^^ Carabta call it 'Xirs/Xirz'..I think Somalis call it Qardhaas (which means 'paper' in Arabic).

^^ I will not be sending 'her' an e-mail though. She might be Oz girl.

^^ ما في غير سلمي وسلمي مشغوله. خلاص انتي عبّي استماره وارجعي الاسبوع الجاي واحنا انشاءالله بنشوفلك وحده تتكلم عربي نص ونص.

News from the front: Our gallant troops have attacked and occupied a strategic hut on the outskirts of the capital city yesterday. In a daring dawn raid, two of our commandos slipped through the enemy ranks like a Priam going through Greek lines, and secured the valuable hut. In it, they found various cutleries, Ethiopian propaganda, a couple of old ladies and a KNIFE! Efforts are ongoing to send reinforcements. We engaged an enemy brigade on the eastern front and totally obliterated it whilst sustaining very minor losses on our side (one jammed gun, a tyre puncture and a hay-fever sufferer's condition getting worse as a result of the dust created by the battle). Our brave soldiers were ambushed in the western front by a herd of enemy cattle. They successfully managed to rebel this cowardly attack and take three cows, a bull and two tiny calves as prisoners of war. The northern front was the busiest of the lot and our brave martyrs have reported a sustained and very coordinated attack by a squadron of enemy locusts. Like their other brave brothers, they too won this battle and the cowardly enemy lost thousands of its most capable soldiers. After a long and ferocious battle, we only sustained two eye injuries (owing to the unethical kamikaze style of the gutless locusts). The southern front also saw some sporadic fighting. However, our fearless fighters there brought great tidings! It seems that the enemy is finally running out of human spies and has resorted to employing technologically advanced snakes and scorpions to go into our camps and attempt to damage the moral of our fighters. As a result of this cowardly attack, we are sad to report the loss of fifty of our finest special forces, a troop of commandos, five hundred and eight regular soldiers and a general who got ambushed whilst in the middle of answering a call of nature (number two). More reports as they arrive..

Stuff and nonsense.

^^ If you leave them to it, they normally find a way to cancel each other out. Can't you see one saying the life stock comes from other areas whilst another replies that the Berbera port is only used by Xabashis?

I think Rooney is a good player but I agree that he is not in the same class as Ronaldo. He's too much of an honest thug to ever reach those heights. P.S. I was serious about Stevie G (but maybe not Toress - great player that he is and all).

Heh@A&T Xiin and Aaliyah are perfect (Xiin went on to prove it in his subsequent reply). But you got my CL wrong warya. Totally wrong. It should go something like: CL: :rolleyes: Men and their obsession with chicken :rolleyes: If you press her, she'll come back with: CL: :rolleyes: I don't care for chicken. I'm watching my figure.

I agree on Messi but disagree on Xavi. Barca does not rely on him alone. Xavi is no good without Iniesta and Iniesta is no good without Xavi. Barca only really click when those two are playing and will miss either of the two should they leave the club (but not miss Messi or the others as much). Ronaldo is a great player but he did play for United and had an entire team geared towards getting the best out of him. In addition, he can't be compared to Rooney because they don't even play in the same position. Of course, the BEST player in the world has been and shall always remain Stevie G (Torres coming a close second). P.S. I rate Fat Frank higher than Messi.

Originally posted by Abaay Heylay: How do people describe you when you meet them first, their first impression, whay do they see about you once they get to know you? See above. (thought about letting it drag on but worried that A&T might comment).

^^ Forgive? War I was over the moon. Tight jeans and hips that can bear an entire clan? The image is blinding!

^^ You could, and I would thank you for it and dismiss it as the every day politeness/rudeness that is needed to keep the world going round. But wouldn't base myself worth on it. Would you?

I have no idea. Not needy enough to go around asking people what they thought of me when they first met me.

Were you giving the lecture, Juxa? I don't understand the jeans moment or the silence!

If you return without speaking proper Arabic you will be a total failure, Norf. For that reason alone, I think you should stay put. Morning Co-trolls. Where is the manager and her sidekick?

CL, il = eye bax = out il-bax is a phrase signifying refinement and civilisation. Though how they chose that word I have no idea. I always get an image of a nomad in his first time in a city who just spotted a moving escalator! Ilbax indeed. Also see: Reer magal, waayo arag, etc.

Serenity, as if I'd line up for you when CL lives.

^^ War daaa. Midna iphone iyo wax ku dawarsanaya, ka kale na afkiido amaanaya. Eesh cala! Hadana I was here first!

Heh@don't confuse the child. Adigu waxaad o bahantahay en hoover dagaha lagaa galiyo.

Originally posted by Malika: Ibti,is on something here. For one the 6yr old has already adapted to her Islamic enviroment,[she knows she celebrates Eid rather then Christmas],the new 'information' about why a dog isnt the right pet for an Islamic home will only extend her existing knowledge.. CL,just go along the lines of 'We pray,and is required to keep ourselves and our houses clean,..and dog's saliva contains germs[linking to her already knowledge of germs] and is therefore dirty...She will understand,children are very adaptable. That's not what Ibti said. That's what EVERYONE else has been saying. As for Children learning nonsense from elsewhere, isn't that what I am there for. I remember my six year old telling me that if she let her brother touch her hair she will go to hell fire. (Some cow from the malcamad told her that). I had to tell her that she's free from hell fire for the next five years and that she is free to do what she likes for now. Anything naughty and she'll be in MY hell fire.

^^ Football and cooking are practical tasks that scientists try to teach even monkeys to do. The business of Haraam and Halal is not. Unlike most adults, children are never satisfied with one answer. They love to get to the bottom of things and will keep asking you 'why' until they are satisfied. Adigu oo adult dhuuf leh ah still stumbled on the second question and went into the Makruuh and what not area. How do you think a little child (or Fahiima) would cope?

^^ And she expects a six year old to understand. War ii qabo let me kick her tummy in.

Originally posted by Norfsky: What happened to play houses and doolls? A mother brings her Churchill looking dog to school every morning (along with her son) and straps him to the railings. My daughter always says "look at the dog daddy" and I would reply "yeah, hes yucky". When she is 6 she won't ask for a yucky dog! Exactly. Bal Al Shababkan naqabsaday u sheeg ninyaho.

^^ As opposed to the old country where they ran around with dirty ears miya? You're all shyly dipping a foot in and playing it safe. Argue with me dammit.