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Old 14-December-2007, 11:01 AM
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Police in southern India are hunting for two men who attacked a Hindu holy man, cut off his right leg and then made off with it.
The 80-year-old holy man, Yanadi Kondaiah, claimed to have healing powers in the leg.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7142920.stm



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Old 14-December-2007, 12:15 PM
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News just in...Any one who pays off all my debt will be granted immortality..any takers.
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Old 14-December-2007, 12:50 PM
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If it had so much healing power, maybe there's enough left for it all to grow back.
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Apparently someone intends on running the Cow Level. I didn't know Wirt was a Hindu name.
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Lets hope no body bought him a pair of slippers for Christmas
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No! No! Not the leg!
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Apparently someone intends on running the Cow Level. I didn't know Wirt was a Hindu name.
Ahem. There is no cow level.

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Police in southern India are hunting for two men who attacked a Hindu holy man, cut off his right leg and then made off with it.
The 80-year-old holy man, Yanadi Kondaiah, claimed to have healing powers in the leg.
The leg isn't going to do them any good. The healing powers came from Mr. Kondaiah's patented Transcendental Kick of HealingTM to the patient's posterior chakra.
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I thought it was going to be some sort of Christmas story, what with a holly man.
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Moral of the story: If you're going to make up some story about how you can heal with magic powers, attribute those magic powers to something you wouldn't mind losing.

Oh, by the way, my left sideburn is what grants me my ability to control nearby dogs, wallabies, and women (unfortunately, I can only control them to act as they normally would).
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I thought it was going to be some sort of Christmas story, what with a holly man.
For transcendental healing effects one can't beat an SATB rendition of "The Holy and the Ivy". It goes right to the teeth of the matter and is in a league of its own.

Or as the famous bowler Robindranath Gupta remarked on seeing the striker step into the batting crease, supported by a device made out of a shrubbery, "Holly prosthetic, Batsman!"
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Old 14-December-2007, 10:22 PM
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Holly holy leg
Dream of only you
Where I am, what I am
What I believe in
Holly holy

Holly holy leg
Wanting only you
And she comes
And I run, but more like hopping
Holly holy
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Old 14-December-2007, 10:31 PM
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Moral of the story: If you're going to make up some story about how you can heal with magic powers, attribute those magic powers to something you wouldn't mind losing.
I have a deceased holy computer monitor that improved my vision (I certainly can see the new screen better). I was going to take it to the electronics recycling center, but I suspect someone else might benefit by this holy object. Actually, I'd be happy to point out a few other holy objects.
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My holiest relic is kept safely refrigerated.

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Poor guy. Well, at least he will have quite a leg-acy!
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What profiteth a man to be holy and lose his leg?
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Old 15-December-2007, 05:30 AM
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I bet when the guy realized he had lost his Leg, he used some strong Language!

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This reminds me of a Ray Stevens song where he steals the girl of a guy with a peg leg. For good measure, he takes the wooden leg to prevent Peg Leg from chasing him, but.....

"Oh I'm a three legged man with a two legged woman, being chased by a one legged fool. Ohhhhhh, he's hoppin' and he's cloppin', but he shows no sign of stoppin'. I tell you boys this life is hard and cruel."

But, it turns out that he made a mistake at the end. Peg Leg finally shouts "I know ya meant to take the one that was wooden, but in the dark, by mistake, you took my good 'un." And finally he tells him he can keep the blamed ol' woman, just give him back the leg!

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"Oh I'm a three legged man with a two legged woman, being chased by a one legged fool. Ohhhhhh, he's hoppin' and he's cloppin', but he shows no sign of stoppin'. I tell you boys this life is hard and cruel."
But, it turns out that he made a mistake at the end. Peg Leg finally shouts "I know ya meant to take the one that was wooden, but in the dark, by mistake, you took my good 'un." And finally he tells him he can keep the blamed ol' woman, just give him back the leg!
He got a real leg confused with a peg leg and he's calling the Peg Leg guy a fool?
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He got a real leg confused with a peg leg and he's calling the Peg Leg guy a fool?
Yes, that's the joke.
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