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Jinn| Born of fire
Garow/ The Economist ^ | 20 December 2006

Posted on 12/31/2006 1:32:11 PM PST by Lorianne

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1 posted on 12/31/2006 1:32:13 PM PST by Lorianne
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To: Lorianne

"Jinn ... " ... absolutely nutty!


2 posted on 12/31/2006 1:36:32 PM PST by Ken522
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To: Lorianne
I always thought Jinn spoke in tongues like --

"Break, break, I have a fire mission - over"
3 posted on 12/31/2006 1:40:50 PM PST by ASOC (The phrase "What if" or "If only" are for children.)
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To: Lorianne

If you're looking for interesting short stories involving genies, I recommend the 1001 Nights (otherwise known as the Arabian Nights). A lot of it is very definitely PG-13 (for violence), which is why I was only exposed to Ali Baba and Aladdin back in school.


4 posted on 12/31/2006 1:46:19 PM PST by Zhang Fei
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To: Lorianne
...grew feverish over reports of jinn haunting and raping women in the district. So when a young woman stumbled out of the forest one day, unkempt and deranged, she was denounced as a jinn. Villagers beat her almost to death. Police finished the job with six bullets at close range.

Why do they always attack the victim?

5 posted on 12/31/2006 1:46:45 PM PST by bubbacluck
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To: Lorianne

Remember, in Casablanca, Bogart saying, "Of all the jinn joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine."


6 posted on 12/31/2006 1:48:40 PM PST by fat city (What part of cognitive dissonance don't you understand?)
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To: fat city

And probably ordered a "sloe jinn fizz"


7 posted on 12/31/2006 1:51:25 PM PST by bubbacluck
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To: Lorianne

LSD and Crack do not mix well with Opium.


8 posted on 12/31/2006 1:59:42 PM PST by Danae (Anail nathrach, orth' bhais's bethad, do chel denmha)
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To: Lorianne
Actually I need a new Bumper sticker:

Jinn on board, and he is ANGERY at Jihad.
9 posted on 12/31/2006 2:02:08 PM PST by Danae (Anail nathrach, orth' bhais's bethad, do chel denmha)
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To: Lorianne

maybe a load of cheap brass utensils ought to be dumped on them. let them spend their time in rubbing and polishing the lamps and trying to open empty cucurbits, rather in more harmful activities.


10 posted on 12/31/2006 2:04:02 PM PST by GSlob
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To: Lorianne

Thanks for posting this!! Have been fascinated with jinn mythology, in particular for ideas for a story I am working on. If you know of any other articles/links, do ping me or email me! thanks!


11 posted on 12/31/2006 2:11:24 PM PST by Alkhin (star dust contemplating star dust)
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To: Lorianne
I dream of djiini
With the bright green hair-
Borne like foul vapor
On the hot desert air...

(C'mon, everybody ! Sing along !!)

12 posted on 12/31/2006 2:30:36 PM PST by genefromjersey (So much to flame;so little time !)
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To: fat city
"Of all the jinn joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.""

I think that was "gin", silly! : - )

13 posted on 12/31/2006 2:35:00 PM PST by jackibutterfly
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To: genefromjersey
I ain't singin' until I have communed with the spirits of the gin...jinn *hic* ...djinn.


14 posted on 12/31/2006 2:42:03 PM PST by uglybiker (A bunch of radical Unitarians left a flaming question mark on my lawn!)
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To: Lorianne
How can a person conceal himself from the jinn (genie)when in the toilet?
15 posted on 12/31/2006 2:47:52 PM PST by Sender ("How do you know what the fish think? You're not a fish." -Hui Zi)
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To: Lorianne
Some Jinn's are more scary than others!


16 posted on 12/31/2006 2:54:07 PM PST by operation clinton cleanup
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To: liege
Why do they always attack the victim?

Because the victim has already proved to be an easy target. If they went after the perp, someone might get hurt.

17 posted on 12/31/2006 2:55:55 PM PST by magslinger (An open mind is like an outhouse. Sooner or later someone is going to fill it.)
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To: Alkhin

If you know of any other articles/links, do ping me or email me! thanks!
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You will often see Jinn after consuming copious amounts of Gin and Juice!


18 posted on 12/31/2006 3:09:44 PM PST by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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To: Lorianne
Image hosted by Photobucket.com they say the BlueJinn are the most powerful... and it's true!!!

19 posted on 12/31/2006 3:19:21 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist ©®)
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To: Sender

One of the classics! Many thanks for posting that one.


20 posted on 12/31/2006 3:54:02 PM PST by jiggyboy (Ten per cent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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