Ibti, the funny thing is I have no idea how to get to Oxford House from my place. Sad but true. I may have to google map and if it turns out to be confusing, I'll just go to Hays.

Sayid, I don't need to meet a Somali prostitute to know that she is ignorant (as in jaahil) and deprived. Having said that, in the days when I was a part time mini cab controller in Soho....

^^ Are you going too? Bah! Bloody Solers everywhere I go. Sayid, can I tell you tomorrow morning?

The King Of Pop, Dictatorships & Child Abuse Last night, I got back home late. I went to the kitchen and sat down to have me some food. My shadow (middle daughter) followed me and sat watching me eat. Her: Dad... Me: Hmm.. Her: Do you know Michael Jackson? Me: The singer? Her: Why did he go to jail? Me: He didn't. Her sister arriving from the other room shouts "Yes he did". Me: He was arrested but never went to jail. Why do you ask anyway? Her: Why was he arrested? Sister: because he was bad. Me: Heh! Nice one. Sister: What? Me: I thought you made a joke about the song. You know, BAD. Sister: Eh? Her: Do you get arrested if you sing? Sister: No you don't. Me: Well, in some countries you might go to jail. Like those Iranian rebels, the Tiananmen Square protestors or the ANC singing "Bring Me My Machine Gun" during apartheid... Sister: What are you talking about dad? Me: Oh never mind. I got carried away. Her: So do you get arrested if you sing? Me: No you don't. Her: So why was Michael Jackson arrested? Me: Why do you need to know anyway? Her: I just do. Me: He was arrested because he abused some children. Her: What does abuse mean? Me: abuse means treating someone badly. Sister: Did he hit them? Me: No. Sister: So how did he abuse them? Me: He kissed them. Her: On the cheek? Me: No. On the mouth. Both: Eeeew! (They call their brother over and tell him the whole story). Brother: Is that why he died? Me: What is the obsession with MJ today? Her: What does obsession mean? Me: I answered all your questions. Can you please leave me to have my dinner in peace? Sister: Did you read about the two ten year olds that raped the eight-year-old girl, dad? Me (choking on my food): hmmmm.. Her: What does rape mean? Sister: It means having sex. Me: No. No. No. It does not mean that. It never means that. Sister: What does it mean then? Me: Are we really having a discussion about rape? This is really not a nice topic. Sister: Why? Her: Yes, why? Me: Because rape is an awful and ugly thing. Sister: But what is it? Me: It is when someone forces someone else to have sex with them. Sister: That's what I said! Me: No. You said it is about having sex. Sister: Huh? Me: It is about force. Like when you don't want to kiss someone and they still kiss you because they are stronger than you. Brother: I do that to them all the time. Ha! Me: I didn't know you were listening, you monkey. Her: Is he right? Does that mean he raped us? Me: Noooo! He is your brother. He is only teasing you. Rape is when someone does it because they want to hurt you and show you they are stronger than you. It is not done by children, don't worry. Sister: But those ten year olds did it. Me: Ok. It's not done by most children. Her: So that means HE (pointing at her grinning brother) can rape me? Me: No he can't, and if he ever tries, BITE HIS NOSE OFF. Brother: I didn't do anything. Me: And you never will. Her: My friend says Michael Jackson went to jail because he touched a little boy's private parts. Me: Why didn't you tell me this from the start? Her: I thought she was lying. Sister: Is that what he did, dad? Me: Yes. Now lets end this conversation here and now. I do not want any of you to go to school and share it with any of your friends. Some poor dad somewhere is going to have to go through the same nonsense and it'll all be because of me. So, nobody is allowed to repeat this story anywhere. Understand? Sister: Yes. Her: Ok. Brother: What story? Me: Never mind that. It's over. No more talk on this subject. Her: Dad.... Me: No dad, no nothing... Her (ignoring me and going on with her question anyway): Why does Fernando Torres wear number nine? Sister: Ooooh! Now he's not going to stop talking. Me: naaya, bax, soco, tag, leave us alone. Sister: She doesn't really want to know about Torres anyway, she is only saying it because she thinks you are angry with her. Me: I said bax... Her: No I didn't. Brother: I like Arsenaaaaal. Me: Not if you don't want to be disowned, son. Brother: Haha...his armband proved he was a red Torres Torres You'll never walk alone it said Torres Torres We bought the lad from sunny Spain He gets the ball He scores again Fernando Torres Liverpool's number nine... Everyone: la la la la la la la.....

^^ Maybe in other parts of the world, saaxib. Somali prostitutes are some of the most deprived and ignorant people you will ever meet.

Waxano o dad ma UDUB bay o yimadeen? Ana waxan is laha kalabkii yaryarka Ukraine geen jiray aya so noqday.

^^ I am not surprised Zu agrees with you. Sidaadu o indha yaryahay.

Is there really 3115 people browsing this site? Why then only thirty or so post here?

^^ Paranoid much?

This year Arsenal's achilles' heel is not ruffing them up it is individual errors early in the game and that has been corrected. also counter attack specially when we are in the 18 yards of the opposition like corners and so on and that is now addressed. Corrected? What, with the fluke goal you scored against us and the fact that our strikers were having an off day? As for the small teams, it was only recently that you got kicked out of the FA Cup by Stoke (you had almost your entire first team playing that day). Bal lets sit and watch how Arsenal can keep third place.

Originally posted by Geel_jire: Dua and Symapthy for these sisters is well and good lakin runta inaan ka xishono mahan for the fear of appearing politically incorrect. Well, don't be politically correct and refer to them as sisters. These are prostitutes, not your sisters. Stone them. Kill them dead. On a serious note, neither of us has the full facts on these stories. We read the stories, wondered what would make a woman sell her body in such a way and decided that the conditions and circumstances were so overwhelming these women had no choice but to sell their bodies. In short, we gave them the benefit of the doubt. You, on the other hand, seem to have no naxarees to spare. You regard prostitution as bad (as does the entire world) and cannot see any circumstances or conditions where the act becomes secondary. You hear the word prostitution and you condemn straight away. Your aim and reasons for doing so might be right but your timing is totally off, saaxib.

^^ Yehuuda la qaatay, so maha. Kuwano wa bay na habaareyaan. Of course, what nobody had realised yet is that Peacenow is from Somaliland. Who else would write such an article? Waa baa reer Burco waliba (I know someone who was on the same boat with him when they got to Italy).

Ailamos come here.

^^ I agree. Then both sides claim that the Pope and Sheikh Al Azhar are in the pay of Hosni. At any rate, you didn't comment on my pig toy? Would you have one in your house?

^^ The troll corner is no good. I'll post it and the next person to reply will be talking about Qardho or Qaloocan.

^^ In other words, you sent yours.

The following is not worth its very own thread, so I thought I'd become a parasite and post it here instead. ------------------------------ Fundamentalism In My Office A teddy bear or a fluffy pig, which would you choose? An organisation that cares for blind people has sent us a cuddly toy in the shape of a pig wearing glasses. With it, it attached instructions on a little game staff can play. It consisted of a piece of paper with fifty boxes that have the names of places in the UK and a question that says: "Where did I come from?" The idea is for staff to donate one pound and guess which area the toy came from. The correct answer is written in a sealed envelope that we could only open once the fifty boxes are filled (or all the people have donated). I spoke to a couple of my Muslim colleagues about it and mistakenly told them it was a teddy bear. They were happy to participate and even donated a couple of pounds each. However, when they later found out it was actually a pig and not a teddy bear, they decided to withdraw from the game but not demand their donations back (which was nice). Is there a difference between having a teddy bear or a fluffy pig? I mean one of them was really adamant that no pig should enter her house, not even if it were a toy pig. Ma ana waalan mese Israel ba SL ictiraafaysa?

Originally posted by Maaddeey: Ngonge, Option kale uma furna miyaa dumarkan?, iyaga & kuwa xeryaha qaxootiga ee Xamar jooga yaa baahan?, mise waxa been ah in Fuxshi & Baahi isku xirneyn? A starving person has millions of options but if they were all available to him he would not be starving to begin with, saaxib. Sometimes people are forced to take what they could. Understanding that need forces someone to do waht they don't want to is not equal to approving of what they do, saaxib. This report tells us about those in Yemen but who is to say the ones in the refugee camps you mention don't do the same thing?

^^ They will not publish it, saaxib. It's too subtle for someone who does not know about Somalia.

^^ What's that got to do with anything? Arsenal have an easy run (on paper) but they have already shown they struggle against teams that rough them up or hit them on the counter. War even last night, when Liverpool hit them on the counter they crumbled. Only problem was that Liverpool did not take their chance. As for football analysis, I already told you that you watch DVDs from last year and assume we are talking about the same games. Go stand next to Norf please.

^^ You will change your mind after the whole world does. That's the problem with being in Dubai.

Originally posted by Che -Guevara: Useless creature Throwaway comment.

^^ It has EVERYTHING to do with his performances. The guy is the most inconsistent player in that team. He has one good game in every ten he plays. He ALWAYS loses the ball and runs into blind alleyways and, very occasionally, he has a shot from outside the area that gets you and other blind LFC fans singing his praises and forgetting all the other times he's been utter crap. Even last night, I really hoped that Rafa would play Reira instead. I really, really don't understand what you see in him. It's been three years warya. THREE YEARS!

^^ Babel is a rubbish player, Norf. Listen to me warya, BABEL IS RUBBISH. He is very lazy and always wastes all the hard work of his team mates. Adigu you're in love with what you 'think' he can do not what he does. How long has he been with Liverpool? How many goals has he scored and how many 'great' performances has he had? You can count his contributions on one hand ninyaho. I bet you his record for Liverpool is not that much better than Ngog (even though Babel has been there LONGER and played more games). Maxi has only been with us for a month and played a few games. But he has kept up with the pace of English football and got stuck in like all his team mates. He even managed to have a couple of shots last night. Masch has always been good but he missed quite a few games this season and has not been as consistent as Lucas.

^^ Not at all. I think Rafa was needlessly cautious last night (with an Arsenal side that was there for the taking) and would have liked to see him play Kuyt upfront instead of Ngog. But I don't share your blindness and blame the players you mentioned. Maxi has been very good for someone who we only bought last month. Lucas (despite what you and any of the others say) has been our player of the season (albeit a rubbish season) and Kuyt never stops giving his all (which he did last night).