Sudanese 'trousers woman' jailed [$200 and a month for wearing trousers, mercifully no lashes]

BBC ^ | 9-7-09

[SJackson]

A Sudanese woman has been jailed for a month after refusing to pay a fine for "dressing indecently" by wearing trousers, her lawyers say.

Lubna Ahmed Hussein did not want to "give the verdict any legitimacy" by paying the fine of about $200 (£122), her lawyer, Nabil Adib, told the BBC.

Ms Hussein, a journalist in her 30s, could have been given up to 40 lashes.

Before the verdict, she had said she wanted her trial to become a test case for women's rights, correspondents say.

Ms Hussein had resigned from her job at the UN, which would have given her immunity.

"She thinks she was unfairly tried and convicted and was not given a proper chance to put her defence case," Mr Adib said.

He said Ms Hussein would appeal to both the Court of Appeal and the Constitutional Court.

[SJackson]

I know, it's an old joke.

Mike was going to be married to Karen, so his father sat him down for a little fireside chat. He says, "Mike, let me tell you something. On my wedding night in our honeymoon suite, I took off my pants and handed them to your mother and said, "Here Try these on."

She did and said, "These are too big. I can't wear them." I replied, "Exactly. I wear the pants in this family and I always will. Ever since that night we have never had any problems."

"Hmmm," says Mike. He thinks that might be a good thing to try. On his honeymoon, Mike takes off his pants and says to Karen, "Here Try these on."

She does and says, "These are too large. They don't fit me." Mike says, "Exactly. I wear the pants in this family and I always will. I don't want you to ever forget that."

Then Karen takes off her pants and hands them to Mike and says, "Here You try on mine." He does and says, "I can't get into your pants." Karen says, "Exactly. And if you don't change your smart-ass attitude, you never will."

[rabscuttle385]

LOL.

[OldSpice]

ROFLMAO!

[GeronL]

Liberal women in the west have no idea what they are inviting by kowtowing to islam

[freekitty]

I never heard it and it’s very funny.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Thanks - never heard it before. Mrs POF and I are laughing at that one.

[gogogodzilla]

Then Karen takes off her pants and hands them to Mike and says, "Here You try on mine." He does and says, "I can't get into your pants." Karen says, "Exactly. And if you don't change your smart-ass attitude, you never will."

To which Mike says, "That's fine, honey. I can get enough poontang elsewhere."

:-P

[rawhide]

[PLMerite]

The truly modern punchline is that he puts on her pants and walks/swishes out.

[fortunecookie]

LOL, good one!