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05-03-2011, 11:21 AM
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Luxurious Mansion
The news media keep saying that Bin Laden was living in a luxurious mansion. Even for a third world country, this doesn't count as a luxurious mansion:
But I guess "luxurious mansion" is a better contrast to "cave" than is "large ugly house."
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05-03-2011, 11:24 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
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One million doesn't buy much in Pakistan.
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05-03-2011, 11:24 AM
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Thinking the same thing. It looks even worse on the inside.
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05-03-2011, 11:31 AM
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Whoever was his interior decorator should be fired.
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05-03-2011, 11:52 AM
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They kept a cow in the courtyard? Not much luxury if you ask me.
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05-03-2011, 11:55 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sarah in SC
They kept a cow in the courtyard? Not much luxury if you ask me.
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It is if you like milk on your Wheaties and the nearest Piggly Wiggly is 9,000 miles away...
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05-03-2011, 11:59 AM
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05-03-2011, 12:00 PM
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05-03-2011, 12:03 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by REWahoo
It is if you like milk on your Wheaties and the nearest Piggly Wiggly is 9,000 miles away...
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Osama wouldn't be caught dead shopping at a piggly wiggly anyway, given his peoples' distaste for pork.
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05-03-2011, 12:05 PM
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I suspect that the figure of a million dollars was plucked out of a random cow's backside rather than a local realtor's office.
Apparently Abbottabad is quite a tony place. During the run-up to the operation, people were seen going round from house to house, claiming to be interested in buying property in the area. You can't use that cover story in every third-world town. No major problem with religious extremists reported (oh, the irony). An IT guy tweeting in great English throughout the operation. Could be anywhere in the Mid-West.
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05-03-2011, 12:05 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FUEGO
Osama wouldn't be caught dead shopping at a piggly wiggly...
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He might - if the tide is right...
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05-03-2011, 12:32 PM
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Whoever was his interior decorator should be fired.
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We'll they were fired at...
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05-03-2011, 12:33 PM
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You didn't see the media center Al.
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05-03-2011, 12:38 PM
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Maybe this is the guest house that Ed the Gypsy would have been put up in had he accepted the Pakistan opportunity discussed here?
http://www.early-retirement.org/foru...tan-53087.html
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05-03-2011, 01:37 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TromboneAl
The news media keep saying that Bin Laden was living in a luxurious mansion.
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That's just the phrase they're using on the latest VRBO.com listing...
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05-03-2011, 01:47 PM
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Hey, Nords, did you know when you look at this site without logging on, ads appear in your post like this. This picture is a screen print and a bit hard to read. Even so, check out ad #2 which reads "Obama Loves Annuities".
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05-03-2011, 02:04 PM
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Hey, Nords, did you know when you look at this site without logging on, ads appear in your post like this. This picture is a screen print and a bit hard to read. Even so, check out ad #2 which reads "Obama Loves Annuities".
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Sheesh.
I don't know which is worse-- having to see that dreck in the discussion or realizing that some poor fool paid money to Google to get those ads on the discussion board...
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05-03-2011, 07:14 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sarah in SC
They kept a cow in the courtyard? Not much luxury if you ask me.
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At least they don't have to travel for milk.
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05-03-2011, 07:57 PM
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Originally Posted by 73ss454
At least they don't have to travel for milk.
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Or fertilizer.
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