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Default OT - We're In Trouble Now

Upscale wrote:
"Swingman" wrote in message
When I visited Iran back in the 60's, when it was common to eat out of a
communal dish, barehanded, and with no TP at all, everyone wiped with

their
left and ate with their right ... and you hoped like hell the lefties got

it
right!


Really? It's a wonder everybody didn't die from cholera.


That is the way Arab nomads did it. They didn't have toilet paper and
wiped left and ate right. Also why a severe punishment was to have
one's right hand cut off. It effectively banned you from social contact.
j4