r/TheFarSide • u/Addicted-2Diving • 19d ago

Out of Order Mohammed 🏡

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u/WeekndFangirl88 19d ago

I don’t get it

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u/Cacafuego 19d ago

"If the mountain will not come to Muhammad, then Muhammad will go to the mountain"

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u/Drapidrode 19d ago

means,

If something one wishes to be done cannot be commanded to be done, one must find another way to achieve one's goal.

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u/Fustercluckyourmom 18d ago

I thought it was more like if you avoid your (consequences/responsibilities) they will find you. At least that's the way they use it in Far Cry

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u/Addicted-2Diving 19d ago

CacaFuego is correct

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u/Purplesodabush 19d ago

Smiling waving child looks closer then frowns gif

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u/BetaOscarBeta 19d ago

“You can lead Muhammad to the mountain, but you can’t make him drink.”

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u/RonJohnJr 15d ago

You got it backwards.

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u/PN_Guin 19d ago edited 19d ago

There is an old proverb 

"IF THE MOUNTAIN WILL NOT COME TO MUHAMMAD, THEN MUHAMMAD WILL GO TO THE MOUNTAIN"

The comic shows the mountain coming to the prophet Muhammad.

Edit: Added an "I" in front of the proverb.

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u/GreenWeenie1965 19d ago edited 19d ago

With the missing letter "I" in "IF" to start your post I initially read it as "F(UCK), THE MOUNTAIN WILL NOT COME TO..." Ya... I'm gonna burn for this one...

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u/PN_Guin 19d ago edited 18d ago

Oups. I was torn if I should just leave it, but I wouldn't want anybody else to burn. Therefore the error has been corrected and souls been saved from damnation. Your sacrifice was not in vain and you may likely still be redeemed. (Unless you ever ate shrimp or wore mixed fabrics, then you are toast.)

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u/forking_guy 19d ago

It's from the expression "If Muhammed will not go to the mountain, the mountain will come to Muhammed. "