What's wrong with this picture?
May 20th 2010, 7:00 am
#1
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Thread Starter
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 13,553
What's wrong with this picture?
You just gotta love those American geography teachers.............
May 20th 2010, 7:01 am
#2
Bored liberal
Joined: Feb 2007
Location: Over there ----->
Posts: 13,713
Re: What's wrong with this picture?
I think 11% of them having passport is more than enough, given the circumstances.
-
-
May 20th 2010, 7:05 am
#3
Go on.. Pull my finger..
Joined: Jul 2008
Location: Dubai
Posts: 5,726
Re: What's wrong with this picture?
I was over there last week and one of my mates came up to me, very excited, and proudly announced that he had finally taken a trip outside the USA....
Granted, it was only to Mexico, only a 4-5 hour drive from Houston, but he was so chuffin' proud of himself....
Granted, it was only to Mexico, only a 4-5 hour drive from Houston, but he was so chuffin' proud of himself....
May 20th 2010, 7:08 am
#4
Hit 16's
Joined: Mar 2010
Location: Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine
Posts: 13,112
Re: What's wrong with this picture?
The stripes on his tie go the wrong way. Ha! some people know nothing.
May 20th 2010, 9:37 am
#6
BE Forum Addict
Joined: Sep 2009
Location: Abu Dhabi
Posts: 1,805
Re: What's wrong with this picture?
embarrassingly, it was only a few years ago I was made aware that Abu Dhabi was the capital of the UAE and not Dubai....
I guess atleast I could have pointed to it on a map!
I guess atleast I could have pointed to it on a map!
May 20th 2010, 9:41 am
#7
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Joined: Aug 2009
Location: Disneyland, Dubai
Posts: 15,887
Re: What's wrong with this picture?
May 20th 2010, 9:45 am
#9
Hit 16's
Joined: Mar 2010
Location: Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine
Posts: 13,112
Re: What's wrong with this picture?
Which ain't so far off the truth. Distinctions can get blurred: Kuwait and Qatar are both emirates, yet countries in their own right. And historically there have been many emirates which qualified as countries: Afghanistan and Bahrain to name but two.
May 20th 2010, 9:49 am
#10
Go on.. Pull my finger..
Joined: Jul 2008
Location: Dubai
Posts: 5,726
Re: What's wrong with this picture?
..but remember the UAE has only existed since Dec 2nd 1971, and at the time it was only 6 of the now 7 emirates that 'united'...
...and that was only after a failed plan to form an alliance between the then Trucial States and Qatar and Bahrain
...and that was only after a failed plan to form an alliance between the then Trucial States and Qatar and Bahrain
May 20th 2010, 9:59 am
#11
Account Closed
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 7,028
Re: What's wrong with this picture?
Yawn...we are going way off topic here. The fact remains that most USA nationals are simply not cosmopolitan enough to justify their title as the world's top super power.
May 20th 2010, 10:03 am
#12
Hit 16's
Joined: Mar 2010
Location: Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine
Posts: 13,112
May 20th 2010, 10:03 am
#13
Go on.. Pull my finger..
Joined: Jul 2008
Location: Dubai
Posts: 5,726
Re: What's wrong with this picture?
Define cosmopolitan for me then, LH.....
May 20th 2010, 10:08 am
#15
Hit 16's
Joined: Mar 2010
Location: Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine
Posts: 13,112
Re: What's wrong with this picture?
Yeah, but worse than that have you seen the GBP / AED exchange rate recently? Shocking. And I still can't work out how to get the World Cup out here, The Dean's dick's shrinking, some bloke in Saudi wants flying lessons but he won't confirm he wants to know how to land the bloody thing as well, and...
Hang on, what were we talking about?
Hang on, what were we talking about?