You Know You are in the UAE When...
#46
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Yup. that's why I buy Lebanese eggs...never had problems with those.
#47
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there is nothing wrong with fertilized eggs and as long as the eggs have been refrigerated there is not going to be a little chicken in there..in Kenya as a kid however i saw that on at least one occasion..
#50
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just how cheep are the eggs youre buying ?
never had an issue personally then again not bothered if there is an embryo in there, feathers might be a bit too much texture but anything less and i'm happy
never had an issue personally then again not bothered if there is an embryo in there, feathers might be a bit too much texture but anything less and i'm happy
#52
Re: You Know You are in the UAE When...
You Know You are in the UAE When...
your taxi driver still has the import papers pasted to the windscreen despite the car being several years old
your taxi driver still has the import papers pasted to the windscreen despite the car being several years old
#53
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: You Know You are in the UAE When...
You know you are in the UAE when...
Women half my age notice my arrival in a bar.
Dry cleaning a pair of trousers costs less than a quid.
(the above two points weren't meant to be connected)
In any one day I'll interact with nationals of Germany, Spain, Scotland, India, Finland, Sweden, Phillipines, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Sudan and China.
Policemen, journos and traffic announcers on the radio believe that fog causes accidents.
Carlsberg costs more than 5 quid a pint in an average bar.
Guinness doesn't taste of Guinness.
I can watch India v Sri Lanka and several Premiership matches simulatenously.
Stealth taxes are a work of art.
The locals' national dress is worn frequently, and damn do they look smart in it.
Women half my age notice my arrival in a bar.
Dry cleaning a pair of trousers costs less than a quid.
(the above two points weren't meant to be connected)
In any one day I'll interact with nationals of Germany, Spain, Scotland, India, Finland, Sweden, Phillipines, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Sudan and China.
Policemen, journos and traffic announcers on the radio believe that fog causes accidents.
Carlsberg costs more than 5 quid a pint in an average bar.
Guinness doesn't taste of Guinness.
I can watch India v Sri Lanka and several Premiership matches simulatenously.
Stealth taxes are a work of art.
The locals' national dress is worn frequently, and damn do they look smart in it.
#54
BE Enthusiast
Joined: Aug 2007
Location: The city of many visions - and fast performance cars
Posts: 887
Re: You Know You are in the UAE When...
You know you are in the UAE when...
You regulary question how logic is applied - particularly with road singage
You have the most amazing selection of exotic fruit and veg in your regualr supermarket
Time Out pretty much covers where to shop to eat and where to work it off, and not much else really (at least in AD)
Local press are stealth PR rags
You can phone up for a pint of milk/water to be delivered/dry cleaning collected etc
You can buy a baskin robins ice cream pretty much on any block (at least in AD)
You take a day out on the beach for granted, so therefore hardly ever go
You spend far too much time on tinternet forums!
You regulary question how logic is applied - particularly with road singage
You have the most amazing selection of exotic fruit and veg in your regualr supermarket
Time Out pretty much covers where to shop to eat and where to work it off, and not much else really (at least in AD)
Local press are stealth PR rags
You can phone up for a pint of milk/water to be delivered/dry cleaning collected etc
You can buy a baskin robins ice cream pretty much on any block (at least in AD)
You take a day out on the beach for granted, so therefore hardly ever go
You spend far too much time on tinternet forums!
#55
Forum Regular
Joined: Oct 2009
Location: Riyadh
Posts: 204
Re: You Know You are in the UAE When...
- You feel genuine disappointment and possibly think less of a bar or restaurant because they do not provide flannels in the toilets for drying your hands.
- Rainbow is a valid substitute for milk (shudder!)
- You are reluctant to phone any company for fear of sheer frustration once connected
- You have no idea what your address is, but you can draw a very nice map
- You get upset at the very idea of self service petrol stations
- You feel it's your right to drive on the Dubai - Abu Dhabi road at 100mph
- You have no idea what your address is, but you can draw a very nice map
- You're no longer surprised to see speedhumps ramdomly placed on dual carriageways
- You understand that "Insha'allah" actually means No.
- You get change given in chickets chewing gum when cashiers run out of coins
- Rainbow is a valid substitute for milk (shudder!)
- You are reluctant to phone any company for fear of sheer frustration once connected
- You have no idea what your address is, but you can draw a very nice map
- You get upset at the very idea of self service petrol stations
- You feel it's your right to drive on the Dubai - Abu Dhabi road at 100mph
- You have no idea what your address is, but you can draw a very nice map
- You're no longer surprised to see speedhumps ramdomly placed on dual carriageways
- You understand that "Insha'allah" actually means No.
- You get change given in chickets chewing gum when cashiers run out of coins
#56
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: You Know You are in the UAE When...
Is the chickets-instead-of-change purely a Dubai thing? Never encountered this in AD, but presumably the answer is to pay with them in return
#60
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N.