BBC Article on Dubai
Jun 17th 2013, 2:12 am
#121
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Re: BBC Article on Dubai
I agree. Actually, I concur--I'm feeling all Ripley-ish today.
It boils down to this.
There are supercilious, racist, bigoted arseholes everywhere. Some are monied, some aren't.
Some--perhaps many--people are instantly spoiled by sudden (comparative) wealth. In most places you don't come across many people who have suddenly become wealthy, in Dubai you do. And they tend to stand out from the crowd because of the very traits they reveal.
It boils down to this.
There are supercilious, racist, bigoted arseholes everywhere. Some are monied, some aren't.
Some--perhaps many--people are instantly spoiled by sudden (comparative) wealth. In most places you don't come across many people who have suddenly become wealthy, in Dubai you do. And they tend to stand out from the crowd because of the very traits they reveal.
Assets, not cash, are the true measure of wealthy people.
Jun 17th 2013, 2:17 am
#122
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Re: BBC Article on Dubai
No, no: it's whether a Jaffa cake is a cake or a biscuit. That one went to court.
I can't remember the last time I came across a toilet outside of the UK or Japan where the loo roll holder is actually in an ergonomic position. I invariably take the roll of its holder and place it between my feet.
And does any, seriously, care about front or back?
I can't remember the last time I came across a toilet outside of the UK or Japan where the loo roll holder is actually in an ergonomic position. I invariably take the roll of its holder and place it between my feet.
And does any, seriously, care about front or back?
Jun 18th 2013, 2:52 pm
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Re: BBC Article on Dubai
Especially if they're mounted at willy height and you've had a pint or eight...
Jun 18th 2013, 2:54 pm
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Re: BBC Article on Dubai
But just how 'wealthy' are these Dubaians you refer to? I know a number of people who barely earned 'average' money back home, then came out here and got it right (e.g. treating the tax-free difference between UK and Dubai take-home numbers as an opportunity to save or invest, not to buy a second car for Mrs and jet skis for their little angels Chlamydia, 10, and Euthanasia, 8) but there are plenty more who screwed it up big-time, even in the so-called boom years.
Assets, not cash, are the true measure of wealthy people.
Assets, not cash, are the true measure of wealthy people.
Jun 18th 2013, 4:35 pm
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Re: BBC Article on Dubai
However, I'm talking (or alluding) bollox. I got The Talented Mr. Ripley confused with Catch Me If You Can. Doh. So your choice: Damon or DiCaprio.
Jun 22nd 2013, 10:12 pm
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