tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434561082692201402.post5661805792032596726..comments2023-10-23T12:51:59.179-07:00Comments on The crib: 1001 Nights.Ushasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12752440293419823412noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434561082692201402.post-63623169403342660392007-05-07T03:16:00.000-07:002007-05-07T03:16:00.000-07:00i've read the 'arabian nights', or bits of it, in ...i've read the 'arabian nights', or bits of it, in school, and did you know that one story begins with the sultan eating this massive feast and letting out a gigantic fart? along with the weird sexual metaphors that the stories are filled with ("please won't you pierce my buttercup with your rapier" says a princess in one of the tales???!!!), the record of this sounds in arabian folklore bemused my childhood brain. idon't think i've come to terms with it since.diyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10509548205869320946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434561082692201402.post-34766908640783567292007-05-04T01:16:00.000-07:002007-05-04T01:16:00.000-07:00macabre. (the sultans' story, that is... not the p...macabre. (the sultans' story, that is... not the proposed punishment) :)dbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09397326212848735473noreply@blogger.com