Don't swim during Ramadam
Jul 13th 2010, 8:20 am
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Re: Don't swim during Ramadam
Jeez, Bahtatboy, this is straight out of the Daily Mail stable. All that's probably happened is that some well-meaning but naive council employee has made a SUGGESTION (the word is even used in the piece) and the next thing we've got the usual people jumping up and down saying Christmas is banned, FFS.
Jul 13th 2010, 9:02 am
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Re: Don't swim during Ramadam
Where ya bin, lil'jim?
Jul 13th 2010, 12:56 pm
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Re: Don't swim during Ramadam
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/s...e/10596808.stm
Swimming lessons in some Staffordshire schools should stop during Ramadan to ensure Muslim pupils "do not swallow water", a council has suggested.
Oh Buddah...
Swimming lessons in some Staffordshire schools should stop during Ramadan to ensure Muslim pupils "do not swallow water", a council has suggested.
Oh Buddah...
Jul 13th 2010, 2:25 pm
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Re: Don't swim during Ramadam
They banned Christmas?
For Pete's sake!
U
For Pete's sake!
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Jul 16th 2010, 2:42 am
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Re: Don't swim during Ramadam
When I went to school in Abu-Dhabi, I recal the Muslim classmates drinking water to quench their thirst and saying that liquids to quench one's thirst was ok. We are talking early to mid teens here. Drinking out in public was a no no unless the person was elderly,ill,pregnant or a little kid.
Jul 18th 2010, 5:54 pm
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Re: Don't swim during Ramadam
Who would want to drink out of a pool full of kids anyway? They all pee in it..... yuck!
Jul 18th 2010, 7:29 pm
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Re: Don't swim during Ramadam
Fresh urine is sterile...and probably an aqquired taste. Still if you can drink fosters or Heineken a pool of pissy water will probably be an improvement!
