Reply to: Burial at Sea

[SimonMac]

Osama Bin Laden = Lob da man in sea

[Spacecadet]

reminds me of the Indian Rebellion of 1857

the ammunition for new Pattern 1853 Enfield Rifle. These rifles had a tighter fit, and used paper cartridges that came pre-greased. To load the rifle, sepoys had to bite the cartridge open to release the powder[19]. Now, the grease used on these cartridges included tallow (pork or beef fat), which is considered sacrilegious by both Hindus and Muslims. At least one British official pointed out the difficulties this may cause

Indian Rebellion of 1857 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[landl]

Just think, if they made the pilots seat out of pig skin, and the joystick out of a pigs trotter, we wouldnt have to empty out all our liquids before we got onto a blooming plane

The day they do that, pigs will fly...

[singhr]

I love this thread

[cailin maith]

They do good pork sausage in Dubai, in the secret bit of the shop.

The one in Waitrose? Seriously bizarre isn't it? But handy too. Still get to have your fry up.

[d000hg]

They do good pork sausage in Dubai, in the secret bit of the shop.

[EternalOptimist]

Just imagine.

you get to the gates of paradise. 72 juicy virgins are smiling and waving at you through the big wrought iron pearly gates, when suddenly...

an angel of the host says, 'is that something in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?. You pull it out, 'oh my, what have those marines put in my pocket ?'
it's a sausage. but is it a beef sausage, or is it a pork sausage ?

[amcdonald]

thats wrong. If I tell you that I am going to nick you peanuts when you goto the bar, and you dont take precautions, its your fault isnt it ?

because you had the choice, leave them or put them in your pocket. Its a conscious deed, and I am sure that God understands this

It's the placebo effect, the effect of pork is only bad because they believe it to be

[EternalOptimist]

AFAIK it's an urban legend. Anyway, it wouldn't affect the deceased's chances in the next world:

thats wrong. If I tell you that I am going to nick you peanuts when you goto the bar, and you dont take precautions, its your fault isnt it ?

because you had the choice, leave them or put them in your pocket. Its a conscious deed, and I am sure that God understands this

[NickFitz]

Here's Snopes' take on the matter.

[EternalOptimist]

That is what the Spetsnaz do in Russia. They use pig fat and pig skin.

Just think, if they made the pilots seat out of pig skin, and the joystick out of a pigs trotter, we wouldnt have to empty out all our liquids before we got onto a blooming plane

[NickFitz]

AFAIK it's an urban legend. Anyway, it wouldn't affect the deceased's chances in the next world:

...on the Day of Judgment, a person would only be held responsible for the deeds, which he has intentionally committed. Obviously, whatever is done to the corpse of a person cannot be considered as a 'deed' of that person. The dead person will not be held accountable for any of the deeds of the living.

[Paddy]

I was about to reply to the OBL thread, but its been closed. I was thinking about some stories I heard many moons ago about some of the mutinies in India against the Raj.
One, that my dad told me, was if the enemy was a muslim, they would bury them in a pig skin, because that way, they would never get to heaven. I am not sure if it worked in deterring the jihadists, but it makes me wonder exactly what did happen to OBL.

I also remember reading some stuff about an American general called Pershing, who was a bit of an Anglophile. He did something similar (allegedly) during a muslim uprising in the Phillipines just after the first world war.

That is what the Spetsnaz do in Russia. They use pig fat and pig skin.

[amcdonald]

One thing's for certain, there's no way OBL's head can be buried pointing to Mecca. Well not 100% of the time anyway...

And what if it gets washed ashore?

Then you'll know that he had a traditional islamic decapitation

[stek]

One thing's for certain, there's no way OBL's head can be buried pointing to Mecca. Well not 100% of the time anyway...

And what if it gets washed ashore?