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| Gazans excited over territory's first indoor mall | ||
| 2017-02-23 | ||
The owners have overcome conflict and an Israeli-Egyptian blockade to build the gleaming 1,800 square meter (19,000 sq. feet) Capital Mall. Now, they just have to find enough free-spending customers to keep the place afloat. In many ways, the center is a reflection of the fragile local economy, which has been flooded by consumer goods from Israel that few people can afford. Stifled by the blockade, Gazoo produces very little on its own, and poverty and unemployment have soared. The mall, like the rest of electricity-starved Gazoo, requires a generator to keep the power flowing. In the short term, the mall appears to be thriving. Thousands of Gazooks have visited as it slowly opened in recent weeks, buying shoes and clothes from the Turkish chain De Facto, searching for gifts and school supplies in the bookstore and heading up to the fourth-floor food court to enjoy burgers, pizza and ice cream. People can often be seen stumbling and giggling as they ride an escalator for the first time.
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| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #12 Wait 'till they find out the mall was designed by Joooo architects. And that the Wi-Fi was designed by the Jooooos and uses Joooooo hardware. Shhhhhh - the Gazoo gummint doesn't want that info to get out . . . . |
| Posted by: Barbara 2017-02-23 14:55 |
| #11 What books do they stock? 3 thousand different versions of their one book? No. They also have "Protocols of the Elders of Zion", "Main Kampf", and "Bombs for Dummies". |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-02-23 14:49 |
| #10 In many ways, the center is a reflection of the fragile local economy, which has been flooded by consumer goods from Israel that few people can afford. Stifled by the blockade, Gazoo produces very little on its own, and poverty and unemployment have soared. The mall, like the rest of electricity-starved Gazoo, requires a generator to keep the power flowing. So... let me translate. It's all The Jews (tm) fault. Did I get that right? |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2017-02-23 14:20 |
| #9 People can often be seen stumbling and giggling as they ride an escalator for the first time. Let's give them a state! |
| Posted by: Crusader 2017-02-23 14:10 |
| #8 Why do they need a three-story bookstore that will only sell one book? |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2017-02-23 13:17 |
| #7 "three-story bookstore" What books do they stock? 3 thousand different versions of their one book? Perhaps an harlequin style book or many, where the main protagonist falls in love and has a whirlwind romantic with his goat? |
| Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance 2017-02-23 13:12 |
| #6 Yes. It is where Green Helmet Man lives. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2017-02-23 12:24 |
| #5 3,000 sq m is about 3/4 of an acre. That would fit in my back yard......not impressed. Does it have a green house? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2017-02-23 10:07 |
| #4 Meh. They'll just destroy it in a week. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2017-02-23 09:02 |
| #3 The week after, emergency meeting of UNSC. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-02-23 06:32 |
| #2 Next week, they'll start firing Qasams from this mall. The week after, no mall. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-02-23 06:32 |
| #1 All of that, and no mall. DEPRAVITY! |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-02-23 03:24 |