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| 2004-06-17 |
| Posted by:Howard UK |
| #14 Zpaz, thanks for that - dead funny! |
| Posted by: Tony (UK) 2004-06-17 6:29:24 PM |
| #13 believe your last name is spelled Baer, Max. I'm a boxer? |
| Posted by: Max Bear 2004-06-17 4:33:50 PM |
| #12 Zpaz - I forgot about that! Lol! Thx... |
| Posted by: .com 2004-06-17 2:45:50 PM |
| #11 Someone is prolly going to rewrite the lyrics, now Dotcom, someone did re-write the lyrics right here on Rantburg. See The Great Gentle Bash-off of May 23, 2004. (Comments 73 and 77). With the author's permission, allow me to reprint: Come 'n listen to my story 'bout a man named Saud. A poor Deserteer barely kept his family fed An' then one day, he was shootin' at some food, An' up thru the ground came a bubblin' crude. Oil that is! Black gold! Mecca tea! Well, the first thing ya know, old Saud's a millionaire, Kin-folk said, "Saud, move away from there." Said Tel Aviv is the place y'oughta be, so they loaded up the tanks, and invaded Galilee. Judea that is! Synagogues, Bah-mitzvahs! |
| Posted by: Zpaz 2004-06-17 2:31:07 PM |
| #10 Howard UK: The two quotes you cite were also the ones that stuck out for me. The Beeb printed them without commentary. Why? By design as the editor knows the irony would be more powerful if read between the lines or by design since the multiculties at the Beebdoes wouldn't want to criticise brown folks and their traditional ways? In any case, the article was a blast to the past to the good ol' days of expat livin' in the MK before assassinations of Khawaja became all the rage. |
| Posted by: Michael 2004-06-17 2:12:27 PM |
| #9 Errrr....ummmm Yes, we see that fanatical religion creates convoluted processes. Of course adding something on is more problematic than taking something off, if you get my drift..... JETHRO BODINE : "Gorsh! Ima stll lookin thru the Koran on this one . . . I guess that there prophet never figgered out thersa gonna be new doctorin a goin on...." |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-06-17 12:57:34 PM |
| #8 Rehash the what, now? |
| Posted by: BH 2004-06-17 12:06:36 PM |
| #7 I believe your last name is spelled Baer, Max. (So much for that sixth grade education.) |
| Posted by: Quana 2004-06-17 10:44:08 AM |
| #6 Macon County Line was my best work, how come everybody always wants to rehash the BHs? |
| Posted by: Max Bear 2004-06-17 6:59:15 AM |
| #5 Get it now - used to call my friend's family the Beverly Hillbillies as they lived in an impressive 17th century manor house but kept a couple of burnt out Fords on the front lawn. Wahabibillies - after Wazibillies, inhabitants of Waziristan - someone else's invention tailored to suit the moment. No originality here, Move on... |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2004-06-17 6:09:38 AM |
| #4 If you are saying my reference is too arcane, lol, I'm sorry! I was referring to the old TV show The Beverly Hillbillies... the added fun was that they discovered oil on their property (too) and moved to Apologies - your Wahabibillies is hysterical all by itself! |
| Posted by: .com 2004-06-17 5:36:06 AM |
| #3 American cultural reference in Aisle 2. Confused Brit in Aisle 3. |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2004-06-17 5:31:23 AM |
| #2 "Wahabibillies" Lol! Um, would this include the Al Clampetts? I think they changed their names... Someone is prolly going to rewrite the lyrics, now, heh. "and up through the ground came a bubblin' crude - at 6000+ psi..." |
| Posted by: .com 2004-06-17 5:10:20 AM |
| #1 they found the restrictions of being female in Saudi Arabia difficult to cope with One way of getting yourself a driver's licence. Their condition, he said [Dr involved], was often a result of close family relatives getting married Wahabibillies. |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2004-06-17 5:06:08 AM |