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 Posted: 10/18/03 - 08:44 Post subject: Warped since of humor this Saturday morning.
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rubberlegs
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Posted: 10/18/03 - 09:34 Post subject:
NPR actually did a piece about this. I guess the missionary had removed a comb that was in the village chieftan's hair, apparently this was a big no no.
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Floridaboiler
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Posted: 10/18/03 - 09:36 Post subject:
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airehead
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Posted: 10/18/03 - 11:14 Post subject:
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akern
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Posted: 10/18/03 - 11:30 Post subject:
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copteacher
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Posted: 10/18/03 - 12:29 Post subject:
One of the most interesting sentences is:
Village residents have offered numerous apologies in the past, but they still have no electricity and no passable road leading out of the jungle.
what the heck do apologies and electricy and passable roads have to do with each other.
Oh wait if they had electricity and a road they would not have eaten him
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they would have apologized.
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TimRuns
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Posted: 10/18/03 - 12:44 Post subject:
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purple hayes
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Posted: 10/18/03 - 13:08 Post subject:
| rtpd113 wrote: | One of the most interesting sentences is:
Village residents have offered numerous apologies in the past, but they still have no electricity and no passable road leading out of the jungle.
what the heck do apologies and electricy and passable roads have to do with each other. |
That's what I thought too. How does the first half of the sentence relate to the last?
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Orange Bubble
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Posted: 10/18/03 - 15:30 Post subject:
"Curse of the Methodist Missionary" just doesn't have the same ring as "Curse of the Bambino."
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shelflifers
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Posted: 10/18/03 - 15:54 Post subject:
| rubberlegs wrote: | | I guess the missionary had removed a comb that was in the village chieftan's hair, apparently this was a big no no. |
The hair on his head? or some 'other' place? 
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Maddies Wench
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Posted: 10/18/03 - 16:23 Post subject:
| rubberlegs wrote: | | NPR actually did a piece about this. I guess the missionary had removed a comb that was in the village chieftan's hair, apparently this was a big no no. |
Hey man! He asked for it. You don't mess wid a man's fro. Word?
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brie k
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Posted: 10/18/03 - 16:51 Post subject:
| rtpd113 wrote: | One of the most interesting sentences is:
Village residents have offered numerous apologies in the past, but they still have no electricity and no passable road leading out of the jungle.
what the heck do apologies and electricy and passable roads have to do with each other.
Oh wait if they had electricity and a road they would not have eaten him
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they would have apologized.
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I think what this means is that in spite of their apologies, the missionaries have not built them a road to get out of the jungle, nor have they given them the tools necessary to have electricity. Evidently the cannibals don't have the ability to do these things on their own?
I can see why too. Give them a road, and they may just be apologizing again. The electricity too, since it makes it easier to cook something (someone). But that's just me.
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MastrBrewr
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Posted: 10/20/03 - 10:17 Post subject:
I'm puzzled as to why this story was even on the wire in the first place. No mention of any new developments or recent events, comments, etc. The most recent development was in '93.
WTF was the point of that? 
Must've been a slow day at the AP.
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keltic63
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Posted: 10/20/03 - 10:52 Post subject:
it sounds like there is a culture of superstition and that they are apologizing so they can get rid of the bad mojo. they are cursed because they ate the missionary, and because they ate the missionary they have no passable roads or electricity. breaking the curse would allow "fate" to bring them these good things.
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airehead
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Posted: 10/20/03 - 11:07 Post subject:
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I can see why too. Give them a road, and they may just be apologizing again. The electricity too, since it makes it easier to cook something (someone). But that's just me. |
Give a man a fish and he'll be fed for a day--teach him how to fish and he'll be fed forever. (How does "missionary" fit in with this sentiment?  )
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