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veiledsentiments
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| I'm teaching a group of ROP officers at the moment and they say it's not illegal for a bar to serve alcohol to Omanis. |
It was in the 90's, but only loosely enforced. At the time, you were supposed to show your liquor permit to enter a hotel bar... and of course, no Omani had one. There was a table outside the doors of the bars where one was supposed to sign in...
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MuscatGary
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Location: Flying around the ME...
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| Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 3:39 am Post subject: |
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| Mushkilla wrote: |
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[ “Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy.” Frank Sinatra. |
I guess Sinatra was drunk when he said the above. 
The bibles says:
"Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat, for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags." - Proverbs 23:20f
Ephesians 5:18: "Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit." |
So in neither case is alcohol proscribed. On the contrary only moderation is advised. Let's not forget that according to the Bible Jesus changed water into wine, a bit like many Saudis and Kuwaitis do in their own countries. |
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MuscatGary
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| veiledsentiments wrote: |
| MuscatGary wrote: |
| I'm teaching a group of ROP officers at the moment and they say it's not illegal for a bar to serve alcohol to Omanis. |
It was in the 90's, but only loosely enforced. At the time, you were supposed to show your liquor permit to enter a hotel bar... and of course, no Omani had one. There was a table outside the doors of the bars where one was supposed to sign in...
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They still have the table outside the door in some places but only to check the id cards of Asian girls and to charge Omanis a fee to enter on busy nights. Westerners are not stopped. |
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jm2505
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| Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 7:59 pm Post subject: A Way Round An Alcohol Ban |
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Many EFL teachers may be too young and/or not British, so won't remember
the BBC series 'Yes Prime Minister'.
Here is an amusing YouTube link 'Mr Haig Calling'...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16sT4yV43Cs |
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1st Sgt Welsh
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Location: Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
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| Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 5:54 am Post subject: Re: A Way Round An Alcohol Ban |
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| jm2505 wrote: |
Many EFL teachers may be too young and/or not British, so won't remember
the BBC series 'Yes Prime Minister'. |
I'm Australian and we used to get Yes, Minister/Yes, Prime Minister back home - classic stuff. IMHO, up there with Fawlty Towers and The Office as the best British sitcoms ever  . |
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