[lit-ideas] Re: Monty Python Upstaged by Reality
- From: Andy Amago <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 23:30:33 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
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From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Jul 1, 2004 7:54 PM
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Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Monty Python Upstaged by Reality
on 7/1/04 4:47 PM, Andy Amago at aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Or it could be that sheep in an agrarian society are as valuable
> as cars are here. It does seem weird that they would have to smuggle them.
>
They are evading an import tax, five percent of value on all goods except
charitable donations. BTW, small fact about Iranian sheep, learned when I
was in that part of the world: shepherds in Iran *lead* their sheep. Read
all biblical references to shepherds and sheep with this in mind.
A.A. Seen in this light, smuggling sheep makes perfect sense. It could even be
an American behavior if we knew anything about sheep. It seems the Iranians
are closer to the Bible than we are.
Andy Amago
David Ritchie
Portland, Oregon
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