dagblog - Comments for "Martyrs reportedly irate. Virgins cut from 72 to 36."

Wait, what? RAISINS??!!

jollyroger — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 16:58:10 +0000

In reply to Jolly, you obviously didn't

Wait, what? RAISINS??!!

I’m sure you’re familiar with the hypothesis that, due to a misunderstanding of an obscure word in the Qu’ran, the virgins are really raisins: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/jan/12/books.guardianreview5 [MH]

Definitely NOT a virgin

jollyroger — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 16:52:34 +0000

In reply to We'll, maybe, but it"ll be

Definitely NOT a virgin

We'll, maybe, but it"ll be

jollyroger — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 16:51:39 +0000

In reply to Jolly, you obviously didn't

We'll, maybe, but it"ll be Charlotte Rampling

Jolly, you obviously didn't

CVille Dem — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 14:44:26 +0000

In reply to Martyrs reportedly irate. Virgins cut from 72 to 36.

Jolly, you obviously didn't get the memo. The "72 virgins" thing was a typo. The reward for blowing yourself up along with some innocent people enjoying pizza is actually one 72 year-old virgin.

Well, maybe, but these

jollyroger — Tue, 16 Feb 2016 23:49:51 +0000

In reply to You needn't be bothered.

Well, maybe, but these virgins are "self-renewing" (however THAT works...), proving that " with God, all things are possible".

The important thing, I guess: you never run out...

You needn't be bothered.

Oxy Mora — Tue, 16 Feb 2016 23:37:48 +0000

In reply to Parenthetically, is the

You needn't be bothered. Virginity knows no focus.

Pie in the sky?

jollyroger — Tue, 16 Feb 2016 22:06:57 +0000

In reply to Parenthetically, is the

Pie in the sky?

Parenthetically, is the

jollyroger — Tue, 16 Feb 2016 21:49:38 +0000

In reply to Martyrs reportedly irate. Virgins cut from 72 to 36.

Parenthetically, is the promise of sexual satiety in heaven a marker of an overall "sex positive" society, or a bizarre concomitant of a pathologically repressed earthly culture?

I do prefer the promised endless copulation to harps and hymns myself, of course, but the focus on virginity bothers me