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Re: Sheik's Oasis
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lugnet.castle
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Tue, 29 Jun 2004 05:19:36 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Jon Furman wrote:
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You went a little overboard with the water pipes. :^)
Cheers,
John Ladasky
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Thanks John,
You are right abut the water pipes, in actuality, if it were a strict Islamic
society, They wouldn’t be smoking or drinking at all.
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As Lenny Hoffman pointed out, it depends somewhat on the time period, modern
societies being somewhat more interested and capable of policing such behavior
than older societies. Still, when I was living in Algeria, fellow expats were
offered hashish by the locals. And a 1973 book on Moroccan cooking by Paula
Wolfert discusses the making of a special clarified butter called smen. As I
recall, before the recipe was given, there was a rather humorous story about the
effects of properly-made smen, as well as a disclaimer about its legality in
several countries!
Here’s a link to the book -- Couscous and Other Good Food from Morocco.
Yes indeed, Moroccan cuisine is tasty! But before you ask, as far as I know,
I’ve never eaten properly-prepared smen.
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However, when you are
working in stereotypes (like most Lego playsets) you often make
concessions.....
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Oh, no problem, I appreciated the humor.
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I’d be interested in hearing about those 4 sets. Jon
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The Lego sets that I took with me to Algeria with me were: Farm set #190 and
Moon Landing #565. On a side trip to England, we bought two most famous sets:
Yellow Castle #375 and Space Transport #924 (in the States, these sets were
numbered 6075 and 487, respectively. But I didn’t know that until I found
Lugnet).
Trying to get this back on topic, I started to build a minaret (with a few
fantasy touches) when I first came out of my Dark Ages in the late 1990’s. I
only built the peak of the tower, but I was pretty happy with the way it looked.
There is exactly one photo of this project! I should finish it, or at the least
find the darn photo and post it...
Cheers,
John Ladasky
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| (...) Thanks John, You are right abut the water pipes, in actuality, if it were a strict Islamic society, They wouldn't be smoking or drinking at all. However, when you are working in stereotypes (like most Lego playsets) you often make (...) (20 years ago, 27-Jun-04, to lugnet.castle)
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