^^ The start of the olympics make the 'working day' bearable. Good football game on right now.

^^ Iga daa..you caught me.... p.s. I'm lurking because there isn't anything worth replying to here. It's either Alpha & Carafaat talking about women's handbags or some (supposedly) militant atheist luring Norf & co into yet another pointless faith discussion.

This one is for Xiin (again)

These are the perils of business. Sometimes its natural disasters, sometimes it’s wars. Swings and roundabouts, innit?

In his blog, the british safeer to Somalia only talked about the book fair and nothing else. http://blogs.fco.gov.uk/mattbaugh/2012/07/20/hargeisa-book-fair-arts-culture-and-so-much-more/

Alpha Blondy;851662 wrote: your the same age and look at you NG. stuck in middle management mediocrity. as they say in af-somaali. baaqashi fardaha la daqda.....faras beey ismooda. in english - the mule that feeds with horses - thinks itself a horse. Err, I'm not trying to become the president of SL, badow yaho. As for baqal or fardo; the man probably only managed to get the Ucid job when he shared his lame jokes with old Faisal, they didn't work on Udub you see. Blessed, That's not really much of an argument dee. He's probably better than all past or future Somali leaders but, as things stand and from what I could judge him on, he's more into writing rubbish comedy books than running countries. Wax fahan.

^^ Norf, You can easily tell that this is a PR stunt though. Him and Xirsi probably spoke about it in advance and, like school girls going on a date, even agreed on the colour of macawis to wear. Naga daaya dee. (though it's still a good stunt. Watch the Imam and Sharif do the same thing next).

^^ There you go

^^ Norf? War Norf was either drinking Al Maraaci milk in Saudi or wearing shellsuits in England at that time. 83 you say? He might have not even been born back then. Adigu you need to sit mother down and take notes (written ones) instead of these random stories you keep telling us every now and then. Sounds like there is some interesting history to record there.

^^ Same to you dear. p.s. Tapping away at a computer from home is NOT work. The rest of us still have to fight our way through traffic and tourists and, in my case, when I get to work, I still have to deal with the madman! I really don't know if I'll have any pataince this coming month. I'm dreading a breakdown of sorts.

Where are the pictures? And why didn't Zaylici assasinate him yet?

^^ You asked the same question last time too. You're a rubbish pupil. (it's a bomb). http://www.somaliaonline.com/community/showthread.php/66019-Somaliland-President-Axmed-Siilaanyo-meets-ssc-rebel-leader-Xaglatoosiye-PICS/page3?highlight=Xaglatoosiye+siilaanyo+dubai

Seems decent and competent enough but, from experience, it's not hard to guess that he's going to go the way of all previous Somali PMs.

xiinfaniin;851664 wrote: For ngonge and co, it was not that big of 'Qubulah' after all Heh. You're an awful spin doctor, Xiin (by the way, it is still a qunbulah).

^^ Hey Malika. Ramadan Kareem to you and yours.

^^ Xaaji qashin's drinks.

Coofle;851632 wrote: The only reason I opened this thread is because it said ( PICS) I was planning to see some faces so that in the future we have some people Rubbada laga gooyo....gaal dil marka hore gartiisana sii... Were you expecting to see Somalis with tatoos of the cross on their faces? As for our resident atheists, they are no different in attitude to the old days of SOL when we had all those great Muslims on this site. All can't stop telling anyone that would listen of how right is their belief. Yaa usheega that less is more.

The first black pilot was Somali and the first African place to be bombed by jets was in Somalia? Cirka ha la wada eego, waa meeshay cilado ka timid.

^^ Yes, I think there are a couple. And, no, he didn't write any of them himself. It was a collection of stories that you would hear in any typical Somali maqaaxi. Really, really, really, nothing worth talking about there. I'd recall all copies of that book if I were him. (I'd use it to make fun of him if I were Kulmiye).

never bothered with what food was on the table at iftar time to be honest. never been one for suxoor either. Norf, no matter how you try to fight it, time is eventually going to catch up with you warya. Fittness or no fittness. Wax fahan.

*Blessed;851442 wrote: ^NG, didn't understand half the jokes, so he decides that it must have been bad. I'm a huge fan of Jamaal. UCID is a big contender now not only do they have a popular leader now but more crucially because Kulmiye and UDUB are doing so badly. I understood enough to know it's too trivial for a presidential hopeful to write. Most of it was sheeko maqaaxi with no finesse or skill on the part of the writer. What's worse, is he did not allow the jokes to speak for themselves but went on to bloody explain them (so even the parts I didn't understand, were actually explained to me by the author). It was a truly awful book (and I do have a copy of it at home). The court jester can't be president, ayeeyo.

^^ Don't give it up, just don't expect your body to react like it used to dee. Football at your age (heh) should only be for pleasure not competition. p.s. Malika, These days all you do is give hints but never the full story. What was the training about?

"waxyalaha qarxa" can be fireworks, popcorn or even a balloon. Could whoever wrote this not come up with a better phrase to use? Somali is a very poor language when it comes to practical things (it's very rich when talking about every last bone in a camel or goat).

^^ Jamaal was Director of one of biggest Citi Bank Ivory Coast, under his leadership the country economy grew with more then 30% annually, Presidential elections were held, corruption was fought. He received the Best Bank Award of the European, Middle east and African markets, EMEA region while hundred of Banks went Banktrupt worldwide. :D All of that and more is cancelled out by his writing of that awful awful "comedy" book.