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08-20-2006, 06:50 PM
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A drought can be a good thing.
Nepali women strip and plough to appease rain gods
Sun Aug 20, 3:55 AM ET KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Dozens of Nepali women stripped naked and ploughed their fields in west Nepal, hoping to appease the gods and get some much needed rain, a newspaper report said on Sunday. ADVERTISEMENT About 50 women in two villages in Kapilvastu district, 190 km (120 miles) west of Kathmandu, resorted to the desperate move at night on Friday as days of prayers and Hindu ceremonies failed to bring rains for the parched paddy crop, it said. "This is our last weapon, we used it, and there was light rainfall," Nepali daily Rajdhani quoted one of the women as saying. Although there is no clear religious basis for the practice, some locals believe such a move could appease the rain gods. Officials said there was insufficient rain during the June-September monsoon season this year and vast stretches of land along the southern plains, Nepal's bread basket, were parched. 
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#2
08-20-2006, 06:59 PM
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they better be hot or they arent getting any rain
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#3
08-20-2006, 07:22 PM
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I'd like to see that ritual repeated here in So. Cal.
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Paul S. 2001 E430, Bourdeaux Red, Oyster interior. 79,200 miles. 1973 280SE 4.5, 170,000 miles. 568 Signal Red, Black MB Tex. "The Red Baron".
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#4
08-20-2006, 07:25 PM
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I just reminded the wife that the lawn needs water.
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08-20-2006, 07:31 PM
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08-20-2006, 07:32 PM
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Paul S. 2001 E430, Bourdeaux Red, Oyster interior. 79,200 miles. 1973 280SE 4.5, 170,000 miles. 568 Signal Red, Black MB Tex. "The Red Baron".
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08-20-2006, 07:40 PM
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#8
08-20-2006, 08:08 PM
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I'm thinking that the women who plough fields in Nepal are rather rough looking, and that any rain that fell, was probably the results of the gods' eyes watering.
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It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so. Robert A. Heinlein 09 Jetta TDI 1985 300D
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08-21-2006, 01:42 PM
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"It's normal for these things to empty your wallet and break your heart in the process." 2012 SLK 350 1987 420 SEL
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08-21-2006, 01:44 PM
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"It's normal for these things to empty your wallet and break your heart in the process." 2012 SLK 350 1987 420 SEL
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08-21-2006, 02:02 PM
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Paul S. 2001 E430, Bourdeaux Red, Oyster interior. 79,200 miles. 1973 280SE 4.5, 170,000 miles. 568 Signal Red, Black MB Tex. "The Red Baron".
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