What could be more authentically ethnic than a local riding a donkey?
That's the kind of innocent rural charm that allowed Abdul to steer his donkey into the midst of a NATO convoy in Afghanistan.
Wait till PETA hears about this!
Showing posts with label Afghan suicide attacks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Afghan suicide attacks. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
What the hell is "goat polo?"
I'd read several accounts of a suicide attack in Afghanistan the other day. It happened at a "sporting match."
I was eventually able to determine the nature of that sporting match; goat polo.
Goat polo? OK, I get it. I know what polo is; similar to field hockey except you play it while mounted on a horse. I naturally assumed that, given the backwardness of Afghanistan, they played the game whilst mounted on goats.
Boy was I ever wrong!
Apparently they have the horses. According to Al Jazeera it's called goat polo because it's played with the headless carcass of a goat instead of a ball.
Who knew?
I was eventually able to determine the nature of that sporting match; goat polo.
Goat polo? OK, I get it. I know what polo is; similar to field hockey except you play it while mounted on a horse. I naturally assumed that, given the backwardness of Afghanistan, they played the game whilst mounted on goats.
Boy was I ever wrong!
Apparently they have the horses. According to Al Jazeera it's called goat polo because it's played with the headless carcass of a goat instead of a ball.
Who knew?
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