25 tangas?! That would be equal to "uma rupia e nove tangas" (one rupee and nine annas), as each "rupia" had 16 "tangas". And nobody in those days spoke of or wrote 16, 17 20 or 25 "tangas".
Jorge ----- Original Message ----- From: afra dias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <goanet@goanet.org> Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 6:16 AM Subject: [Goanet] Rat as fish > Hi Goanetters, > > If the Vatican can make dispensation of eating a BIG DESERT rat as fish on > fridays in the SOUTH AMERICAS, and can issue a BULL to eat beef on fridays > (they did this in the 1950s in Goa). M > My Church oarish priest issued these for 25 tangas every fridays - (the beef > itself cost 25 tangs a quaeter kg. and there was no money coming in from M'bay > due to Krishna Menon's embargo at that time). > > They can give u their almight blessing to drink as much feni as you like so > long as you go into a deep meditating mood and not aggressive. > Any thing is possible with Vatican Blessing. > Afra. > >