Bloomdido Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 I challenge you to have a guess what some might be before you click on the link to see the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pennypie Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 I could probably explain a lot of those, but it would get into a lot of religious arguments which we have enough of on here, so I won't bother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubydazzler Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Can't chuck another prawn on the barbie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lockjaw Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 I've been known to covet my neighbour's ass from time to time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pennypie Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 I've been known to covet my neighbour's ass from time to time. I'd like to say the same, but you haven't seen my neighbour. I have coveted my own ass a few times though!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabby Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 'Thou shalt not start yet another thread about religion when there be a hundred others on the go already: for, t'were another subject, thou should bring about the wrath of the Moderators, and be strongly advised to use the 'search' option before starting another thread. Amen.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichD Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Well I failed to guess any of them correctly. But I'm glad #10 doesn't ban the eating of Kangaroo (although it probably would if Leviticus had known of their existence). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INTERVIEWER Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 We can't sell council pop (tapwater) to the good folk of Barnsley for 50p a (small) glass? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitehorses Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 I challenge you to have a guess what some might be before you click on the link to see the list. Ha, the stuff in that link is actually quite funny ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purdyamos Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 I could probably explain a lot of those, but it would get into a lot of religious arguments which we have enough of on here, so I won't bother. I think a lot of it would have had some element of sensible rationale in the particular time and place, for reasons we wouldn't be able to guess randomly (though some of the food rules would have obviously derived from safety issues and taboos about things that ate corpses). It's like superstitions that originated in some practical sense but got dislodged from their root and ended up done for their own sake. Or Old Wives Tales that turn out to have a grain of truth in them. Or those archaic laws that turn out to still be on the statute books. It's very interesting in its own way, though I wonder if they would have thought it strange if people were to still 'religiously' stick to the Biblical rules long after any practical sense became obsolete? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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