From: "Gary Wiltshire" 

On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 23:37:05 -0500, Randy  wrote:

> Phil Payne wrote:
>>> Maybe you've already picked out your 70 virgins for the next life and
>>> are
>>> just dragging your feet at acting on your beliefs?
>>   I've had enough trouble with a handful of virgins, let alone 72.
>>  It's the 80,000 servants that would worry me.
>>  Plus the direct implication in the Koran that the virgins actually
>> remain
>> virgins.  And nowhere does it say 72 "each"  - they might well be
>> shared.
>>
> I'm trying to remember where I saw it, but someone commented that the 72
> virgins may not be what it is made out to be; that through a translation
> error the 72 virgins were actually 72 white raisins--a alleged rare
> delicacy.
>

Then there's the joke making the rounds where the terrorist gets to the
gate only to have the crap kicked out of him by George Washington, Patrick
Henry, Thomas Jefferson, and others.  "Where are my virgins?"
whines the terrorist.  A booming voice corrects him, "That was 72
VIRGINIANS, Dumbass!"

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Gary Wiltshire

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