[meteorite-list] Nakhla - The Dead Dog Still Lives

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Nov 3 15:56:01 2004
Message-ID: <200411032055.MAA02265_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

>
> So, Ron, then the dog "bit the dust", "'s ass was grass", "was fried", "was
> wasted", "was trashed", "was wiped out", "was toast", etc. I especially like
> that last one. After the terrific horrific morbific act of Allah, the dog
> was toast. Conversely, I wonder what a translation of that into Arabic would
> make?

Excellent point. No doubt if you translated
'the dog was toast' to Arabic, the literal translation
would have some people think that you made up the story
and that it was a product of a lively imagination.

Ron Baalke
Received on Wed 03 Nov 2004 03:55:58 PM PST