Unlucky Camel & Dog Killers & Sleeping with elephants

[Laurence Horn]

>Greetings from Conya, Turkey. My tour guide said "icon" comes from here.
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>UNLUCKY CAMEL--In full, "the unlucky camel gets fucked even in the arctic."
>Turkish for bad luck everywhere.
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Ouch.  Getting fucked in the arctic--that can hurt.  For the camel's
sake, hope there was some K-Y handy...

LH

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