Originally posted by dhulQarnayn: ^^ war ninkaan magaalbaa? Who are you asking? Anyway. Your silly post above reminded me of the story of the Somali that returned to his hometown after years of living and studying abroad. One day, as he was strolling in the village, he met one of his childhood friends (named Abdi). Abdi: is that you Cali? Cali: yes it is me. Abdi: I have not seen you for years, my friend. Where have you been all this time? Cali: I've been away studying. Abdi: Studying? What did you study? Cali: Philosophy and Logic Abdi: Logic? What is that? Cali: I spent years studying the subject and you expect me to explain it to you in seconds? Fine. I'm going to try. Do you own a dog? Abdi: Yes. Cali: that means you also have a front yard where you house this dog. Abdi: Yes. Cali: and if you have a front yard, you must be living in a villa. Abdi (excitedly): Yes. Yes. Cali: a young man like you can't own a villa, so you must be living with your parents. Abdi: yes. Cali: and if your parents can still afford to keep you at home at your age then they must be rich. Abdi: they are. Cali smiles and says: you see? By finding out that you own a dog I managed to rationally work out that you come from a good, rich family. This, my friend, is logic. Abdi was impressed and went away shaking his head at the beauty of logic. Later, as he was walking out from his evening prayers, he spotted an old nodding acquaintance of his. Abdi always wanted to strike up a conversation with the guy but never had a suitable opening. Now he did. Abdi: hi Acquaintance: hi Abdi: I never spoke to you before but I can tell that you're a nice man who comes from a good family. Acquaintance: How can you tell? Abdi: I used logic. Acquaintance: What's that? Abdi: You'll find out in just a minute. But first, tell me, do you own a dog? Acquaintance: Acoodo bi Allah. Dogs are dirty animals, my friend. No. I don't own one. Abdi (disappointedly): I was WRONG about you.

Originally posted by cynical lady: 2 pages…NO new member Did you notice them sneaking in one by one, smelly?

^^Ezekiel cried, "Dem dry bones!" Ezekiel cried, "Dem dry bones!" Ezekiel cried, "Dem dry bones!" "Oh, hear the word of the Lord." The foot bone connected to the leg bone, The leg bone connected to the knee bone, The knee bone connected to the thigh bone, The thigh bone connected to the back bone, The back bone connected to the neck bone, The neck bone connected to the head bone, Oh, hear the word of the Lord! Dem bones, dem bones gonna walk aroun' Dem bones, dem bones, gonna walk aroun' Dem bones, dem bones, gonna walk aroun' Oh, hear the word of the Lord. The head bone connected to the neck bone, The neck bone connected to the back bone, The back bone connected to the thigh bone, The thigh bone connected to the knee bone, The knee bone connected to the leg bone, The leg bone connected to the foot bone, Oh, hear the word of the Lord!

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Castro طز فيك

It's too hot for sleeping. I wish I had an AC.

Che, he is indeed.

^^ The Somali boy is playing a good game.

Here is a quick translation of the story (beware that the translation does not do it justice). The Pupil and the Camel A pupil failed his writing comprehension classes. When his teacher was asked why he failed him, the teacher replied: Guys, this pupil does not concentrate. Every time I give him a subject to write about he digresses into something else. The other teachers asked the teacher to give them some examples of these digressions. The teacher replied: Well, here is a good example. I once asked him to write about Spring. Here is an extract of what he wrote: Spring is one of the best seasons of the year. Flowers blossom, fruits ripen and that allows the camel to have its fill. The camel is a desert animal that can withstand hunger and thirst for days on end. It can easily walk on sand and is the nomads' favourite animal. Because it is the ship of the desert and it carries the nomads' baggage and helps them travel from one place to another. The camel is a tame animal….etc Teacher: he continues in this vain and forgets the original question. Other teachers: maybe the topic of Spring reminded him of the camel? Teacher: Ok. Look at this other example; we asked the pupil to write about industry and technology in Japan. Here is some of what he wrote: Japan is famous for many industries, such as cars. But the nomads rely on the camel in their movements. The camel is a desert animal that can withstand hunger and thirst for days on end. It can easily walk on sand and is the nomads' favourite animal. Because it is the ship of the desert and it carries the nomads' baggage and helps them travel from one place to another. The camel is a tame animal….etc Other teachers: are there any other subjects you asked him to write about? Teacher: they all start with a couple of lines about the subject matter and then digress into a eulogy about the camel. I asked him to write about computers and here is what he said: Computers are useful tools in the cities but the nomads don't possess them, because the nomads have the camel. The camel is a desert animal that can withstand hunger and thirst for days on end. It can easily walk on sand and is the nomad’s favourite animal. Because it is the ship of the desert and it carries the nomads' baggage and helps them travel from one place to another. The camel is a tame animal….etc The issue reached the Minster of Education and the Minster instigated an investigation. The pupil wrote the Minster a letter stating his point of view. It began: Your Excellency, Salam Caleekom Wa Raxmto Allah I'm writing to complain to you about my literature teacher, because I have been patient with him like the patience of a camel. The camel is a desert animal that can withstand hunger and thirst for days on end. It can easily walk on sand and is the nomads' favourite animal. Because it is the ship of the desert and it carries the nomads' baggage and helps them travel from one place to another. The camel is a tame animal and as your Excellency knows, the camel gets its energy from its hump where it stores lots of fats. As for the eyes of the camel, they have double eyelids that protect them from sand and storms. I hope that your Excellency will look into my case and how this teacher oppressed me like the camel is oppressed in this day and age by having its liver eaten for breakfast in many governmental and municipal departments. Thank you very much.

^^ Guru, I think DhulQarnayn is just pulling your leg. He must. He must. :eek: Nobody that can write that well could also be that unwittingly earnest. I'm cringing with delight.

Originally posted by xiinfaniin: ^^Which means it was a poor answer as Northern opined! Not a poor answer from a Somaliland point of view, saaxib. Com one now, this is politics not sheeko maqaaxi.

^^ Pardon me. Just imagined a serene, homeless, young woman walking around one of those refugee camps with her head held up high and nose up in the air. The other scared starving women all watch her quietly and whisper amongst themselves: 'why is she walking so confidently and acting so proud? She must have some good news or she's probably foolish'. The camera ZOOMS out quickly and rests on the girl's face. She slowly turns around to them and, with an ironic smile on her face she says: What are you women whispering about? Thanks to my Diaspora sisters, I now have reliable protection and discreet comfort.

^^ I said it before and I repeat it again. He was replying to a loaded question and gave the best answer he could have given (under the circumstances).

^^ Lucky you. I'm going to do what I do everyday, nestle my head under some fat barees cun's (I have to use this term just in case Ibtisam is reading) armpits.

STOIC, Here is his hanged poem - in English Read more about him in Wiki . Talking of hot and cold, I still have to take the tube in twenty minutes time. It's going to be DISGUSTING.

North In that case, you misunderstand politics, saaxib. The words of politicians are never taken at face value or in the spirit of courtesy/solidarity when they're part of the problem they're commenting on. If that were the case we would have had all African leaders queuing up to condemn Mugabe for his recent madness. Any positive comments Riyaale would have made about that meeting would have been misconstrued, misused and misunderstood. The whole raison d'etre of Somaliland is that they have NOTHING to do with the rest of Somalia. You may need to rethink your own position on this. Maybe you are for Somaliweyn without knowing. Bal ka fakar.

الطالب والجمل رسب أحد الطلاب في امتحان التعبير, وهذا أمر غير اعتيادي أن يرسب طالب في مادة سهلة كالتعبير وعندما سُئل المدرس عن سبب رسوبه في المادة قال: والله يا أخوان الطالب لا يركز. كل مرة نعطيه يكتب عن موضوع يخرج عن الموضوع قالوا: أعطنا عينات من مواضيع التعبير التي كتبها فقال المدرس على سبيل المثال أكتب موضوع عن فصل الربيع فكتب:فصل الربيع من أجمل الفصول في السنة, تكثر فيه المراعي الخضراء مما يتيح للجمل أن يشبع من تلك المراعي, والجمل حيوان بري يصبر على الجوع والعطش أياما, ويستطيع المشي على الرمل بكل سهولة ويسر ويربي البدو الجمل, فهو سفينة الصحراء فينقل متاعهم ويساعدهم على الترحال من منطقة لأخرى, والجمل حيوان أليف .......إلخ ويستمر الطالب في التغزل في الجمل وينسى الموضوع الرئيسي , فقال المدرسون : قد يكون قرب موضوع الربيع من الجمل وارتباطه بالرعي هو الذي جعل الطالب يخرج عن الموضوع. فقال المدرس : لا خذوا على سبيل المثال هذا الموضوع الذي طلبنا من الطالب أن يكتب عنه: أكتب عن الصناعات والتقنية في اليابان. فكتب: تشتهر اليابان بالعديد من الصناعات ومنها السيارات , لكن البدو في تنقلاتهم يعتمدون على الجمل والجمل حيوان بري يصبر على الجوع والعطش أياما ويستطيع المشي على الرمل بكل سهولة ,ويربي البدو الجمل, فهو سفينة الصحراء فينقل متاعهم ويساعدهم على الترحال من منطقة لأخرى, والجمل حيوان أليف قال المدرسون هل هناك موضوع أخر؟ قال المدرس: كل موضوع يبدأ فيه نصف سطر ينتهي بصفحات عن الجمل , وهذا موضوع بعيد جدا عن الجمل :أكتب موضوعا عن الحاسب الآلي وفوائده. فكتب: الحاسب الآلي جهاز مفيد في المدن ولا يوجد عند البدو لأن البدو لديهم الجمل, والجمل حيوان بري يصبر على الجوع والعطش أياما , ويستطيع المشي على الرمل بكل سهولة ويسر, ويربي البدو الجمل, فهو سفينة الصحراء فينقل متاعهم ويساعدهم على الترحال من منطقة لأخرى, والجمل حيوان أليف تقدم الطالب بشكوى للوزير, بعد أن طلب الوزير التحقيق في الموضوع فكتب الطالب في خطاب الشكوى سعادة وزير التربية والتعليم السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته: أقدم لمعاليكم تظلمي هذا وفيه اشتكي مدرس مادة التعبير لأني صبرت عليه صبر الجمل , والجمل حيوان بري يصبر على الجوع والعطش أياما, ويستطيع المشي على الرمل بكل سهولة ويسر,ويربي البدو الجمل ,فهو سفينة الصحراء فينقل متاعهم ويساعدهم على الترحال من منطقة لأخرى , والجمل حيوان أليف , وكما يعلم سعادتكم أن الجمل يستمد طاقته من سنامه الذي يخزن فيه الكثير من الشحوم, أما عيني الجمل ففيهما طبقة مزدوجة تحمي العينين من الرمال والعواصف أمل من سعادتكم النظر في تظلمي هذا وظلم المدرس لي مثلما ظلم الجمل في عصرنا هذا بأكل كبده في الفطور في جميع الوزارات والدوائر الحكومية ولكم مني خالص الشكر والعرفان. (I know not many people would read this).

^^ He was a pre-Islamic Arab knight and poet. He wrote one of the seven famous hanging poems (these were poems so great they were hung on the ka'ba. He's the man who said (and I translate here): I remembered you though the arrows were sipping my blood And the swords were making it trickle down Yet I still wanted to kiss the blades Because they glew like your gleaming grin! ps He was half Arab and half Xabashi.

^^ The rules of the site are restrictive. Or else I'd invite them to some other temporary place, vet them and then bombard the Lion abuser with begging PMs telling him that hebel hebel will make a good addition to the forum. Alas, like I said, this is not possible and not even the poxy chat room works anymore.

^^ You kept it going, saaxib. But you don't provoke people like JB does. Nobody does.

The last few days proved to me that JB is what kept this place going. Look how dead it is without him here. Even A&T gave up posting.

Chu, Meet the ugly baby.

Subtext: I am the reason why my parents stayed together. Bow before the only child.