This report is from We Make Money Not Art:
To protect Buddhist monks in predominantly Muslim southern Thailand from increased violence, new products are being developed, from bullet-proof vests in the traditional safron hue to motorcycle sidecars—dubbed "monkmobiles"— encased in protective glass and outfitted with a small window for receiving alms.
I wouldn't want to be the driver!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Pie Shell | October 15, 2005 at 12:31 PM
Sooooo....it's kind'a like a portable zoo.
Posted by: rogue | October 15, 2005 at 12:39 PM
Who says islam has never contributed anything to progress!
Posted by: CraigC | October 15, 2005 at 12:58 PM
No Rogue. Monks, not monkeys!
Posted by: gail | October 15, 2005 at 01:15 PM
So are we locked out or is he locked in?....And who holds the key?
Posted by: rogue | October 15, 2005 at 01:20 PM
Yeah Craig, but it contributed to Buddhist progress.
Posted by: gail | October 15, 2005 at 01:23 PM
I have my students drive me around from class to class in one of these.
Posted by: Julie | October 15, 2005 at 02:11 PM
The cops have a song they sing when they want to let one out:
Hey, hey where's Monk-keys?...
Posted by: Scott P | October 15, 2005 at 02:26 PM
AGGGGGGGGGH! Uber-groan for Scott.
Posted by: Julie | October 15, 2005 at 02:32 PM
Brilliant
Posted by: gail | October 15, 2005 at 02:36 PM
That contraption will definitely put guerillas in the missed column.
Posted by: JWebb | October 15, 2005 at 03:12 PM
I bow to JWebb. He really gets a good one in now and zen.
Posted by: Scott P | October 15, 2005 at 03:35 PM
Thanks, Scott, but I've gautama critics.
Posted by: JWebb | October 15, 2005 at 03:40 PM
Critics be damned. You can't be a dharmat all your life.
Posted by: gail | October 15, 2005 at 04:33 PM
Sutra self. I just kalama like I see 'em.
Posted by: JWebb | October 15, 2005 at 05:02 PM
It makes me nirvanous when you talk like that.
Posted by: gail | October 15, 2005 at 05:17 PM
Rahula you to paramita me to trikaya you like that?
Posted by: JWebb | October 15, 2005 at 05:28 PM
When it comes to punning, you're amida 'n dangerous.
Posted by: gail | October 15, 2005 at 06:14 PM
Hare comes, late to zapata again.
Posted by: prairie biker | October 15, 2005 at 08:37 PM
A day late and a dalai short.
Posted by: gail | October 15, 2005 at 08:45 PM