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So this Jock comes to Saudi for the first time last Thursday night via Bahrain.
Gets pissed on the plane and continues with the local Saudi brew until 2 a.m.

He then goes walkabouts and ends up at the Carlton hotel
on the Dammam Khobar highway and demands a drink!

Police called, him arrested and released Friday afternoon.
In his own words "I don't remember a thing".

He was emailed Saturday to get his arse down to court where he was sentenced to 75 lashes!:lol:

I'm laughing because the lucky sod could have got 6 months in jail or deportation.

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what an idiot! 75 lashes :(

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Ouch.

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There is no way he had time to sample any Sodi Sid if he got to the Carlton just after 2am, if he flew in from Europe. You couldnt get across the causeway, having come off BA, KLM, Luft etc in Bahrain, before 2am...

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Not sure if you are referring to the causeway being busy or him not being on either the BA flight arriving 19-35 or the Gulf Air flight arriving 19-10!

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why does this sound like a crock of shit story to me?

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...Jockanory ?

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Sod you lot! He was staying at my mates house until he
was shipped up to Udaliyah today.

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Bit Udailiyah is South of Dammam, so technically it should be down to Udhailiyah...

Ah, fond memories of the Udhailiyah highway, stopping at the petrol station at the cement factory X-roads, the police stop, work car beeping away at me as I creep up and over the 110km\h mark.... Trying to read the rig - cards while peering over dunes looking for a rig-mast..

Turning around when I came to Haradh....

Aye, fun times...

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and you 'are laughing' are you?

If you were my mate and laughing at me I'd tear your head apart.

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I agree :(

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have anyone ben lashed here in UAE for drinking?

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Yes.
I've seen the scars.
Certainly nothing to be laughed at.

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Tbh, I think I'd opt for the jail/deportation option myself. 75 lashes is going to make a mess of his back. Still, he'll have some interesting scars to show the grandkids.

Laugh that one off. :(

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Of course, I personally know 2 nationals lashed for drinking, jailed and demoted from their jobs. The female companion, non Muslim, was in jail for 3 days for enticing a Muslim to drink

I doubt any westerners have been though as it is not illegal for westerners/non Muslims to drink if they have an alcohol licence

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there's quite a few who have been out on the lash drinking in Dubai.

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How the hell do you 'entice' a muslim to 'take a drink'?????

You usually have to lock the bar up before the buggers come round....

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lol exactly, she was with him when he got arrested, that was the reasoning for her time in the jail.....

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Not sure why you picked on me...it was you who started it..."so this Jock comes to Saudi..." Sounds like "so this man walks into a bar..."

I'm sure your mate wouldn't appreciate such schadenfreude from you ! :thumbdown:

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thats your role on BE

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Ah, because she had obviously lured them to take an alcoholic drink since, being Muslim, they have no self-determination....

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for driving while being drunk or for something else?

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you mean two UAE nationals ??

i am talking about none nationals if one of them has a licence to drink why would they lash him?

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...it used to be yours...but now that you scampered off to Singers...:rofl:

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He was drink-driving, which of course is stupid and potentially life-threatening to innocent people and therefore a very bad thing, however, he told me he got lashed more because he was a drunk muslim, than because he was a drunk driver.

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Yep and we are infidels:)

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Dah read what I said...

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but you are doing the job so well now

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i am not sure about the numbers of lashes weather they are different or not. but he did a horible mistake as you said potentially life-threatening...

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you keep forgetting that english is not my first language !!!

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What's UAE policy if someone drinks in public?

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What do you mean by in public?

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No, I mean the main reason why he got lashed was because he was a drunk muslim.

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that would normally be the case and to be honest I would prefer the jail time, I have seen first hand the result of lashes and all I can say is OUCH !!!!!!!!