The funniest thing you'll ever see... (God, mercy, muslims, Zen)

[Djamila]

Every now and then something happens in Bosnia that just makes you realize...

God really has a sense of humor. And he certainly intended for Bosnians to be Muslim... lol


CAMEL versus BOSNIAN POLICE

[Djamila]

LOL Oh God, I can't stop watching this.

First of all, where did a camel come from in the middle of Bosnia? LOL Secondly... there's a female police officer? I've never seen one in my life.

That little blonde girl is scared to death of it... lol And that guy trying to push it away? LOL

Oh God have mercy on us all.

[evearael]

That's great! My daughter loved it, too!

[Djamila]

I'm glad, Eve. I just can't believe there is a camel in Bosnia? I have never seen one even at a zoo or anything.

It's even a joke here. One of the... nicknames... for Bosnian Muslims is "frozen camels", because we live in Europe and its a normal European climate - not the climate of Arabia. There's even a band called Emir and the Frozen Camels.

And there's a stuffed camel outside of a travel agency on Ferhadija that gives tours to Tunisia for cheap. But that's it.

[dawny0826]

That was cute!

[Djamila]

Oh my GOD...


Worst Singing Ever, In a Stadium Setting

Thank you Holland, really.

I especially love the audience waving white flags of surrender. LOL

[Seyorni]

What? You mean everyone in Bosnia doesn't own a camel?

Actually it's a Bactrian camel, Djamila, not the Arabian variety (though it looks like it may be a crossbreed). Bosnia's warm compared to it's native Mongolia.

I like the video. The camel seemed so calm and unfazed by the spectators. I'm disappointed the video ended so soon. Did the man ever get his camel back to the barn?

[michel]

I thought I had heard (sometime) that camels carry the sypilis virus; I have found this article on:-http://experts.about.com/q/Wild-Animals-705/Camels.htm#b

"http://weeklywire.com/ww/02-02-98/austin_cols_smartypants.html says that you can contract syphilis from camel spit. I am not too sure how serious this website is. I get several items of ‘trivia' a day by e-mail, but several of these ‘amazing facts' are misleading and some are incorrect. Unfortunately, the same is true of information in several books, magazines and television programmes."

and http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/stdsyph.htm and http://www.cdc.gov/std/Syphilis/STDFact-Syphilis.htm#spread say the syphilis bacterium is very fragile, and the infection is almost always transmitted by sexual contact with an infected person. The bacterium spreads from the initial ulcer (sore) of an infected person to the skin or mucous membranes (linings) of the genital area, mouth, or anus of an uninfected sexual partner. It also can pass through broken skin on other parts of the body. Syphilis cannot be spread through contact with toilet seats, doorknobs, swimming pools, hot tubs, bathtubs, shared clothing, or eating utensils. It therefore follows that if a camel's mouth made contact with the genital area of an infected camel, it could pick up syphilis. The syphilis would be in the saliva, but would probably not stay there long, due to its fragility. Obviously, if an infected person practised a form of bestiality on the camel, there could be dire consequences, but this area is somewhat outside my remit (which is probably just as well).

It doesn't seem to be conclusive, but I personally have always avoided Camel's spit...........

[Seyorni]

I had not heard this, Michel, but I, too, try to avoid being spat upon by the neighborhood camels.