^^ Did you not notice people mentioning my name above? Maanta waxbaa ka sii, saaxib.

^^ Do you get the others back usually?

No comment. This is Ayoub's playground.

On a nice weekday evening, I sat down watching a game of football when the mrs arrived and sat on the chair opposite me. Her: Who is playing? Me: Some first division teams. Her: I thought you supported Liverpool. Me: I do. This is just a game on TV; you can change it if you like. Her: No it’s ok. I will watch it with you. The phone started to ring and she answered it. Now, in the normal course of things, I usually never eavesdrop on her phone conversations. In fact, I have developed an uncanny ability where I block out all outside sounds and concentrate on what I’m doing (which is watching the game of football). However, on this occasion, I really could not help paying attention to her. Her (talking on the phone): Waa beentaa! REALLY? When? How long for? Wait, let me check. She then got up and switched the light of the room off. I tried to catch her eye and ask (in signals of course) what the matter was but she did not notice me. She was looking for something in the room (in the dark!). I forgot about my football and sat back watching this mad woman talking on the phone and searching around in the dark. Her (still on the phone): Sug. Sug. Wan helay. Turns out that the thing she was looking for was the TV’s remote. She then switched the TV off! Me: HELLO! I was watching that. Her: Wait. Wait. Me: What do you mean wait? I’m sat in a dark room with no TV on! Her: Wait please. She walks to the window and starts peeping through it whilst talking on the phone, leaving me to sit in the dark and sulk. Her mobile starts to ring in the room somewhere. I spot it lighting up and decide to pick it up. A woman on the other side asks to speak to my wife. I pass the phone and stand back (still in the dark) listening to one side of the conversation. Her: Yes. I know. I’m watching it now. I think she’s starting to throw things! I try to get closer and have a look at what she’s seeing through the window but she pushes me away and gives me a ‘shuush’ gesture. Did this crazy woman really expect me to stand about idly in a dark room? I run upstairs to have a peek through the bedroom window. As I reach the bedroom, I start hearing whispering sounds coming out of the children’s room. I stick my head through the door to see if they’re talking in their sleep only to find that they are not actually in bed! They’re all standing by the window and having a look at whatever is taking place outside! I try to tiptoe behind them when my phone starts to suddenly ring! The kids get startled but it does not stop them from copying their mother and gesturing for me to be silent. Me silent? You should have been in bed, you bunch of disobedient monkeys! I answer the phone and it is the lady from next door. She asks for my wife but when I tell her that the Mrs is already talking on two phones at once and that it is impossible for her to speak to a third person, she decides to confide in me and tell me what is taking place outside. Turns out that two drunken women were having a fight in the park behind the building. BLOODY WOMEN! :mad::mad::mad:

^^ Is not spot on. It is a well known fact that president Siilaanyo ALWAYS wears designer suits. Amin Amir is rubbish and he is trying to hold Somaliland hostage to something or other that I can't recall right now but I fully protest I tell ya. :D

Nicely done. The message is loud and clear, suffocate SSC with love, not war.

^^ Morning, Malika. (read what I wrote again).

Read Ihsan Abdul Quduus's "The bullet is still in my pocket" last night. Put on Al Jazeera and saw that they're still milling about in that square. Is it a peaceful revolution or just an empty protest, I wonder!

Che -Guevara;693727 wrote: ^Norf doesn't definately agree with that, maybe even NGONGE will reverse course:D Heh. I'm disappointed in you, saaxib. Amin will not miss the chance to make fun of SSC whenever the opportunity presents itself. That's the nature of his job (coining an entire situation in a comic picture). Though, of course, here his political presuasion also reveals itself.

What's really funny here is that AA is the only one that is not taking himself too seriously (as is the point of caricatures is). Midna 'blackmail' ayuu la orday, midna 'hostages' ayuu ku waashay, kii Qardho na, waakaa quraan soo dhigay. Caqli maraq baad wada teheen wale.

N.O.R.F;693658 wrote: ^^Thank you! The man makes obvious, and rather tedious, caricatures that he somehow believes will make a difference to the situation (as he sits in his Ottawa home with the heating on drinking hot chocolate). Like I told Cheh, this one isn't political. Its just nonsense hostage taking. If it mentions Somalia it is as political as can be. And, again, like I told you before, you still dont' get the point of cartoons. Here, look at the link below where I argued with Adam about it in the past. http://www.somaliaonline.com/community/showthread.php/8420-What-an-art-great-display/page2?highlight=Caricature

Jacaylbaro;693621 wrote: I'm local but i manage them dee ,,, I know the in & out of the issue and what they pay. I can go on and give you the list of how they eat, pay and so on. I know waa faashle laakiin i know tan inaanuu weligiiba arkin ,,,,,,,,,,,,, waa sheekada "waa la yidhi" story uun dee like tan imika aad waddo ,, War wuu arkay. Waliba isaagoo tu kale la socda. Wax waxaa xariifka o geeyay inu yidhaahdo waa walaashay. Eesh cala indha adeeg.

^^ War sug dee. Ilaa Awadal ayaay arintu gaaraysa ban ku idhi.

Expect A&T to arrive any minute now with an article mocking the sayings of Sartre, comparing the foresight of the Dj president to the height of Bonaparte and condescendingly compare his fight for freedom to the meek acceptance of double colonisation by the Dj poeple. Looking forward to some fireworks.

N.O.R.F;693431 wrote: Che, this isn't political satire. AA has a false sense of purpose. Anyone can draw pictures that have the same messages again and again. What does he intend to achieve with this one? He thinks his portrayals of Somali chaos and the status quo will somehow do what exactly? He is as confused as those he is trying to portray. Told you before and I'll tell you again that you (and Bob it seems) don't understand the point of a political caricature. I agree. AA makes a good point here.

Was there a reason for not having any pain relief or are you just mad? Where is CL today? It's nice and sunny outhere and I feel alive again.

Dear Chelsea FC, We regret to inform you that there is not a 30 day refund option on the item you purchased in the January sales. Yours sincerely, Kenny Dalglish.

^^ I think the whole world knows how good a player Lucas is. I'm done defending him now (but did you see how he kept "playmaking" Anelka in his pocket all night?). Told you Chelsea's formation was going to be a problem. If you don't have a Deco or Ballack to build up the play for you, there is no point in having Drogba, Torres or Anelka upfront. Still, I don't think they're out of the title race yet. Arsenal are also not out of it. They were unlucky on Saturday that their best defender got injured. They also made a mistake playing Abu Caqli qashin in the middle. Once he got sent off and the responsibility for defence was left to THAT group of players, you knew Newcastle had a chance. P.S. Bob, Wenger was right in bringing Eboue in. He could clearly see what was going to happen to his creaky defence and needed to get some more experience on to the pitch. Shame that most of the mistakes took place on the other side though. Rosickey is a good player who was brought on to help KEEP the ball (or at least that was the plan). What will be really crazy is if Arsenal do end up winning the league (and lets face it, the door is still open and United are going to lose more games in the coming weeks).

Juxa;692810 wrote: If a woman does something, there is a reason for it well most of the time anyway. anigu i whole heartedly believe that. Crazy?

In Yemen, thousands demand Saleh quit now By AHMED AL-HAJ | AP Published: Feb 3, 2011 22:50 Updated: Feb 3, 2011 22:50 SANAA: Tens of thousands of demonstrators, some chanting "down, down with the regime," marched Thursday in several towns and cities in Yemen against President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Police opened fire and tear gas to break up one of the marches, witnesses said, and security officials confirmed a demonstrator was critically wounded by police fire. Two others were also hurt in the eastern town of Mukalla, but further details were not immediately available. In the capital of Sanaa, scuffles and stone-throwing briefly erupted between thousands of anti-government demonstrators and supporters of Saleh. However, police stepped in and there were no reports of injuries. There was a heavy security presence around the Interior Ministry and the Central Bank. Military helicopters hovered in some areas. Protests erupted in several towns after Saleh sought to defuse demands for his ouster by pledging Wednesday not to seek another term in 2013 and not to let his son inherit power. Anti-government protesters said they don't trust Saleh and demanded that he quit immediately. "Thirty years of promises and thirty years of lies," read a banner raised by marchers in Sanaa. Supporters of the president carried banners warning that the opposition was trying to destabilize Yemen. Mohammed Al-Sabri, spokesman for a coalition of opposition groups, said hundreds of thousands took to the streets Thursday. He said the opposition is ready to engage in a dialogue with the president, but want concrete proposals for change. "We welcome this decision, but if the people want the president to leave, we will adopt their demand," Al-Sabri said. "We have had political demands which we discussed with the regime for the past three years, but unfortunately failed." He said peaceful protests would continue for the next three months. In Brussels, Yemeni Foreign Minister Abu Bakr Al-Qirbi warned that outside interference — he mentioned Iraq, Afghanistan or Pakistan — would be counterproductive. He said frustration of the young generation was widespread across the Arab world, including in his country. "I think the frustrations of younger generations are universal in the Arab world," Al-Qirbi told The Associated Press in Brussels, where he had come to seek development aid. © 2010 Arab News

More on the Saudi story. Police report gives new twist to Jazan acid attack case By ARAB NEWS Published: Jan 26, 2011 23:23 Updated: Jan 26, 2011 23:23 JAZAN: A case of an alleged acid attack on a Yemeni woman by her Saudi husband has taken a new twist with the revelation that she had already admitted sustaining the burns accidentally. “The 25-year-old woman, named Wafa, was exposed to acid while she was using it to remove the block in the wash-basin pipe in the kitchen at her husband’s house,” said Capt. Abdullah Al-Qarni, spokesman of Jazan police. He said the Saudi man, who was arrested in the town of Samta, Jazan province, for allegedly throwing acid at Wafa, was released for want of evidence. “We are investigating all aspects of the case,” Al-Qarni told the Arabic language daily Al-Watan. Wafa approached the police last year with a request to refer her to Sabya Hospital for treatment for acid-burn injuries, the spokesman said. She testified that the accident occurred while she was working at the kitchen of her husband’s house and that no one else was injured in the accident. But later she lodged a complaint with police alleging that she was a victim of an acid attack by her husband. Earlier reports claimed the Saudi attacked his wife during a domestic dispute. Wafa claimed that her husband has been torturing her for several years and even threatened to attack her again after she had undergone treatment following the alleged attack. Wafa called on the authorities to punish him. Adel Bahashwan, a prominent local businessman, offered to bear the cost of Wafa's treatment at a specialized hospital. “Such inhumane treatment is totally alien to the religion of Islam. It is not at all permissible for any individual to attack his wife in such a manner. He should either treat her gently or divorce her in the event of a lack of reconciliation,” he said. In another development, Wafa's brother Khaled claims that not only did his brother-in-law attack his sister with acid, but he also destroyed documents proving that Wafa was in Saudi Arabia legally. “Perhaps this is part of his tricks to blackmail her,” he said. Wafa’s younger brother had also alleged that the man tried to attack him with a knife when he tried to stop him attacking his sister. “One day Wafa came to our home in a state of utter despair and bewilderment," he said. "There were marks of torture on her body. After a short while, her husband also came and started shouting at her. In the midst of lambasting her, he tried to beat her and drag her away. When I tried to stop him, he pushed me forcefully and took out a knife that was concealed in his pocket. He even tried to stab me with the knife. I escaped with light wounds on my stomach,” he said, adding that the man also threatened to set their home on fire. © 2010 Arab News

nuune;692797 wrote: See how the ladies are applauding, for a simple thing or issue, a man's manhood is gone, yet our lawyer agrees and wants more to be chopped off War ha o bixin, sacuudi ayaa noo aarsaday. Husband arrested for acid attack on woman By ARAB NEWS Published: Jan 25, 2011 00:39 Updated: Jan 25, 2011 00:39 JAZAN: A Saudi has been arrested by police in the town of Samta in the southern Jazan province for throwing acid at his Yemeni wife resulting in injuries to her face, chest, neck and hands. The Saudi attacked his wife during a domestic dispute, said Capt. Abdullah Al-Qarni, spokesman for Jazan police. “The man was arrested and handed over to the concerned officials for questioning.” The woman, named Wafa, is now calling on the authorities to punish her husband, a local newspaper reported. Wafa said she married her husband 10 years ago and that they have three sons together. “My husband has done nothing to legalize our marriage and the status of our children. We don’t even have proper identity cards,” she said. Wafa claimed that her husband has been torturing her for several years. “He’s been troubling me for years and not shown any leniency to me even though I am the mother of his three sons. I eventually ran away and took shelter at a relative’s home where I looked after my aged father,” she said. “After this, I received threatening calls from him saying he would inform the authorities to deport me and my family to Yemen. Fearing the worst for my sick father and other family members, I felt compelled to return to him. He then attacked me by pouring acid on my body,” she said, adding that this happened before Ramadan. “I returned home after receiving treatment in hospital for burns, he threatened to attack me again. On the day of Arafat, he tried to pour Clorox bleach on me. I managed to escape at night and lodged a complaint with the police who arrested him,” she said. “After spending a few days in jail, he was released. He then sent me an SMS about divorce,” she added. Wafa is now calling on the authorities to punish him for the pain he has subjected her to. © 2010 Arab News

Somaliland made it to the tabloid newspapers? Arr meesha ka wada kaca dee. Uncle Rupert has a plan.

^^ Are you sure these guys didn't land in Hargeisa by mistake? It's been known to happen you know.