Some scholars believe that the “seventy-two virgins” that these barbarians believe await them in paradise should actually be “seventy-two white raisins.” I like to imagine the exchange when they get there:
“Right, here we are, in keen anticipation
Of our reward, six dozen virgin rapes.”
“I’m sorry, lads, there’s been a mistranslation,
But here’s the promised seventy-two white grapes.”
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