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Perhaps Afghanistan's only moderate Muslim, Mujib ibn Gamalfokker sent me a letter saying that although he hated Planck's Constant he hated Osama bin Laden even more. Osama had taken Mujib's favorite goat and as revenge, Mujib said he would sell me the contents of Osama bin Laden's garbage can for 100,000 Afghani puls (or about $20.00 USD).

So I sent Mujib a money order for $20.00 but he was afraid to deposit the money on account of something he read in the New York Times, so he traded the Money Order directly for a small goat. Seems the nights get very cold in Afghanistan.

One can make interesting observations about a person's lifestyle by going through his garbage. Here are some:

Osama likes Islamic crossword puzzles (I have left the answers out in case any of my readers would like to give it a try):

• 1 Down _ _ _ _ Sons of Apes and Pigs


• 6 Down _ _ _ _ Secret Cabal running the World's Governments


• 11 Down _ _ _ _ Inventors of Banks and Usurious interest rates


• 17 Down _ _ _ _ Once they are gone Islam can then turn attention to Christians


• 2 Across _ _ _ _ Occupiers of the Holy Land


• 8 Across _ _ _ _ In the dead of night they steal organs from Muslim Children


• 13 Across _ _ _ _ The Little Satan


• 19 Across _ _ _ _ Six Million of them never really died, pity.