The News
Sometimes, I am reminded that I am very far away from home.
These moments can come at any time. A classic example is whenever I enter a hotel room, and see an arrow in the ceiling indicating the direction of Mecca (for praying purposes) - pointing west.
It can also come from something as simple as reading the news.
The following is from the UAE's most respected independent newspaper, a couple of months back.
The whole thing is good, but the second paragraph is just genius.
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The Nation
Police and The Courts
Lovers exchange blows after man breaks wind
By Bassam Za'za', Senior Reporter
Published: March 05, 2008, 00:37
Dubai: Two lovers are standing trial for having an illicit
relationship and exchanging blows after the man broke wind while in
bed.
The Dubai Public Prosecution charged the Asian man with having
consensual sex with his compatriot female who was also charged with
allowing him to sleep with her.
The duo, in their 20s, were also charged with hitting each other.
The lovers who stood trial before the Dubai Court of Misdemeanour on
Tuesday confessed to having an illicit relation.
When the judge asked them why they assaulted each other, the girl
claimed that her lover broke wind and they had a heated argument which
degenerated into an assault.
The two suspects, who are currently on bail, reported the fight to the police which questioned them before forwarding them to the Public Prosecution.
A ruling will be issued soon.
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I feel you need to know these things.
These moments can come at any time. A classic example is whenever I enter a hotel room, and see an arrow in the ceiling indicating the direction of Mecca (for praying purposes) - pointing west.
It can also come from something as simple as reading the news.
The following is from the UAE's most respected independent newspaper, a couple of months back.
The whole thing is good, but the second paragraph is just genius.
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The Nation
Police and The Courts
Lovers exchange blows after man breaks wind
By Bassam Za'za', Senior Reporter
Published: March 05, 2008, 00:37
Dubai: Two lovers are standing trial for having an illicit
relationship and exchanging blows after the man broke wind while in
bed.
The Dubai Public Prosecution charged the Asian man with having
consensual sex with his compatriot female who was also charged with
allowing him to sleep with her.
The duo, in their 20s, were also charged with hitting each other.
The lovers who stood trial before the Dubai Court of Misdemeanour on
Tuesday confessed to having an illicit relation.
When the judge asked them why they assaulted each other, the girl
claimed that her lover broke wind and they had a heated argument which
degenerated into an assault.
The two suspects, who are currently on bail, reported the fight to the police which questioned them before forwarding them to the Public Prosecution.
A ruling will be issued soon.
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I feel you need to know these things.
posted by Magnus @ 8:11 PM
4 Comments:
At 3:22 AM,
Anonymous said…
welcome back to blog world mister magnus... i keep on being a naughty boy and missing my scheduled dubai call times... not that there is any excuse for this...
anyway, i especially appreeciated the conversation with the pakistani taxi driver... and the windmill story...
At 1:24 PM,
malawihazel said…
yes - welcome back!
ABOUT BLOODY TIME!!!!!!!!!!
At 4:17 AM,
Kristjana said…
I think they should throw the book at them. If you´re going to physically assault someone, you´d better damn well not have sex with them first.
At 10:51 AM,
Unknown said…
Hey Magnus!
What is new??? Today at work we have listened to the interview that you gave on the radio in June. It was a rerun I guess. Pretty cool!
Take care
Enjoy the summer!
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