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Hod
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 Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 7:17 pm Post subject: Hey kids! It�s Ramadan!!!!!!! |
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It�s that happy time again when folk sympathise with the needy by closing the caf�s for a few hours. This is followed by the nightly blowing of enough cash to not only feed the world�s poor but hospitalise them all with gout until next Ramadan. Whilst I respect and have no problem with this, I have 100% contempt for non-muslim saddos on bizarre tourist fasts chastising me for not being so ethnic and cool.
Should I do a sympathy fast, even for just a few days? Not bloody likely. I�m not going to beat around the Blair* (Br. English): The locals hate me, partly because I�m rich and from a free country. It could also be something to do with Tony B helping the yanks on their latest world tour. An example lesson snapshot:
Hod: So, I hope that clears up discourse markers. Now, it�s time to�.
Student 1: Teacher, why aren�t you muslim?
Hod: That�s a good question. Can muslims drink beer?
Student 1: Depends how much.
Hod: Twelve a day?
Student 1: No.
Hod: Oh.
Student 2: Teacher, what do you think of Tony Blair?
Hod: Did you know an anagram of his name is Norty Ali? Now, do this wordsearch to find anagrams of other world leader�s names.
Water off a duck, but should I be making a deal with these types? I�ll e-mail Norty Ali* asking him to stop this nonsense. They in turn ask their leader to stop condoning Morocco�s huge drugs industry which has, big time, caused more misery than George W could do if re-elected for another decade.
Anyway, back to Ramadan, and what to do with one�s weekends during this holy time. Don�t ask me. I�ll be doing what I do every weekend: Taking the ferry to Spain.
Hod
Malaga
* � Hod 2004 |
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X-Isle
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Bravo!! Excellent writing, man. That story was chock full of literary enjoyability.
Why the heck are you living in Morocco anyway? An overzealous Bogart fan, perhaps? |
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Snoopy
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| Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 9:22 am Post subject: |
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Ramadan mubarak/kareem, depending on where you are. Ramadan to me means dozy students, a shortened timetable and making sure the bottle in your office is even better hidden. And a good reason for having to postpone exams.
Why do people wish each other "Happy Ramadan"? Have you ever heard a Christian wish you a "Happy Lent"? A time of abstinence and fasting . . . stay up all night eating sheep.
I hope to have caused some offence. |
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Hod
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| Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 10:46 pm Post subject: ... |
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| Snoopy wrote: |
| I hope to have caused some offence. |
What a great teacher you must be.
As much as I truly hate living in this dustbowl, I have to take my hat off to the locals I work with. They've taken me to bars and places a whitey wouldn't dream of going and I've only ever been welcomed. Imagine if I reciprocated and took them to my local in Tottenham, North London.
Anyway, back to Ramadam, and especially non-Muslim fasters. My local colleagues think you're all sad losers. Don't you think you should get a life? I mean, imagine if Abdul spent 25th December eating soggy sprouts before polishing off 16 beers and settling down to watch Lizzie II talk crap. |
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Sadken
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| Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2004 6:48 am Post subject: |
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| Yeah, but kudos to him if he managed to get pissed before the It's a Wonderful Life is on. |
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Snoopy
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| Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2004 1:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes, Hod, I am a great teacher but do not suffer fools. Having missed out on my chance of being an "enfant terrible", I am now a "vieillard terrible". |
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Hod
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| Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 5:39 pm Post subject: .. |
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| How�s it going Ramadaners? I�m well and truly fasted, already losing 5 pounds although I blame the shop next door not opening. My Ramadan beer supply, which I started planning and buying months before, is history as is my colleague�s after he invited me round. Tonight, I finish teaching at 11pm and start again tomorrow at 9am. I need a beer. And to think, people look forward to this. |
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Stephen Jones
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| Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Ramadan, Saudi, most of us are starting at eight and finishing at midday. |
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dmb
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| Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Hod, is this your first Ramadan? I made the same mistake in my first Gulf Ramadan. �, too ran out of beer. I was much better prepared for the second one though. I still had some left at the end! Learn from your mistakes. |
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nolefan
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| Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2004 5:42 am Post subject: Re: .. |
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| Hod wrote: |
| How�s it going Ramadaners? I�m well and truly fasted, already losing 5 pounds although I blame the shop next door not opening. My Ramadan beer supply, which I started planning and buying months before, is history as is my colleague�s after he invited me round. Tonight, I finish teaching at 11pm and start again tomorrow at 9am. I need a beer. And to think, people look forward to this. |
Hod,
As a foreigner, you can still buy any alcohol you want during Ramadan. All you need is to show your passport to the attendant at the store and get what you need. The best place to do that is at the ASSIMA supermarket in the basement of the Twin Center.
I was in Morocco last Ramadan and didn't have any problems with those guys. I could buy beer, scotch, vodka and whatever else tickled my fancy. |
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Hod
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| Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2004 8:13 am Post subject: Re: .. |
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| nolefan wrote: |
| As a foreigner, you can still buy any alcohol you want during Ramadan. . |
Yes, but as you know I like to be at one with the locals in Morocco, sampling their food, etc. It just wouldn't be right would it?
Hod
(in Malaga for the weekend) |
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Boy Wonder
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| Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 8:03 am Post subject: |
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Ramadan is great fun...a really really cool time of the year.......!
If you are a masochist!! |
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Hod
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| Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2004 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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Now I know how Londoners felt during the Blitz.
From Surabaya to the Persian Gulf, the holy month of Ramadan ended yesterday with the sighting of a new moon. Families rejoiced, old enemies forgave each other, food was scoffed and even more prayers were said.
Apart from, that is, Morocco. They can’t even bloody get that right here. Now look hard – MOON - it’s a big white thing with craters! No, that’s Venus. OK, leave it till tomorrow. But no, the moon couldn’t be seen yesterday - the torment continues. Is there more than one moon? One for Africa and one for Asia? Does Patrick Moore know about this?
I’ll be celebrating the end of Ramadan, hopefully before 2006, by doing what I do every holiday. Get the hell out of here and on that ferry to Spain. |
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Cardinal Synn
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| Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2004 11:32 pm Post subject: |
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Hod ranted to effect of - ...They in turn ask their leader to stop condoning Morocco�s huge drugs industry which has, big time, caused more misery than George W could do if re-elected for another decade.
Are you talking about the production of medical drugs? If not, please could you explain how "Morocco's huge drugs industry" (cannabis) has caused more misery than George W could if re-elected for another decade?
I reckon your havin' a larf. Ask those in Falujah if they're more afraid of the US army or a joint.
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GeminiTiger
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It�s that happy time again when folk sympathise with the needy by closing the caf�s for a few hours. This is followed by the nightly blowing of enough cash to not only feed the world�s poor but hospitalise them all with gout until next Ramadan
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WOW just like Christmas!! |
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