Schneier vs. Brin

Ronn! Blankenship ronn_blankenship at bellsouth.net
Mon Mar 10 17:38:03 PDT 2008


At 06:04 AM Monday 3/10/2008, Alberto Monteiro wrote:

>Ronn! Blankenship asked:
> >
> > There's a religion that believes in wearing holey underwear?
> >
>I guess this was a rhetorical question, but the surprising answer
>is a qualified "yes".
>
>Afro-brazilian religion Umbanda (which is a mix-up of European
>Roman Catholicism, French philosopher Allan Kardec's Spiritism,
>African Candomble and Tupi native religions) preach that people
>should celebrate New Year with white clothes, but that the
>colour of the underwear will bring what you want for the next year -
>so, for example, you should wear yellow to get money, or red to
>get a new love (or some other colour code).


So where do the (extra) holes come in?


-- Ronn!  :)





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