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From: werner@aecom.UUCP (Craig Werner)
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Subject: Re: Re: Comedic Curses
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Date: Mon, 27-Jan-86 04:41:27 EST
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> Comedic or not, "May the fleas of a thousand camels infest your armpits" is
> a legit malediction from Arabic, which has some of the most colorful curses
> in the world.  Makes English look anemic by comparison, I'm told.

	Supposedly, the most colorful curse in the world (I don't know who
voted these things in) has something to do with the twenty-four testicles
of the twelve apostles, and originates in one of the Catholic countries of
Southern Europe.  I unfortunately have not kept up with this particular
field, so can enlighten you no further.
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				Craig Werner
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    "Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity."