Re: The kaddam

Posted by Northwest Smith from 208.229.128.117 on September 04, 2000 at 03:53:04:

In Reply to: The staff posted by Matthew David Walker on August 31, 2000 at 02:35:10:

I'm reciting this from memory, not having seen the movie for a few weeks. If I'm way off, I'll amend tomorrow after I've had a chance to see it again.

INDY: Is there anything on it about the length of the staff?

IMAM: Six kaddam high...

SALLAH: About seventy-two inches.*

IMAM: Wait! And on the other side it says, "Take back one
kaddam to honor the Hebrew god whose ark this is."

*There we have it: Divide 72 inches by 6 kaddam and you get 12. 1 kaddam is "about" 12 inches. If we take out 1 kaddam (12 inches) we get 60 inches, or 5 feet. If, as our esteemed colleague avers, Indy is not standing on a step but his feet are at the same level as the base of the staff, that means that Indiana Jones is a short little guy, judging by where his head is in relation to the top of the staff. I wonder if that's why our esteemed colleague calls himself "Indiana Shorty?"

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