
Originally Posted by
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when i was in riyadh, saudia arabia, i drew lots of attention. being 6'2" blonde hair, blue eyes, dark suit & sunglasses... while everyone around you is in a white robe... let's just say i didn't blend.
anyhow, people would drive passed (you always walk against traffic behind barriers.. gives them less time to react to your presence).. and would demonstrate their knowledge of the english language. and to my surprise, they actually had some phrases down cold. things like ' f* you!' or 'f* America' or 'bin laden is great'.. you get the idea.
and what was my response?
/target fanatic
/wave
/big-smile
/say Thank you!
and continue walking. of course.. this always resulted in a very puzzled look on their faces... and more then once, after the puzzled look, the fanatic would turn to his buddy and say something in arabic.
my guess at what he said? "hey... did i say that right? he seemed happy? didn't i insult him??"
i always got a chuckle out of it
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