…but it’s one of the most wonderful openings for a news article I’ve ever encountered.
ANKARA, Turkey – Over a thousand Turks spent the first day of the Muslim feast of Eid al-Adha in emergency wards on Sunday after stabbing themselves or suffering other injuries while sacrificing startled animals.
That’s comedy gold, baby. (The rest of the article is here, if you want to read it.)
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Harumph. “Cows, goats, sheep, and bulls”.
They couldn’t hack it (sorry) in my Festivus clan.
Instead of maiming young livestock, we celebrate by having our champion enter a sandy-floored arena and go hand-to-hand with a bear. A bear holding a shark.
With the ST:TOS Kirk-rasslin’ theme playing at 125dB.
~0/ dah dah DAH DAH DAH DAH da-da-da ~0/