How to tell time in Egypt

The Loony Bin ( loonies@bloodaxe.demon.co.uk )
Tue, 16 Jul 1996 08:04:22 +0100


Hiya Loonies...

Here's something on how they tell the time in Egypt...

Wishes & Dreams...

- ANDREA
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  ------- Forwarded foolishness follows -------

There was a tour bus in Egypt that stopped in the middle of a town
square.  The tourists are all shopping at the little stands
surrounding the square.  

One tourist looks at his watch, but it is broken, so he leans over to a
local who is squatted down next to his camel.  "What time is it, sir?"

The local reaches out and softly cups the camels genitals in his hand,
and raises them up and down.  "It's about 2:00", he says. 

The tourist can't believe what he just saw.

He runs back to the bus, and sure enough, it is 2:00.  

He tells a few of the fellow tourists his story, "The man can tell the
time by the weight of the camel's genitals!!  

One of the doubting tourists walks back to the local and asks him the
time, the same thing happens!!  It is 2:05.p.m.  He runs back to tell
the story.  

Finally, the bus driver wants to know how it is done. He walks over and
asks the local how he knows the time from the camel's genitals.

The local says "Sit down here and grab the camel's genitals.  Now,
lift them up in the air.  Now, look underneath them to the other side
of the courtyard. There's the clock, hanging on the wall, sir."