Saudis Cure Cancer

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While we’re messing around with this silly Supreme Court nomination hearing in the US, over in Saudi Arabia they’re curing cancer with camel urine.

Dr. Faten Abdel-Rahman Khorshid is responsible for one of the Kingdom’s greatest national achievements in the field of science for her work which began with the urine of camels and concluded in a potential cure for cancer. After spending more than five years in lab research, this Saudi scientist and faculty member from King Abdul Aziz University (KAAU) and President of the Tissues Culture Unit at King Fahd Center for Medical Research, has discovered that nano-particles in the urine of camels can attack cancer cells with success. Her work began with experiments involving camel urine, cancer cells found in patients’ lungs and culminated in injecting mice with leukemic cancel cells and camel urine to test the results.

Somebody call PETA!

Speaking to the Saudi Gazette, Dr. Khorshid claimed that she was inspired by Prophet Muhammad’s (pbuh) medical advice and that camel urine consists of natural substances that work to eradicate malignant cells and maintain the number of healthy cells in a cancer patient.

“This treatment is not an invention, but rather, taken from our Prophet’s legacy,” she remarked.

(Not a joke. From the Saudi Gazette. Hat tip: Killgore.)

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242 comments
1 OldLineTexan  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:12:21am

She looks just like her mother!

/

2 DaddyG  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:12:39am

Prophetic Piss Potion Purifies Polyps?

3 doppelganglander  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:12:48am
“This treatment is not an invention, but rather, taken from our Prophet’s legacy,” she remarked.

Who knew Mohammad was also a noted cancer researcher?

4 vxbush  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:12:54am

Next up for Saudi medicine: Proof that hijabs are cancer protectors to avoid sunburn and future skin cancers!

5 CIA Reject  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:12:54am

I thought the Soviet Union cured cancer back in the Kruschev days...

6 pegcity  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:13:17am

um ok

7 wiffersnapper  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:13:42am

Next headline: Pork causes cancer.

8 debutaunt  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:13:48am

New meaning to go p*** up a rope.

9 CIA Reject  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:13:56am

Camel urine: an appropriate follow-up to the Senate hearings...

10 OldLineTexan  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:14:10am

re: #3 doppelganglander

Who knew Mohammad was also a noted cancer researcher?

I didn't know the "P" was "camel pee".

/

11 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:14:22am

re: #4 vxbush

Next up for Saudi medicine: Proof that hijabs are cancer protectors to avoid sunburn and future skin cancers!

I wonder if you can get veils made out of that special fabric that blocks UV rays.

12 OldLineTexan  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:14:31am

re: #9 CIA Reject

Camel urine: an appropriate follow-up to the Senate hearings...

'Cuz we are now OUT of bullshit!

13 srb1976  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:15:16am

re: #1 OldLineTexan

She looks just like her mother!

/

You know, even if the medicine itself is incredibly mockable, I'm kind of surprised they'd even publish something from a woman doctor...

14 DaddyG  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:15:52am

This is my 4000th post! I sure am glad I'm not wasting it on some asinine comment about a silly topic...

...oh...

...never mind.

15 [deleted]  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:15:53am
16 davinvalkri  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:15:53am

Is this like that doctor in Africa who claimed he could cure AIDS with diet and bananas? Is that part of the world really so "out there" that they believe that Mohammed honestly figured out "hey, camel piss cures something we haven't even heard of yet"?!

17 wrenchwench  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:15:54am

What is the point of putting a person in a photo when all identifying features are obscured? They could zoom in on the document instead. Maybe there's a name there or something.

18 scottishbuzzsaw  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:16:03am

Well isn't that whizard!

19 Silvergirl  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:16:08am

re: #13 srb1976

You know, even if the medicine itself is incredibly mockable, I'm kind of surprised they'd even publish something from a woman doctor...

I thought the same thing.

20 Honorary Yooper  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:16:19am

re: #10 OldLineTexan

I didn't know the "P" was "camel pee".

/

Heh. I guess, to cure cancer, it is "Pee Be Upon Him".

So what's next from the Saudis? Fusion reactors from camel humps?

21 OldLineTexan  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:16:33am

re: #13 srb1976

You know, even if the medicine itself is incredibly mockable, I'm kind of surprised they'd even publish something from a woman doctor...

I am just being a smartass about bothering to take her picture.

22 apachegunner  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:17:09am

was there such a thing a "cancer" in the 600s?

23 Kenneth  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:17:16am

Al Franken gets help with the ladies...

Youtube Video
24 debutaunt  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:17:16am

re: #15 buzzsawmonkey

Saudi doctor: "Well, there's some bad news--you have cancer--but urine luck!"

Patient: "Allah be praised!"

You aint gonna like the camel-scan.

25 Silvergirl  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:17:17am

re: #15 buzzsawmonkey

Saudi doctor: "Well, there's some bad news--you have cancer--but urine luck!"

Patient: "Allah be praised!"

I am unceasingly amazed at how you think so fast!

26 rightside  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:17:29am

re: #18 scottishbuzzsaw

scottish!

27 OldLineTexan  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:17:30am

I had nanoparticles in my urine once, the doctor called them "kidneystones".

/

28 DaddyG  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:17:41am

re: #12 OldLineTexan

'Cuz we are now OUT of bullshit!


Don't laugh. The bulls in Pamplona have been performing surgery all week on the runners. /

29 midwestgak  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:17:53am

Human urine was once used to whiten teeth. It worked. Alas, it also eroded the enamel. Rotten teeth followed. Imagine having a mouth full of nerves with no protection.

Unintended consequences.

Camel urine? I dunno. Urine is excreted for a reason.

30 davinvalkri  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:18:05am

re: #13 srb1976

You know, even if the medicine itself is incredibly mockable, I'm kind of surprised they'd even publish something from a woman doctor...

Hmmm, you're right...maybe the Sauds figure the apparent enhancement of the Islamic Knowledge Revolution (copyright) is worth photographing a woman in a burqa.

31 rw in san diego  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:19:09am

re: #4 vxbush

Next up for Saudi medicine: Proof that hijabs are cancer protectors to avoid sunburn and future skin cancers!

Burka wearing women must also be vitamin D deficient.

32 scottishbuzzsaw  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:19:27am

re: #26 rightside

scottish!

rightside! How are you today?

33 jill e  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:19:42am

“The Arabs are a backwards people who eat nothing but Camel dung.” —Winston Churchill

34 [deleted]  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:20:01am
35 srb1976  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:20:08am

re: #30 davinvalkri

Hmmm, you're right...maybe the Sauds figure the apparent enhancement of the Islamic Knowledge Revolution (copyright) is worth photographing a woman in a burqa.

Well, at least if she gets death threats, stunt doubles will be easy to find...

36 [deleted]  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:20:16am
37 eschew_obfuscation  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:20:26am

Gee, I wonder what we could cure with camel poo?

...and what might happen if we threw it at monkeys?

38 apachegunner  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:20:32am

re: #32 scottishbuzzsaw
Hey cuz, howya doing?

39 subsailor68  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:20:40am

Dr. Khorshid claimed that she was inspired by Prophet Muhammad’s (pbuh) medical advice

Callling Dr. Mo, Dr. Larry, Dr. Curly!!

40 reloadingisnotahobby  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:21:04am

Great!
Just great!
How many times have we cursed tho's dick heads with Camel Piss???
Now we find it was a good thing!
///

41 LGoPs  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:21:48am

This gives new meaning to the Saudi salutation "Piss be on you"

42 HelloDare  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:21:53am

Did you read the fine print? Camel urine cures cancer in sheep.

43 ArchangelMichael  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:22:22am

Our friends the Saudis...

The friend around which you hope no one slips up and mentions the party you didn't invite them to.

44 LGoPs  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:22:29am

re: #42 HelloDare

Did you read the fine print? Camel urine cures cancer in sheep.

You said that sheepishly, didn't you?
:)

45 Silvergirl  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:22:39am

re: #33 jill e

“The Arabs are a backwards people who eat nothing but Camel dung.” —Winston Churchill

. . . followed by a chaser of camel pee.

46 Killgore Trout  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:22:49am

I love the Pic. It looks like she's standing in front of a 8th grade science fair project.

47 Russkilitlover  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:23:19am

Don't laugh too hard. A very well known and widely prescribed hormonal treatment throughout the west is made from pregnant mare's urine.

48 [deleted]  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:23:26am
49 OldLineTexan  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:24:29am

re: #48 buzzsawmonkey

Well, that'll empty out the overflowing sheep cancer wards.

As will a 55 gallon drum of mint jelly and a gross of paper booties.

50 wrenchwench  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:24:37am

re: #47 Russkilitlover

Don't laugh too hard. A very well known and widely prescribed hormonal treatment throughout the west is made from pregnant mare's urine.

There is a large gap between "made from" and "consists of."

51 scottishbuzzsaw  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:24:43am

re: #38 apachegunner

Hey cuz, howya doing?

Just fine, gunner...how about you?

52 HelloDare  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:25:15am

We were so close all these years. Remember the expression, "Well I'll be dipped in shit."

53 [deleted]  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:25:22am
54 Killgore Trout  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:25:32am

New Age urine freaks have been promoting this for a while...
How to Use Urine Therapy to Treat Cancer

55 IslandLibertarian  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:25:43am

This comes on the heels of the cow-piss-hydrogen discovery.
We eliminate the need for Saudi Oil, but end up importing camel piss for medical reasons.
/just rambling thoughts...and the Dr's picture is a hoot. Reminds me of Brians mom.

56 Mad Al-Jaffee  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:25:49am

Are camels desert kittehs?

57 lawhawk  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:25:49am

News you can use?

[looking real close to see if there's a sarcasm tag somewhere I've missed, but no, none there; no humor tags either]

Has anyone actually peer reviewed this? Cancer research is serious business and I'm sure researchers are looking at all kinds of exotic compounds and materials that people might otherwise overlook. But camel urine as a cure for cancer?

Is it possible that camels have some kind of anti cancer compound in their urine? The Belgians apparently have found something to this. There's an antibody that camels create that has some kind of antiviral/anticancer effect. This area of research has gone back a few years now.

At the same time, there are plenty of sites that are pushing camel milk as a cure for cancer and other diseases.

In any event, it's not going to kill anyone since urine is typically 95% water with other dissolved compounds. Not my cup of tea in any event.

58 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:26:13am

re: #13 srb1976

You know, even if the medicine itself is incredibly mockable, I'm kind of surprised they'd even publish something from a woman doctor...

I expect they need women in medical fields--and this is something you can do without immodesty.

59 apachegunner  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:26:23am

re: #51 scottishbuzzsawgreat! here is a hug [[scottishbuzzsaw]]

60 [deleted]  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:26:24am
61 Russkilitlover  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:26:51am

re: #47 Russkilitlover

Don't laugh too hard. A very well known and widely prescribed hormonal treatment throughout the west is made from pregnant mare's urine.

And a powerful snake anti-venom is made from horse sperm. So if you get bit by that fer-de-lance, you have two choices...

62 Kenneth  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:27:02am

Not only are the Saudis expanding the frontiers of medical science, they are setting new precedents in modern jurisprudence:

Saudi 'genie' sued for harassment

A family in Saudi Arabia is taking a "genie" to court, accusing it of theft and harassment, reports say.

They accuse the spirit of threatening them, throwing stones and stealing mobile phones, Al Watan newspaper said.

What will the court do, seize the genie's magic lantern?

63 DaddyG  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:27:09am

re: #54 Killgore Trout

New Age urine freaks have been promoting this for a while...
How to Use Urine Therapy to Treat Cancer

...and I thought that smell was patchouli. /

64 OldLineTexan  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:27:13am

re: #47 Russkilitlover

Don't laugh too hard. A very well known and widely prescribed hormonal treatment throughout the west is made from pregnant mare's urine.

Oh, I'm not laughing at the alleged achievement ... I just think she should sell her youth-preserving regimen. She looks like she hasn't changed a bit since she was nine. Those wedding photos were lovely.

/

65 HelloDare  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:27:20am

re: #54 Killgore Trout

New Age urine freaks have been promoting this for a while...
How to Use Urine Therapy to Treat Cancer

Yeah but it took the genius of a woman in a burka gone mad with vitamin D deficiency to take it that last final step: camel urine.

66 Silvergirl  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:27:39am

Put the lime in the coconut, drink them both together,
Put the lime in the coconut, then you feel better,
Put the lime in the coconut, drink them both up,
Put the lime in the coconut, and call me in the morning

Nilsson was so wrong. It was camel piss and milk all along.

This treatment is not an invention, but rather, taken from our Prophet’s legacy,” she remarked. A Hadith narrated by Al-Bukhari (2855) and Muslim (1671) claims that some people came to Madina and fell ill with bloated abdomens. The Prophet (pbuh) told them to combine the milk and urine of a camel and drink that, after which they recovered.

67 justabill  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:27:42am

I hear a burka is great protection against skin cancer. UV 1000

68 BlueCanuck  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:27:45am

re: #57 lawhawk

In any event, it's not going to kill anyone since urine is typically 95% water with other dissolved compounds. Not my cup of tea in any event.

Please say that was intentional.

69 lawhawk  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:27:56am

re: #60 buzzsawmonkey

Visualize world pees!

Burkha got back!

70 debutaunt  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:27:59am

re: #61 Russkilitlover

And a powerful snake anti-venom is made from horse sperm. So if you get bit by that fer-de-lance, you have two choices...

Any odd side-effects?

71 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:28:01am

re: #16 davinvalkri

Is this like that doctor in Africa who claimed he could cure AIDS with diet and bananas? Is that part of the world really so "out there" that they believe that Mohammed honestly figured out "hey, camel piss cures something we haven't even heard of yet"?!

Well, yes, they are that far out.

OTOH, there's a LOT of folk medicine out there that was used before it was really understood what it did, and this could, potentially, fall into the same kind of category.

72 albusteve  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:28:05am

who know's?...stranger things have been true

73 subsailor68  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:28:13am

re: #62 Kenneth

Not only are the Saudis expanding the frontiers of medical science, they are setting new precedents in modern jurisprudence:

Saudi 'genie' sued for harassment

What will the court do, seize the genie's magic lantern?

Ay, there's the rub.

;-)

74 jill e  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:28:15am

Apparently camel urine has many uses.

75 OldLineTexan  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:28:22am

re: #56 Mad Al-Jaffee

Are camels desert kittehs?

taht's gud, just be caerfull if u look 4 teh hump kittehs.

/iz totly DIFFRENT! doant ask y I no.

76 JarHeadLifer  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:28:32am

Not to be culturally insensitive, but that picture of Dr. Faten Abdel-Rahman Khorshid looks like it could be on the front page of "The Onion".

77 BlueCanuck  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:28:42am

re: #70 debutaunt

Any odd side-effects?

Neigh.

78 subsailor68  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:29:21am

re: #70 debutaunt

Any odd side-effects?

Nope, it's a whinny-whinny situation.

79 HelloDare  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:29:34am

re: #55 IslandLibertarian

This comes on the heels of the cow-piss-hydrogen discovery.

I think you're referring to cold turd fusion. It's entirely different.

80 Mad Al-Jaffee  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:29:42am

re: #73 subsailor68

Ay, there's the rub.

;-)


Too many puns can make a lad insane.

81 reloadingisnotahobby  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:29:49am

re: #70 debutaunt

A Hump!
Cwasi motto?

82 jill e  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:30:18am

55 research hits for camel urine at the National Institute of Health!

So this is where our tax dollars are going!

83 Russkilitlover  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:30:26am

re: #70 debutaunt

Any odd side-effects?

You have sudden urges to count by pounding your feet.

(Actually, I've heard the cure is pretty nasty - body doesn't like the combo venom and anti-venom. Not a pleasant, nor swift recovery.)

84 Randall Gross  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:30:35am

Oh great... Not only do the Saudis hold the bulk of the oil, they now have a near monopoly on camel piss particles...


///

85 opnion  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:30:42am

The Saudis come up with a medical break through. Who would have thought that it would be piss?

86 DaddyG  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:30:49am

re: #66 Silvergirl

The Prophet (pbuh) told them to combine the milk and urine of a camel and drink that, after which they recovered.

More like they never came back to complain again for fear of the follow-up regimen.

87 davinvalkri  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:30:50am

re: #71 SanFranciscoZionist

Well, yes, they are that far out.

OTOH, there's a LOT of folk medicine out there that was used before it was really understood what it did, and this could, potentially, fall into the same kind of category.

Fair enough. I've seen stores stocked completely with nothing but ginseng, assorted teas, mushrooms, nuts and herbs advertising themselves as "Chinese traditional medicines" and whatnot. But none of those ever claimed to be a cure for cancer; from what I remember they're usually used for upset stomachs and stuff.

88 Ben Hur  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:31:13am

Oh.

I thought it had something to do with Jews.

My bad.

Carry on..

89 livefreeor die  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:31:14am

Oh my, you can see her hand in the picture.
Are all you male LGFers feeling like you're going to lose control?

90 conrad  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:31:26am

Hi all, long time no post. Back in the States in Seattle now...

Okay, just for the sake of an entertaining argument; what if this actually works? I mean seriously! What if in clinical tests done in independent labs found that the distillation of camel urine actually contains a component that can have a deleterious effect on cancer cells? History has a lot of examples of using urine as a base as it's a pretty complex chemical: cow urine was distilled for ammonia and used for disinfectants, human urine was used to cure and set wool in Scotland as well as in a number of different chemical mixtures used for paint and dye setting in medieval Europe...what if the good Dr. Ninja (sorry, the mask always throws me) has something here?

If there is something to this, we have a potential effective cancer treatment other than what we have now with chemo radiation (which IMHO can be as bad as the disease).

Alas, it would give the Saudi's another natural resource to replace oil...by the barrel perhaps? Imagine the smell if a "P" tanker were to have and accident (pun intended).

91 HelloDare  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:31:34am

India to Launch Cow Urine Soft Drink

Move over Pepsi and Coke, there's some new competition on the shelf.

India's Hindu nationalist movement is launching a new soft drink made from cow urine.

The bovine brew is in the final stages of development by the Cow Protection Department of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), India's biggest and oldest Hindu nationalist group, according to the man who makes it.

Om Prakash, the head of the department, said the drink — called "gau jal," or "cow water" — in Sanskrit was undergoing laboratory tests and would be launched "very soon, maybe by the end of this year."

"Don't worry, it won't smell like urine and will be tasty too," he told the Times of London from his headquarters in Hardwar, one of four holy cities on the River Ganges. "Its USP will be that it's going to be very healthy. It won't be like carbonated drinks and would be devoid of any toxins."

The drink is the latest attempt by the RSS – which was founded in 1925 and now claims 8 million members – to cleanse India of foreign influence and promote its ideology of Hindutva, or Hindu-ness.

92 [deleted]  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:31:39am
93 IslandLibertarian  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:31:44am

OT:
Just heard Zombie getting cited on The Laura Ingraham radio show.
She has a problem with the "Zombie" nic...but not the Blog.

94 Kenneth  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:31:55am

re: #89 livefreeor die

Stone the whore.

95 Ben Hur  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:32:13am

Isn't there some saying about proving the answer that you want.

Or something.

96 Lincolntf  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:32:17am

Couple OT items...
One, apparently the dearth of sports stuff to cover during the All-Star break has allowed ESPN2 to broadcast Major League Lacrosse today. The Boston Cannons vs. The Long Island Lizards is on right now.

Two, anyone ever use one of those hanging electric bug zappers? Just bought one and set it up, but now I'm wondering if it will actually have any effect on the mosquitoes that plague my wife (I seem to be immune).

97 Mad Al-Jaffee  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:32:44am

I wonder whose job it is to extract the urine and how it's done.

98 Sheila Broflovski  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:33:15am

re: #62 Kenneth

Not only are the Saudis expanding the frontiers of medical science, they are setting new precedents in modern jurisprudence:

Saudi 'genie' sued for harassment

What will the court do, seize the genie's magic lantern?

They will trick the genie into locking itself back in the lamp for another 1000 years.

99 calcajun  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:33:24am

And here I was, growing all these apricots for the Laetrile market. Darn./

100 OldLineTexan  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:33:30am

re: #96 Lincolntf

Couple OT items...
One, apparently the dearth of sports stuff to cover during the All-Star break has allowed ESPN2 to broadcast Major League Lacrosse today. The Boston Cannons vs. The Long Island Lizards is on right now.

Two, anyone ever use one of those hanging electric bug zappers? Just bought one and set it up, but now I'm wondering if it will actually have any effect on the mosquitoes that plague my wife (I seem to be immune).

Was it advertised as attracting mosquitoes?

101 mrbaracuda  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:33:37am

I guess when she talks about "the prophet's legacy" she means this gem:

Bukhari :: Book 7 :: Volume 71 :: Hadith 590
Narrated Anas:

The climate of Medina did not suit some people, so 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. Then they killed the shepherd and drove away the camels. When the news reached the Prophet he sent some people in their pursuit. When they were brought, he cut their hands and feet and their eyes were branded with heated pieces of iron.

I wonder if they also tested the milk.

102 livefreeor die  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:33:48am

re: #94 Kenneth

Stone the whore.

"Well, yes she did cure cancer. But she allowed unrelated men to see her hand. We had to stone her."

103 [deleted]  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:33:48am
104 calcajun  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:34:04am

re: #98 Alouette

Where's Major Nelson when you need him?

105 jill e  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:34:05am

Doctor to camel: "Here...pee in this bucket."

106 debutaunt  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:34:07am

re: #90 conrad

Mandy has been doing a long-term, double-blind test of urine upon rope.

107 Kenneth  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:34:18am

re: #96 Lincolntf

Two, anyone ever use one of those hanging electric bug zappers? Just bought one and set it up, but now I'm wondering if it will actually have any effect on the mosquitoes that plague my wife (I seem to be immune).

It should work perfectly, but you will have to convince your wife to sit inside the bug zapper grill.

108 Ben Hur  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:34:33am

All PR BS.

109 DaddyG  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:35:08am

re: #108 Ben Hur

All PR BS CP.

FIFY

110 Ben Hur  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:35:16am

I wonder if the article was published in Arabic.

Look! We have women! They study! They cure cancer! Now leave us alone about all the other stuff!

111 OldLineTexan  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:35:18am

re: #108 Ben Hur

All PR BS.

All, the Democrat Call to Prayer. It's the most lovely sound I've ever heard.

/

112 [deleted]  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:35:22am
113 debutaunt  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:35:25am

re: #97 Mad Al-Jaffee

I wonder whose job it is to extract the urine and how it's done.

Barrels of beer.

114 Eowyn2  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:35:28am

re: #17 wrenchwench

What is the point of putting a person in a photo when all identifying features are obscured? They could zoom in on the document instead. Maybe there's a name there or something.

Muslima

115 Russkilitlover  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:35:41am

re: #101 mrbaracuda

and their eyes were branded with heated pieces of iron.

Ouch!

116 Annar  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:35:44am

In the hadith collections one finds many references to camel urine as a cure. For example in the Bukhari collection we find this gem.

Narrated Abu Qilaba: "Anas said, "Some people of 'Ukl or 'Uraina tribe came to Medina and its climate did not suit them. So the Prophet ordered them to go to the herd of (Milch) camels and to drink their milk and urine (as a medicine). So they went as directed and after they became healthy, they killed the shepherd of the Prophet and drove away all the camels. The news reached the Prophet early in the morning and he sent (men) in their pursuit and they were captured and brought at noon. He then ordered to cut their hands and feet (and it was done), and their eyes were branded with heated pieces of iron.

The moral is that even camel urine will not protect you from a lunatic pseudo prophet. (P&*? Be Upon Him)

117 LGoPs  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:35:56am

Here's a nice hot cup of camel piss for you. Sugar? One hump or two?

118 Mad Al-Jaffee  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:36:05am

re: #96 Lincolntf

I haven't tried a bug zapper. I've just gotten used to spraying mosquito repellant on me if I'm going to be outside. And with the nice weather we've been having, I like to spend as much time as I can in the backyard with a book, a drink the dog and a tennis ball (and sometimes, a cigar.)

119 mrbaracuda  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:36:12am

re: #115 Russkilitlover

Ouch!

And here I thought torture was an "un-islamic action".

120 OldLineTexan  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:36:27am

I'm still thinking of all the rabbit-dooky "smart pills" I've been offered ...

121 reloadingisnotahobby  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:36:28am

re: #96 Lincolntf

#1 Don't know...
#2 Yes,I've got a 115 volt hanging out side the
shop door...Works great!
Had a cheap 24 volt W/converter...Piece of shit!
I Know ...because I heard the racous laughter when ever I turned it on...Just before I got bit!!

122 HelloDare  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:36:40am

I bet urine from the winner of the camel beauty pageants must really be special.

123 Silvergirl  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:36:53am

re: #91 HelloDare

India to Launch Cow Urine Soft Drink

Move over Pepsi and Coke, there's some new competition on the shelf.

India's Hindu nationalist movement is launching a new soft drink made from cow urine.

The bovine brew is in the final stages of development by the Cow Protection Department of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), India's biggest and oldest Hindu nationalist group, according to the man who makes it.

Om Prakash, the head of the department, said the drink — called "gau jal," or "cow water" — in Sanskrit was undergoing laboratory tests and would be launched "very soon, maybe by the end of this year."

"Don't worry, it won't smell like urine and will be tasty too," he told the Times of London from his headquarters in Hardwar, one of four holy cities on the River Ganges. "Its USP will be that it's going to be very healthy. It won't be like carbonated drinks and would be devoid of any toxins."

The drink is the latest attempt by the RSS – which was founded in 1925 and now claims 8 million members – to cleanse India of foreign influence and promote its ideology of Hindutva, or Hindu-ness.

They could call it Mellow Yellow.

124 conrad  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:37:38am

re: #123 Silvergirl

eeewww! And now I got the damn song stuck in my head!

125 Kragar  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:37:40am

re: #122 HelloDare

I bet urine from the winner of the camel beauty pageants must really be special.

They sell it by the shot glass.

126 reloadingisnotahobby  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:37:53am

re: #96 Lincolntf

Go to the health food store ..ask for Sulfur tablets!
In low dosage skeeters won't bit!

127 lawhawk  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:37:54am

re: #96 Lincolntf

They make for a wonderful backyard entertainment device. They are, however, a poor substitute for fireworks. Insufficient explosive discharge.

128 jill e  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:37:58am

If you're doing research on camel urine, a hijab comes in handy.

129 OldLineTexan  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:38:19am

re: #123 Silvergirl

Note to self: Do not buy Indian soft drinks OR Ding-Dongs.

/

130 Mad Al-Jaffee  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:38:22am

A very respected Captain in the Foreign Legion was transferred to a remote desert outpost. On his orientation tour he noticed a very old seedy looking camel tied out behind the enlisted men's barracks. He asked the Sergeant leading the tour, "Why is a camel tied to the barracks?" The Sergeant replied, "Well sir, it's a long way from anywhere, and the men have natural sexual urges, so when they do ... uh ... we have the camel ready for them.”

The Captain said, "Well, I suppose if it's good for morale, then I guess it's all right with me”. After he had been stationed at the fort for six long, lonely months, the Captain simply couldn't control his sexual angst any longer. He barked to his Sergeant: "BRING THE CAMEL INTO MY TENT!”

The Sergeant shrugged his shoulders, looked at the other men, and lead the camel into the Captain's quarters. Within a few minutes, the Captain emerged from his tent, fastening his trousers, almost beaming with pride.

"So, Sergeant, is that how the enlisted men do it?" he asked.
The Sergeant replied, "Well, sir, usually they just use it to ride into town."

131 Honorary Yooper  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:38:32am

re: #124 conrad

eeewww! And now I got the damn song stuck in my head!

Youtube Video
132 Buck  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:38:33am

re: #107 Kenneth

It should work perfectly, but you will have to convince your wife to sit inside the bug zapper grill.

Once again, Kenneth ... you owe me a keyboard!

133 Lincolntf  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:38:37am

re: #100 OldLineTexan

re: #107 Kenneth

Actually, the instructions were a little counter-intuitive. It has a replaceable "lure" substance that supposedly brings them in from the surrounding half-acre and then the light finishes them off. You hang it 25 feet from where you most need protection, and supposedly it works all day and all night and Presto, no more bugs. I'm skeptical, but she hates bug sprays and they don't seem to work very well anyway.
Oh well, 50 bucks contributed to the local economy at the very least.

134 doppelganglander  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:38:38am

OT, but OMG! The officer who filed the nirther suit? I've met him. My husband knows him. I had no idea he was crazy.

135 DaddyG  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:39:02am

re: #127 lawhawk

They make for a wonderful backyard entertainment device. They are, however, a poor substitute for fireworks. Insufficient explosive discharge.

You just aren't using the proper amount of kerosene. /

136 Annar  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:39:06am

re: #101 mrbaracuda

Oops, you beat me to it.

137 Kenneth  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:39:25am

re: #124 conrad

you asked for it...

Youtube Video
138 Eowyn2  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:39:27am

re: #90 conrad

i just have to upding your avatar.

139 lawhawk  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:39:34am

re: #135 DaddyG

I'm not looking to be a Darwin award candidate.

140 subsailor68  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:39:34am

re: #123 Silvergirl

They could call it Mellow Yellow.

I kinda like "The Uncowla" or "Mountain Doo".

141 reloadingisnotahobby  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:39:41am

re: #118 Mad Al-Jaffee
It's not the spray that works...It's the damn CIGAR!!
LOL

142 justabill  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:39:43am

re: #96 Lincolntf

Couple OT items...
One, apparently the dearth of sports stuff to cover during the All-Star break has allowed ESPN2 to broadcast Major League Lacrosse today. The Boston Cannons vs. The Long Island Lizards is on right now.

Two, anyone ever use one of those hanging electric bug zappers? Just bought one and set it up, but now I'm wondering if it will actually have any effect on the mosquitoes that plague my wife (I seem to be immune).

By any chance is your wife diabetic? I have a pet theory that mosquitoes can tell and prefer "Sweeter" blood.

143 HelloDare  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:39:50am

I guess all the critics who say women don't fully participate in Arab society are looking pretty silly right now.

144 conrad  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:39:55am

re: #131 Honorary Yooper

AAARRRGGGH! Damn you! And yes, I had to watch it... :-(

145 reine.de.tout  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:40:11am

re: #134 doppelganglander

OT, but OMG! The officer who filed the nirther suit? I've met him. My husband knows him. I had no idea he was crazy.

heh!
You're almost nearly famous!

146 OldLineTexan  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:40:12am

re: #133 Lincolntf

A friend has one of the expensive propane-powered mosquito "traps" ... it works extemely well. You put it away from where you want to be, though.

147 HelloDare  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:40:21am

re: #125 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

They sell it by the shot glass.

Bottoms up!

148 mrbaracuda  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:40:26am

re: #136 Annar

And I used the quote function, too!

149 jill e  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:40:38am

The Camel by Ogden Nash

The camel has a single hump;
The dromedary , two;
Or else the other way around.
I'm never sure. Are you?

150 calvin coolidge  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:41:04am

Not content with sewing up the very profitable oil market, the Saudis saw their chance at cornering the cancer drug market.

151 Honorary Yooper  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:41:32am

re: #144 conrad

AAARRRGGGH! Damn you! And yes, I had to watch it... :-(

Heh. :-D

BTW, another upding for the avatar.
Jew-Jitsu...LOL!

152 [deleted]  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:41:40am
153 Ben Hur  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:41:40am

Thank you for curing cancer, now gtfo of the men's section and enter through the back door, cow.

154 albusteve  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:41:42am

I've lived in NM for over five years and I have not had a mosquito bite...even up in the mountains

155 Lincolntf  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:41:52am

re: #121 reloadingisnotahobby

Mine says "4000 Volts" on the box. Maybe they expect a pterodactyl or two to fly through my yard.

156 BlueCanuck  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:42:05am

re: #133 Lincolntf

Ever hear of the mosquito magnet? A friend of mine has one and swears by it. Lives in the country near some marshy ground. Says that the propane tank lasts for about 3 weeks of constant use.

157 Ay, Caramba  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:42:15am

My urine can drown flies and roaches.

158 Eowyn2  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:42:26am

re: #113 debutaunt

Barrels of beer.

how much beer can a one hump camel hold?

159 GrepSedAwk  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:42:46am

After further research, unfortunately it was found out that this cure only works when you retrieve the urine from a camel after it has fit through the eye of a needle...

160 srb1976  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:43:04am

re: #142 justabill

By any chance is your wife diabetic? I have a pet theory that mosquitoes can tell and prefer "Sweeter" blood.

i don't know about sweeter blood, but they sure seem to like certain people...both the kids are mosquito magnets...and no one around them gets bit much at all

161 HelloDare  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:43:14am

re: #149 jill e

The Camel by Ogden Nash

The camel has a single hump;
The dromedary , two;
Or else the other way around.
I'm never sure. Are you?

Man: I'd like some camel urine, please.

Bartender: One hump or two?

162 Mad Al-Jaffee  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:43:17am

re: #141 reloadingisnotahobby

It's not the spray that works...It's the damn CIGAR!!
LOL

You're probably right. I should start smoking more. :)

163 OldLineTexan  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:43:28am

re: #154 albusteve

I've lived in NM for over five years and I have not had a mosquito bite...even up in the mountains

they've bitten you; it's just that they ignite right after

164 _RememberTonyC  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:43:35am

excellent ... so the saudi royals will not be traveling abroad for medical treatment in the future. they can just let a camel "drain the vein" on them and all will be cured.

165 conrad  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:43:41am

re: #151 Honorary Yooper

You should meet my overly hairy brother nicknamed "Jew-Backa"

166 reloadingisnotahobby  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:43:43am

re: #158 Eowyn2

None!
They have no opposing thumb!
Silly!
lol

167 rightside  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:43:47am

re: #32 scottishbuzzsaw

Great! good to see you again. At work, so pardon the delay, headed home though now.

168 Eowyn2  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:44:21am

re: #124 conrad

eeewww! And now I got the damn song stuck in my head!

thats right, thats right

169 Lincolntf  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:44:25am

re: #142 justabill

Not diabetic, but absolutely more attractive to bugs than I am. We sit next to each other for hours and she'll have to go inside after she just can't stand the bites anymore and I'll never even have one land on me. It's been this way for years, so I don't think it's any perfume, detergent, etc. that contributes to it. "Sweet blood" sounds like as good an explanation as any.

170 OldLineTexan  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:44:37am

re: #158 Eowyn2

how much beer can a one hump camel hold?

30-50 gallons inside

outside, depends on how much rope you got

171 HelloDare  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:44:53am

Q: Why are camels called ships of the desert?

A: They're full of Arab semen.

172 [deleted]  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:44:54am
173 Mad Al-Jaffee  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:45:03am

re: #151 Honorary Yooper

Heh. :-D

BTW, another upding for the avatar.
Jew-Jitsu...LOL!

That's what some people call Krav Maga.

174 Aye Pod  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:45:03am

Another miracle cure from the Prophet: AIDS

[Link: www.videosift.com...]


September 19, 2008 on Al Aqsa TV

Dr. Ahmad Al-Muzain: The Prophet Muhammad said: "If a fly falls into your drink, you should dip it in the drink, and then dispose of the fly, because one of its wings bears a disease, and the other wing bears the cure." This hadith was included in the Al-Bukhari collection. This hadith makes it absolutely clear that the Prophet Muhammad confirmed a clear scientific fact:/ If a fly falls into a vessel before a person drinks from this vessel, he should dip the fly in his drink, before disposing of it. Then he should drink the beverage, because it won't do him any harm. Why? Because one of the fly's wings bears the disease, and the other one bears the cure...

175 Eowyn2  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:45:24am

re: #166 reloadingisnotahobby

None!
They have no opposing thumb!
Silly!
lol

but they have cloven camel toes

176 reloadingisnotahobby  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:45:40am

re: #171 HelloDare

That was bad when it was new!

177 eschew_obfuscation  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:45:50am

re: #101 mrbaracuda

I guess when she talks about "the prophet's legacy" she means this gem:


I wonder if they also tested the milk.

Well, I'm not sure about cancer, but it seems to have a deleterious effect on hands, feet and eyes!

178 Lincolntf  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:45:58am

re: #156 BlueCanuck

That's what I wanted to get (or at least take a look at), but they didn't have any. If this "Ultra Zapper" fails, that'll be the next step.

179 calcajun  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:46:02am

Brings new meaning to the old ad;

"Four out of five doctors prefer Camels."

180 HelloDare  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:46:51am

Goats must feel left out.

181 Kosh's Shadow  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:47:29am

While we're on the subject of camels...
Here's a sick joke.

A camel driver needed a camel that could take a three day journey without water. The camel dealer brought him a camel that he said could go for three days.
So the driver led the camel to water. The camel drank for one day, then two, and then stopped. The driver said to the seller "You said this was a three-day camel."
The dealer said "He is, when he's bricked."
"Bricked?"
"Let me show you." The dealer then picked up two bricks that were lying around. "Put the camel's mouth in the water."
When the buyer put the camel's mouth in the water, the dealer hit the camel's balls with the bricks.
"SLURP!" as the camel sucked up enough water for another day.

182 doppelganglander  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:47:33am

re: #145 reine.de.tout

heh!
You're almost nearly famous!

Not what I want to be known for! In fact, my husband probably wouldn't approve of me posting this, which is why I'm not saying how we know him.

183 Eowyn2  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:47:49am

re: #169 Lincolntf

Not diabetic, but absolutely more attractive to bugs than I am. We sit next to each other for hours and she'll have to go inside after she just can't stand the bites anymore and I'll never even have one land on me. It's been this way for years, so I don't think it's any perfume, detergent, etc. that contributes to it. "Sweet blood" sounds like as good an explanation as any.

when my sister and I sit together to watch fireworks, we get attacked by silver jets and roaming candles.

184 conrad  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:48:22am

I can see it now.
Waitress: "How 'bout a nice cup of camel pee? "
Customer: "certainly"
Waitress: "one hump or two?"

185 mrbaracuda  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:50:22am

re: #177 eschew_obfuscation

Well, I'm not sure about cancer, but it seems to have a deleterious effect on hands, feet and eyes!

But that only applies to dissatisfied customers!

186 Lincolntf  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:50:28am

re: #126 reloadingisnotahobby

Really? If this fails I'll have to ask her what she thinks about taking pills to stop the bugs. I'm guessing she'll be skeptical, but if it works, it works.

187 calvin coolidge  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:51:07am

Don't laugh people. You are looking at the next cancer treatment regimen from the new Obama national health insurance policy.

188 HelloDare  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:52:36am

re: #187 calvin coolidge

Don't laugh people. You are looking at the next cancer treatment regimen from the new Obama national health insurance policy.

Yeah, people will be standing in line for it.

189 mrbaracuda  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:52:39am

re: #187 calvin coolidge

For good relations and to promote the legacy of Islamic.. science. Yes, yes.

190 [deleted]  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:53:03am
191 HelloDare  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:55:45am

You know those people who say Islam never really accomplished much in science. You know ... how they stole the concept of zero from India. Well, this discovery will really shut those people up.

192 mrbaracuda  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:56:47am

re: #191 HelloDare

You know those people who say Islam never really accomplished much in science. You know ... how they stole the concept of zero from India. Well, this discovery will really shut those people up.

But the Indians are much more advanced yet again. See #123! They already make urine drinks! Although from cows. But who knows?

193 calcajun  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:57:24am

re: #187 calvin coolidge

You mean that they will piss down our backs and say it's raining?

194 HelloDare  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:57:47am

re: #190 buzzsawmonkey

Australian feral camel

The ancestors of Australian feral camels were dromedary camels imported to provide transport through inland Australia, which their feral descendants have since made their domain. While they do not appear to be destructive like other introduced herbivores, their increasing numbers may affect native vegetation, and feral camels have become minor agricultural pests.

Many different types and breeds of camels were brought into Australia, but most were from India. They included the large, fleece-bearing, two-humped Bactrian camel of China and Mongolia, the elite Bishari riding camel of North Africa and Arabia, the pedigreed Bikaneri war camel of Rajasthan in India, and the powerful, freight-carrying lowland Indian camel, capable of moving huge loads of up to 800 kg or 1,764 lb.

The feral dromedary camels found in Australia are a meld of these breeds but can be split into two types: a slender riding form and a heavier pack animal.

Thousands of camels were imported between 1840 and 1907 to open up the arid areas of central and western Australia. They were used for riding, and as draught and pack animals for exploration and construction of rail and telegraph lines; they were also used to supply goods to remote mines and settlements.

195 quiet man  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:58:22am

Camel piss cures everything!!

196 HelloDare  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:58:59am

re: #192 mrbaracuda

But the Indians are much more advanced yet again. See #123! They already make urine drinks! Although from cows. But who knows?

Yeah, they stole that, too ... those pissers!

197 subsailor68  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 11:59:25am

re: #190 buzzsawmonkey

American History Fun Fact:

There was an attempt to form a US Cavalry Camel Corps in the American Southwest, for which camels and camel drivers were imported from the Old World.

This initiative was abandoned with the onset of the Civil War, and the camels were turned loose in the wild, where they were eventually hunted to extinction.

Yep, we had 'em here in Texas at Camp Verde, which is about 9 miles from my house.

198 calcajun  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 12:01:12pm

re: #195 quiet man

Billy Mays back again for Camel Piss!
Too many friends lingering around? Use Camel Piss!
Wife won't quit nagging? Use Camel Piss!
Members of the HOA's Architectural Committee keep looking over your fence to see what's in your yard? Use Camel Piss!
Skateboarders on you front sidewalk at 11 PM? Use Camel Piss!

199 mrbaracuda  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 12:02:27pm

re: #198 calcajun

How could you forget advertising for cancer cure? It will sell like crazy!

200 ErnieG  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 12:03:11pm

Kidding aside, suppose for the sake of argument that Dr. Faten Abdel-Rahman Khorshid has really found a cure for cancer. After such a monumental achievement she still can't show her face or drive a car or go anywhere unaccompanied. When she goes to Stockholm to receive her Nobel Prize she must first get her husband's permission in writing.

201 JustABill  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 12:03:22pm

re: #198 calcajun

Billy Mays back again for Camel Piss!
Too many friends lingering around? Use Camel Piss!
Wife won't quit nagging? Use Camel Piss!
Members of the HOA's Architectural Committee keep looking over your fence to see what's in your yard? Use Camel Piss!
Skateboarders on you front sidewalk at 11 PM? Use Camel Piss!

spooky...

202 mrbaracuda  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 12:08:00pm

re: #200 ErnieG

Kidding aside, suppose for the sake of argument that Dr. Faten Abdel-Rahman Khorshid has really found a cure for cancer. After such a monumental achievement she still can't show her face or drive a car or go anywhere unaccompanied. When she goes to Stockholm to receive her Nobel Prize she must first get her husband's permission in writing.

I wonder if "we in the West" have done research on camel urine in relation to cancer. I'd be surprised if not with all these urine treatment people.

203 calcajun  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 12:11:40pm

re: #201 JustABill

That's how some the recent ads have started. My kids start laughing at the irony--especially the Awesome Auger-- ("I used it to dig up out of the box! It's great for premature burials!")

204 rockman  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 12:15:40pm

It won't be long now before they hire the sham-wow guy to start peddling camel urine. I'll bet this is the tip of the iceburg, it's bound to have 1001 uses or the prophet would not have endorsed it!

205 Gretchen  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 12:16:26pm

Has LGF become a porn site? Dr. Faten Abdel-Rahman Khorshid's eyes, unibrow and hand are clearly visible. I'm sure the passions of the male LGF reader have been inflammed. Shouldn't she be stoned to death with camel kidney stones, which will both cure cancer and carry out a just punishment.

Notice how she's careful not to claim she had the great idea about camel pee - blame the prophet (pee be upon him).

206 Shr_Nfr  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 12:32:51pm

Looks like we had it wrong all along, this is really the "Religion of Piss".

207 Shr_Nfr  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 12:34:13pm

re: #205 Gretchen

I am so horny, I could rape a camel now, he said sheepishly. Exposed meat and all you know.

208 gander  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 12:36:58pm

PB&J upon him.

209 Mad Al-Jaffee  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 12:44:16pm

re: #198 calcajun

Billy Mays back again for Camel Piss!
Too many friends lingering around? Use Camel Piss!
Wife won't quit nagging? Use Camel Piss!
Members of the HOA's Architectural Committee keep looking over your fence to see what's in your yard? Use Camel Piss!
Skateboarders on you front sidewalk at 11 PM? Use Camel Piss!


It's a floor wax AND a dessert topping!

210 Brutus  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 1:15:23pm

Chemo?

No.

Radio?

No.

Then, what?

Lie down under this camel...

211 Dreader1962  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 1:19:56pm

Sure, getting 'piss drunk' is Haraam...
but drinking piss is Halaal!

212 cartoonboy  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 1:22:21pm

Next: Cure for impotence - rub camel semen on forehead.

213 tradewind  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 1:47:11pm

re: #208 gander

It's allah (bunch a) hoo(ey).Ack/barf.

214 tradewind  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 1:49:34pm

re: #212 cartoonboy

Gives a whole new meaning to the jizya thing.

215 Liberal Classic  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 2:00:37pm

This new learning amazes me! Explain again how sheep's bladders may be employed to prevent earthquakes.

216 Green Helmet Guy  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 2:19:10pm

Someones got to keep track of all these remedies!

Camel urine = cure for cancer

Giant endangered sea turtle blood = aphrodisiac

wow what next?

Elephant dung = deodorant?

217 hellosnackbar  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 2:20:35pm

This gives new meaning to the expression:"Taking the piss!"

218 songbird  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 2:27:45pm

How sad. They are still living in the Middle Ages.

If urine of any kind were beneficial for healing cancer, you can be sure that it would have been discovered long before now. And bladder cancer would have been the first to be healed.

219 Cygnus  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 2:43:31pm

Sorry if this has already been posted, but I couldn't pass it up:

Saudi family sues genie.

220 Cygnus  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 2:49:14pm

re: #91 HelloDare

India to Launch Cow Urine Soft Drink

Move over Pepsi and Coke, there's some new competition on the shelf.

India's Hindu nationalist movement is launching a new soft drink made from cow urine.

Lemon-flavored?


The bovine brew is in the final stages of development by the Cow Protection Department of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), India's biggest and oldest Hindu nationalist group, according to the man who makes it.

Om Prakash, the head of the department, said the drink — called "gau jal," or "cow water" — in Sanskrit was undergoing laboratory tests and would be launched "very soon, maybe by the end of this year."

"Don't worry, it won't smell like urine and will be tasty too," he told the Times of London from his headquarters in Hardwar, one of four holy cities on the River Ganges. "Its USP will be that it's going to be very healthy. It won't be like carbonated drinks and would be devoid of any toxins."

The drink is the latest attempt by the RSS – which was founded in 1925 and now claims 8 million members – to cleanse India of foreign influence and promote its ideology of Hindutva, or Hindu-ness.

221 Paul  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 3:07:57pm

If camel urine cures cancer, I wonder what camel s*** can cure.

222 missykrissy  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 4:20:01pm

I now understand the hijab.

If I talked s**t like that, I wouldn't show my face either.

223 kafir  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 4:46:09pm

your majesty is like a stream of bats piss

224 Challenger  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 5:09:58pm

I think they've been drinking too much of their 'cure'.

225 Dr. Shalit  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 6:00:24pm

re: #8 debutaunt

New meaning to go p*** up a rope.

If not said before - A WHOLE NEW MEANING TO "P-BUH!"
That is all.

-S-

226 Beller0ph1  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 6:20:40pm

Wow! The 0 was right when he said that the Muslim culture (??) has contributed much to modern society!

//

227 leftover54  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 6:59:47pm

Oh the irony ! Now he can cure that which he was once blamed for causing !! Yes, Joe Camel was seen only a week ago walking the side of the road on Rt 293, collecting empties for a palm full of nickels. Today ol' Joe's future is once again looking bright ! Urine in luck Joe...

Everyone's gonna wanna know you now Joe and just yesterday they all told ya to piss off.

"What will it be today Ted ?"
"Ah, I'll take a carton of Camels and some matches please.'
"Will that do it Ted ?"
"Umm, throw in a pint of that camel piss too".

Sorta puts a new spin on "I'd walk a mile for a Camel".

Damn it !! Wouldn't ya know it !! They own all the freakin' camels too !! Oil and camels. Whats next ? Sand cures
baldness and erectile dysfunction ??

228 aaron's rantblog  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 7:13:19pm

The link between camels and cancer is irrefutable.

229 Sophia  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 8:00:20pm

Doubtless it is one of the "greatest national achievements in the field of science." Though I think the same was said in some African nations when the virgin "cure" for AIDS was announced.

230 Edward Halper  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 8:12:19pm

This story and, especially, the picture are a testament to the difficulty of doing science in Saudi Arabia. Clearly, anyone doing scientific research is suspect. This woman is trying to defend herself and, perhaps, her life by claiming that her work was inspired by the words of the Prophet and confirms them. That, and the burka protect her. I'm not defending her, but trying to understand her.

9/11 murderer Mohamed Atta was an engineer. His education was defensible as long as he used it to promote Islam.

It's not the poor and hopeless who resort to terrorism, but the ones who feel guilty about being westernized.

231 FresnoZionism  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 8:20:26pm

Khorshid?
Er, how exactly is that pronounced?
Say it rapidly a few times.

232 hopperandadropper  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 8:23:42pm

re: #57 lawhawk

Wow, lots of misinformation/misinterpretation on this thread. The abstract in your link mentions that the camel antibodies reacted with transgenic tumor cells. That means they were deliberately altered to express something the antibodies recognized.

As a cancer guy and a natural products guy, I can say with confidence that this is mostly BS and has no clinical relevance.

Some of the other things ( the sperm-derived antivenin, for example) are also mythical. Antivenins are sometimes made from horse BLOOD, not sperm. You expose a large animal to a small, non-lethal amount of a foreign protein and they make antibodies to it. Then you tap some blood and purify the antisera, freeze it down and bottle/sell it. It's actually a problem medically because a fair number of people have allergic reactions to horse proteins. On the other hand, it's too expensive to produce comparable antivenin from smaller animals like goats.

I'm just sayin...

233 el polacko  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 9:06:43pm

she's not only brilliant.. she's a beauty ! (i think)

234 OccamsRazor  Tue, Jul 14, 2009 10:09:52pm

WAIT A MINUTE!!! That's not her picture! The real Dr FA-RK has green eyes and a mole on her left cheek!!!

235 Sacred Plants  Wed, Jul 15, 2009 1:27:05am

Money quote -

However, Dr. Khorshid adds that she will only dispense this medicine to patients on a non-voluntary basis when pharmaceutical companies obtain a license to do so.

Give the Lady an award! She has achieved that everyone now talks about the metabolism of even-toed ungulates, instead of what it means to need to see a doctor in a totalitarian country.

236 shlomzie  Wed, Jul 15, 2009 6:43:26am

Makes sense to me. A camel has the world's biggest lump on his back. But it's not malignant.

Mark Steyn, in the National Review Online.

237 shlomzie  Wed, Jul 15, 2009 6:51:26am

re: #96 Lincolntf

I find the bug zappers work well for other insects, but don't work well for mosquitoes. Mosquitoes hang out on the wall nearby, enjoying the light, but they don't go right into the light, unless the light is emitting heat and carbon monoxide, the way people do.

238 leftover54  Wed, Jul 15, 2009 7:29:02am

re: #237 shlomzie

I find the bug zappers work well for other insects, but don't work well for mosquitoes. Mosquitoes hang out on the wall nearby, enjoying the light, but they don't go right into the light, unless the light is emitting heat and carbon monoxide, the way people do.

Eureka - I've got it ! A vacuum cleaner type hose to your cars exhaust pipe and...ummm...wait...with the price of gasoline and all...shoot... I'll get back to ya...

239 Ezekiel2517  Wed, Jul 15, 2009 12:48:31pm

Camel urine..it's not just for breakfast anymore!

240 damnyanqui  Wed, Jul 15, 2009 12:53:01pm

This is fantastic news.
Now all we need is for a few of those leading Saudi clerics to issue a fatwa ordering EVERYONE in the kingdom to engage in daily injections of camel piss (and eschew any other medical treatments) and the entire peninsula will be cured of what ails it.

241 Ty85719  Wed, Jul 15, 2009 1:10:36pm

This ranks right up there with Somalians' claims that garlic cures AIDS

242 djranger  Thu, Jul 16, 2009 8:08:41am

I remember Diane Sawyer interviewing Yassir Arafat back in the 80's. He said he drank camel urine frequently to stay healthy. Look what it did for him:
[Link: www.nytimes.com...]
Maybe more arabs should drink camel urine.


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