Lucky you. The office here is also empty and people don't look busy. But, as luck would have it, I am the busiest of the lot. Got five suits coming from head office and have to spend a couple of hours waffling to them about all sorts of nonsense. And if I manage to get away with it today, they're coming back tomorrow and we'll have to do it all over again. I don't even know what they want. I'm bound to to shoot myself (or our office) in the foot. (morning).

^^ What did you expect him to say? We were rubbish? (fickle waaxid). I see A&T is, as usual, wrecking havoc with his nonsense in here. Samba kulaha (Samba plays for Blackburn saaxib not Manchester United). When you're in a team that rubbish, you can play in any position. Having said that, Liverpool's plight still does not look that bad. United have lost FIVE games so far. Arsenal have lost FOUR. Chelsea THREE. All three are bound to lose more (United because they have no defence, Arsenal because they're a bunch of girls and Chelsea because of Essian and Drogba). I don't mention Spurs, Villa and City because I don't rate those three. Liverpool are bound to go on a solid run of games sooner or later. It may be too late for us to win the league but I reckon second place is within sight (fourth is a gurantee). Lakin yan o sheegaya? Ma Mr Samba mese Mr fickle?

Not enough about your level of irritation with Mr Amir, saaxib.

^^ Fair enough. Though I don't see any similarities in the two stories, I take your point about complaints making cartoonist back down. Having said that, I still think you're overreacting here. But here are a few examples of some of the reactions in the past. Do you notice a trend? http://www.somaliaonline.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?/topic/6/11638/2#000016 http://www.somaliaonline.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?/topic/9/18220 http://www.somaliaonline.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?/topic/9/19300 http://www.somaliaonline.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?/topic/9/6736 P.S. Miles, don't throw words from the sidelines. Get stuck in, saaxib.

^^ Give me examples (and not the Danish guys).

The more people from PL moan and complain the more he'll make jokes about them. That's what a caricaturist does. It's in the job description you thin skinned kids. P.S. He made fun of SL, Sheikh Sharif and Al Shabab. Every time he does the targeted group go on about 'losing respect'.

^^ Haa, Ibti I do talk about you. Lakin when it comes to that the Arab in me goes away and the Somali comes out. I always (and I suspect Norf & Jb do too)praise you with the loving words 'tii yareed.....' Edit: When did Sheh sneak in? Waliba waa bila salaan. Inadeer tan waalan ha igo dirin dee.

^^ I'm not spreading it, saaxib. Wa iga ashtako.

But you were only working with him, you empty qasacad. :mad: If you'll stop working around men everytime their wives gave you funny looks then you're better off staying at home and soil the world of work with wife-irritating presence.

Kitchen music is different, Faheema. It usually is Somali and it almost always is exactly the stuff you hear in weddings. Sometime in years to come, some scientist is going to conduct a research on the link between such music and clean dishes.

Originally posted by cynical lady: You people are nuts. What’s with the overwhelming NO to having the opposite sex for a friend? And they all happen to be women. You see what I mean now?

Women work with men, Ibti. Don't feel guilty for work. I'm sure you would not feel the same if the wife was an English woman. Bacda iska fur.

^^ Confuse me with Somali. Bax. I know all the meanings of naf yar. Anyway, I was on your side. She was having a go at you and I told her (in not so many words) that you left her a reply in advance.

^^ Hada I was on your side with that qarxis. Waliga wax ma fahmaysid, xamarawi waaxid.

^^ Now why didn't I think of that?

^^ Juxa referred to you as 'naf yar' in an exchange with Lily yesterday.

^^ But he was a man who married a crazy loom spinning nutcase. Anyway, I am on an anti women drive today (blame the Asian girl).

On that Qutting Music thread, Marx made a comment about how Music affects his moods. At the time, I have to admit that I viewed it as just another of Marx's tongue-in-cheek comments. But I have changed my mind now and find myself fully agreeing with him. Still, this thread is not about how music helped change my mood. This is a thread about WOMEN'S MUSIC. It all started on the train this morning. There I was sitting on the end seat and reading my paper in peace, when a young Asian girl came and sat next to me. She had her headphones on and the sound was on full blast. The first song I (very clearly) heard was 'All By Myself' by that annoying Canadian woman who did the sound track to that film about the ship that sank. The second song was this: Early in the morning I put breakfast at your table And make sure that your coffee Has its sugar and cream Your eggs are over easy Your toast done lightly All that's missing is your morning kiss That used to greet me Now you say the juice is sour It used to be so sweet And I can't help but to wonder If you're talking 'bout me We don't talk the way we used to talk It's hurtin' so deep I've got my pride, I will not cry But it's makin' me weak I'm not your superwoman I'm not the kind of girl that you can let down And think that everything's okay Boy, I am only human This girl needs more than occasional Hugs as a token of love from you to me, ooh, baby I fought my way through the rush hour Trying to make it home just for you I want to make sure that your dinner Will be waiting for you But when you get there you just tell me You're not hungry at all You said you'd rather read the paper And you don't want to talk You like to think that I'm just crazy When I say that you changed I'm convinced I know the problem You don't love me the same You're just going through the motions And you're not being fair I've got my pride, I will not cry Still I can't help but care The third song was not that much better. It was Tyrone by Erikah Badu and went like this: I'm gettin' tired of your sh*t You don't never buy me nothin' See Everytime you come around You got to bring Jim, James, Paul, & Tyrone See why can't we be by ourselves, sometimes See I've been having this on my mind For a long time I just want it to be You and me Like It used to be, Baby But ya don't know how to act So matter of fact.... The fourth song was Gloria Gaynor's I will survive. Luckily, I had to get off the train before being assulted with the fifth song. You can of course guess what my mood was like by the time I got off that train. But, all this got me wondering about women and music. Is there an actual genre called 'women's music'? What sort of songs do they have other than the four monstrosities above? Are they all complaints? Do they really have to put their everyday way of speaking in lyric format? Can you think of any similar lyrics? Bloody women.

^^ As if women post the most profound stuff..

Where is the snow that people keep talking about? All I saw was some annoying sleet and slippery floors (I pulled a muscle too). Morning all.

Aesop and Orwell, eat your hearts out.

Men may stop caring. Women are not equipped with such a skill. I bet you still worry and care about something that happened when you were ten years old (be honest).

A wise old man once said that the best ages for women are those between 35 and 65. They become more tolerant and understanding.

^^ You are in Bosaso right now? What a beautiful coincidence.

^^ If you're caught then it's cheating. If not then it's only a roving eye. Serenity, but you're still a fan of me even though you spoke to me, right? (NGONGE 1 - K'naan 0) Jb, it doesn't say that. War wax kalo yedhi.