August 12, 2003

HUMP JOKE GOES HERE

The Los Angeles Times’ dromedary roundsman files this report:

A mystique surrounds camel milk in Arab culture. Some believe it a healthy tonic, taking it steaming-hot straight from the udder. Others see it as a diuretic, a full-scale cleaning that supposedly takes two days to flush through your system.

Then there are those who claim it improves sexual potency.

"It's Arab Viagra," said one man.

Posted by Tim Blair at August 12, 2003 12:31 AM
Comments

Not just camel milk. Camel piss!

It's in the Hadiths (sayings of Mohammed)

"The Prophet ordered them to follow his shepherd, i.e. his camels, and drink their milk and urine (as a medicine). So they followed the shepherd that is the camels and drank their milk and urine till their bodies became healthy."
Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol, Book 71, Number590

Check it out!
http://www.quraan.com/Bukhari/71.asp


Posted by: Metro at August 12, 2003 at 01:27 AM

Jeez, I've been drinking bactrian milk.

Posted by: ZsaZsa at August 12, 2003 at 01:48 AM

Arab Viagra? So they can manage two humps instead of just the one.

Posted by: Ric at August 12, 2003 at 02:04 AM

Hey Metro,

They getting that camel piss straight from the, um, udder also?

Posted by: D2D at August 12, 2003 at 02:35 AM

This explains more about the Arabs than I really wanted to know.

Posted by: aelfheld at August 12, 2003 at 03:59 AM

Far, far more, indeed.

Posted by: Harry at August 12, 2003 at 06:50 AM

And I'm a little uneasy drinking cow milk.

Posted by: S.A. Smith at August 12, 2003 at 08:54 AM

Why is the camel known as "the ship of the desert"?
Because they're full of Arab semen.

Posted by: Habib Bickford at August 12, 2003 at 11:20 AM

Jeez Habib, that gag should be on the pension.

Posted by: slatts at August 12, 2003 at 12:53 PM

Got any other camel/bodily fluid gags?

Posted by: Habib Bickford at August 12, 2003 at 02:22 PM

Expect to hear it next season on "The Glass House"- most of their material has to be carbon dated.

Posted by: Habib Bickford at August 12, 2003 at 02:23 PM

Californian newspaper notices something weird on the OTHER side of the world.

Posted by: ilibcc at August 12, 2003 at 04:11 PM