Posted on 01/01/2008 8:20:09 PM PST by Stoat
Baa-baric ... sheep
TWO British oil workers have been sacked after simulating sex with sheep due to be slaughtered for a Muslim festival.
The animals were being killed for 30 foreign workers to celebrate Eid Al Adhha in the Algerian oil town Hassi Messaoud.
The men, who have not been named, were reported by stunned restaurant workers and guards — then sacked by their employer, US industrial giant Schlumberger.
They were accused of “sheep violation”.
A spokesman for the company — which provides services to oil firms — said: “The individuals have been dismissed because their behaviour was totally unacceptable.”
Meanwhile a police spokesman warned that local Muslims saw the sacrificing of sheep at Eid as “some-
thing very sacred”.
One ex-pat living in Algeria told The Sun: “If you relate this to teacher Gillian Gibbons they can thank their lucky stars.
“All she did was name a teddy bear Mohammed.”
LOL... I used to work for Schlumberger...
The sheep, being defiled, becomes no longer acceptable for sacrifice, so it would be an honor killing.
How exactly is it you find these stories again ? You’ve even got Mrs. Kitty blushing.
Sorry about that :-)
Slogging through endless idiotic and worthless stories on celebrity gossip at The Sun, I occasionally run across essential, hard hitting news items such as this, the reporting of which at Free Republic I consider to be part of my civic duty.
((((snicker)))))
*whew* for a minute there I thought you liked sheep.
LMAO
Only as a culinary entree :-)
Baaaaaa-ah, it was mutton.
It’s probably a good thing that I wasn’t elected President last time around, because I probably would have said something like:
“Okay, here is American foreign policy: All muslim nations rein in your extremists instantly. If one more Western soldier is killed, I will destroy a major muslim city with a nuclear weapon. This will continue until you knock it off or all of your cities are destroyed. Thank you for your attention.”
This would not have gone over well in the Press :-)
LOL... I used to work for Schlumberger...
unfortunately my other half still does and what these men have done, while it might have been a stupid mistake, has caused LOADS of hassle for the ex pats as well as the locals...
i hope they are proud of what they have done...
Uh, you realize that they EAT the sheep after it is slaughtered, do you not? It’s to celebrate the Lord’s bounty. Kinda like having a roasted pig for New Year’s.
“I’ll never find another ewe.” said Tom sheepishly, as he took it on lamb.
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