell the Grand Wazoo that his latest brainstorm is a steaming pile?

And thus ridicule is an extraordinary potent weapon against these spineless pansies.

Anonymous said...

"No, no! Put DOWN that pickle!"

Minicapt said...

Plums, Peaches, ... Chinese Gooseberries ...

Cheers

Old Sailor Man said...

Male or female fruit...try this pathan conundrum.."There is a boy across the river, wuth a bottom like a peach, but alas, I cannot swim"