February 21, 2002

1:20 PM

The national sport of Afghanistan. "How does it work? Picture 20 men on horseback, armed with whips and fighting for possession of the headless carcass of a young cow. It is at once polo, wrestling and, well, bestiality."

This is a real extreme sport.
posted by Yelling At Nothing (11 comments total)

And they've been playing it for at least two months.
posted by MrMoonPie at 1:26 PM on February 21, 2002

I ammend that two months to over a year. But a valiant effort for a front page post.
posted by BlueTrain at 1:30 PM on February 21, 2002

amend, damnit.
posted by BlueTrain at 1:30 PM on February 21, 2002

Damn, that's irony. A double post in a double post. Is there a "fuck ups" scrap book we can add this to?
posted by BlueTrain at 1:32 PM on February 21, 2002

Since I'm still here babbling to myself, how 'bout them Knicks, eh? Still haven't traded, the deadline is in another 2 hours, and we're at the bottom of the Atlantic. Anyone care to speculate?
posted by BlueTrain at 1:33 PM on February 21, 2002

psst

shit-weasel

posted by nagchampa at 2:01 PM on February 21, 2002

Do you know what the National bird of Afghanistan is?




Duck!
posted by bjgeiger at 3:44 PM on February 21, 2002

Yeah that's ****ing hilarious J of B.

By the way, what do a screw and an Afghan child have in common?




They're both screwed.
posted by Settle at 4:35 PM on February 21, 2002

Did you know that there are no Wal-Mart stores in Afghanistan?


Only Targets!
posted by bjgeiger at 4:44 PM on February 21, 2002

Q: Why do MeFiers that are hunk to their knees almost invariably end up developing alzheimers?



A: .....Why what..?
posted by Settle at 7:01 PM on February 21, 2002

Some of us are not only hunk to our knees. We're hunk all the way up.
posted by kindall at 8:35 PM on February 21, 2002