"Bod" wrote in message
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> On 08/02/2010 16:49, William Black wrote:
>>
>> "Bod" wrote in message
>> news:7tat1rF630U6@mid.individual.net...
>>> On 08/02/2010 16:37, William Black wrote:
>>>>
>>>> "Bod" wrote in message
>>>> news:7tafb9FrrlU2@mid.individual.net...
>>>>> On 08/02/2010 12:42, F Murtz wrote:
>>>>>> Bod wrote:
>>>>>>> On 08/02/2010 11:39, Adrian wrote:
>>>>>>>> "steve robinson" gurgled happily,
>>>>>>>> sounding much like they were saying:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The natural follow on to that will be others will be allowed to
>>>>>>>>> carry
>>>>>>>>> Dirks , Daggers etc
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Can you tell me which established religions require that of their
>>>>>>>> adherents?
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> Yes:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirpan.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Bod
>>>>>> Are not scots with kilts allowed daggers?
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>>
>>>>> I doubt it.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You'd be wrong, they're allowed a small dagger pushed into their
>>>> stocking.
>>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> Small? I bet it's not the size of a Kirpan though.
>>>
>>
>> Some kirpan blades are about half an inch long...
>>
>> The ceremonial ones are big but the ones people wear to work tend to be
>> sewn into a shirt pocket or something like that.
>>
> >
>
> Really?
>
> This site shows them as being either 8" or 9" :
>
> http://ramandesigner.com/lohgarh.ca/kirpan.html
Right now I'm in Bombay and living next door to a Sikh bloke who runs a
bicycle shop and who is a fully baptized Sikh with a Turban and a steel
wrist band (also a weapon) and a kirpan. His 'work' kirpan is a teeny tiny
knife he keeps clipped in his shirt pocket. He can't even get to it without
unclipping the thing and the blade is about 1.5" long.
--
William Black
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.
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