You Know You are in the UAE When...
Apr 1st 2011, 11:59 am
#31
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Apr 1st 2011, 2:31 pm
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Re: You Know You are in the UAE When...
-You find yourself at the location specified by Time Out to find a closed venue, and a handful of newbies milling around.
-You see people standing in the 3-inch wide "shade" of a lamp post. It actually makes a difference!
-You can safely rely on all the old pre-Benny Hill stereotypes related to race, sex, etc and they are all accurate.
-You see people standing in the 3-inch wide "shade" of a lamp post. It actually makes a difference!
-You can safely rely on all the old pre-Benny Hill stereotypes related to race, sex, etc and they are all accurate.
Apr 1st 2011, 2:39 pm
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You understand what "insha'allah " means and use it gleefully.
Apr 1st 2011, 5:31 pm
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The police's main job is to issue traffic violations
You have four English language newspapers and none of them report the news
You turn your head when you see someone kissing on TV or in the cinema (at least I do)
Ketchup is one of the food groups
Your eggs have a decidedly fishy aroma
You have four English language newspapers and none of them report the news
You turn your head when you see someone kissing on TV or in the cinema (at least I do)
Ketchup is one of the food groups
Your eggs have a decidedly fishy aroma
Apr 1st 2011, 6:04 pm
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Do they?! I just find the chick embryos that are invariably inside every single one really quite disturbing. It's got to a stage where I have to pick the chicky-bit out of each and every egg I use... OCD-ahoy! 
Apr 1st 2011, 6:11 pm
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Try the ones from Lebanon, they are not so bad. Don't taste fishy either.
Apr 1st 2011, 6:12 pm
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Please tell me that's an April Fool wind-up................
Apr 1st 2011, 6:45 pm
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no, serious! Next time you crack open an egg, you'll almost certainly see a white blob floating in the egg white attached to the yolk by a squiggly cord. You can nip it out with your fingernails, and it feels a little gristly... but maybe that's just me.
Apr 1st 2011, 7:00 pm
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Sometimes there is blood too.
Apr 1st 2011, 7:04 pm
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that's true.... and also sometimes the membrane around the yolk has started thickening, so you can actually peel it off too... or when you beat the egg, it kind of forms like a chunky bit.
Gar, it's enough to put you off, isn't it?! lol
Gar, it's enough to put you off, isn't it?! lol
Apr 1st 2011, 7:05 pm
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They're obviously not using the candling method for sorting - where on earth can you get Lebanese eggs - do tell 
Apr 1st 2011, 7:06 pm
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