The titular variety of arrack was on display (amid more comprehensible varieties such as chicory, licorice, and garlic) at the Iranian market I went to today to get some goat (success! also, they had calf hearts!). I'll assume for the sake of my sanity that "ox-tongue" is the name of some tonguey flower or something.
Having determined how to complete the costume-components I have already in my possession for an upcoming halloween party, I face the challenge that the missing item will likely prove hard to locate. Therefore, I offer the following applicatory prayer:
I want you, a sickle or a scythe
A sickle or a scythe for a human sacrifice
A human sacrifice to the dieties above
The dieties above so they'll shower us with love.
If anyone has a lead on sickles or scythes (and not some pusillanimous plastic piece o' shit, either; I'm not going to take half measures—ganz oder gar nicht), pls to let me know.
Would that a sickle/scythe-man help this wry man's costume to prepare.
Posted by: standpipe b | October 15, 2006 at 04:34 PM
In the end resources weren't that hard to find, but do I really want to pay $90 for a scythe? I could get a comparatively lame sickle for only $18.
Posted by: ben wolfson | October 15, 2006 at 04:37 PM
"Dieties"?
Posted by: teofilo | October 15, 2006 at 04:55 PM
Don't know what you're talking about.
Posted by: ben wolfson | October 15, 2006 at 05:04 PM
This looks like a possibility. Probably have to tape up the cutting edge.
Posted by: ben wolfson | October 15, 2006 at 06:20 PM
I knew you were going to do this.
Posted by: bitchphd | October 16, 2006 at 08:35 PM