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paraclete
Jun 10, 2012, 03:37 PM
To use a line from the movie black hawk down there is a lot of camel debt in Somalia, but this is streaching it a little far. BO is only worth ten camels.I suppose kenyans aren't worth what they used to be
Somali Islamists offer 10 camels as bounty for Obama - CNN.com (http://edition.cnn.com/2012/06/09/world/africa/somalia-al-shabaab-bounties/index.html?hpt=hp_t3)

How can you fight a people whose medium of exchange is a camel? What I want to say is Australia has a large camel population and I'm sure we could make a better bid without breaking the camel bank. This might be a novel way of solving Somalia's problems, flood the place with camels and reduce the value of a camel to nothing. It is a win - win plan. On the other hand we could contribute some camels to BO's campaign funds. Oh wait, we wouldn't be allowed to do that, it would be a foreign campaign contribution. Tell you what, we will give you one hundred camels and no questions asked

tomder55
Jun 10, 2012, 04:54 PM
There's a joke in that somewhere. But I better not . When it comes to Obama jokes ,there is a very fine line over what is appropriate .
Don Rickles Tells Obama Racial Joke At AFI's Shirley MacLaine Tribute (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/08/don-rickles-tells-obama-racial-joke-at-afi-dinner_n_1582285.html)

Best guess is that they are not talking about the animal camel
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Pack_of_camel.jpg/200px-Pack_of_camel.jpg

Edit:
And for the record.. My response is that I have a hell fire missile on which I've painted 10 camels to deliver to them.

paraclete
Jun 10, 2012, 06:23 PM
Is that packs of camels? Used to be said it was the only cigarette with a picture of the factory on the packet but back to the past the camels are coming

tomder55
Jun 11, 2012, 04:40 AM
I hear camels are very valuable... especially fast ones that can compete in the camel races. http://media.web.britannica.com/eb-media/44/61344-004-C849C1BB.jpg

They may be over paying .

paraclete
Jun 11, 2012, 05:13 AM
Camel racing? A poor man's horse race

tomder55
Jun 11, 2012, 11:33 AM
But the real fun is in the bounty for Evita. (10 hens and 10 cocks )

paraclete
Jun 11, 2012, 02:27 PM
But the real fun is in the bounty for Evita. (10 hens and 10 cocks )

Really I thought it was two camels

tomder55
Jun 12, 2012, 09:45 AM
I don't think the pair of them are worth camel spit . Basic math.. 1 camel = 7.2 virgins.

paraclete
Jun 12, 2012, 03:51 PM
I don't think the pair of them are worth camel spit . Basic math .. 1 camel = 7.2 virgins.

Really, this must by why there is a shortage of martyrs these days, you wouldn't want to arrive in Muslim heaven and find your prize is ten camels