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Thursday, February 05, 2009

Trop longtemps en Moyen-Orient...

C'est trop vrai !!! :-)
desolee j'ai eu la flemme de traduire ca aurait ete moins drole...



§ You're not surprised to see a goat in the passenger seat

§ You think the uncut version of "Little House on the Prairie" is provocative

§ You think everyone's first name is Al

§ You expect everyone to own a mobile phone

§ Your idea of housework is leaving a list for the Maid

§ You believe that speed limits are only advisory

§ You expect all police to drive BMWs , Merc's or Land Cruisers

§ You believe that the definition of a nanosecond is the time interval between the time the light turns green and the time that the guy behind you begins to blow his horn

§ You can't buy anything without asking for a discount

§ You know that flashing head lights are not a signal for " I'm letting you pull out of a junction"

§ You know that all other vehicle indicators, other than your own, are sequenced differently - "manoeuvre - signal - check mirror - oops"

§ You expect all stores to stay open till midnight

§ You understand that 'wadi bashing' isn't a criminal act

§ You send friends a map instead of your address

§ You understand why huge 4x4s must slow down to a snail's pace whilst crossing a speed bump yet hurtle through a wadi at 100kph

§ You think it perfectly normal to have a picnic in the middle of a roundabout at 11pm

§ You never say Saturday instead of Friday or Sunday instead of Saturday

§ You accept that there is no point in asking why you are not allowed to do something

§ When you expect queues to be 1 person deep and 40 people wide,

§ When you know what night is ladies night at every bar in town,

§ When you carry 12 passport size photos around with you just in case,

§ When you can tell the time by listening to the local mosque,

§ When phrases like 'potato peeler', 'dish washer', and 'fly swatter' are no longer household items but are actually Pakistani job titles

§ When you start to say "Insha'allah" when you actually mean "No f**king chance!"

§ When Habibi isn't just the ex-president of Indonesia

§ When you overtake a police car at 160KM/HR

§ When a problem with your car AC or horn is more serious to you than a problem with the brakes

§ When you can smoke a shisha in public without expecting to be arrested

§ You make left turns from the far right lane

§ You think that "howareyou" is one word

§ You know exactly how much alcohol allowance you have left for the month

§ You need a sweater when it's 25 degrees Celsius

§ When you think 20 Dhs (=4 euros) is expensive for the latest Playstation game

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