
Originally Posted by
shiny capstar
in iraq they tell the story of a merchant who had a servant. One day the servant went to the market place in baghdad, where he bumped into what appeared to be an old man, the old man turned to look at the servant, who saw that it was infact death himself. Death looked at him strangely, and the servant fled back to his master. "master", he said, "i just saw death in the market and he gave me a meaningful look! Please may i borrow your horse so i can go to samarra to avoid what he has in store for me?" the merchant leant the servant his horse, and the servant fled.
Later that day the merchant went to the marketplace as well, where death was still waiting. "why did you scare my servant?" he asked.
"scare him?" i didn't mean to scare him. I was just surprised to see him in baghdad. You see, i have an appointment with him in samarra this evening".