Saturday, May 18, 2002

Arafat explains relationship between new elections, pigs and Mohammed
Due to translation errors, news reports this week said that Palestinian Chairman Yasser "that's my baby" Arafat said he would call for new elections "when the occupation ends." That was an incorrect translation of the Arabic phrase, "ali abba eden obi wan kenobi yoda vader leia solo, yo gotta nok, nokon wud, gudi gudi too shooze.".

In fact, the obscure Arabic phrase should have been translated, "when pigs emerge from Mohammed's butt," or, colloquially in English, "when pigs fly." All major news media regret the error. Well, okay, they don't regret it, but at least they admit it.

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