^^ See what I mean? What were the chances, eh? Warya Blu, I accept your peace offering and have now decided to spend my time pulling on Narniah's ponytail extensions.

^^ What does "Ali" put in it? (morning).

^^ He probably thinks half the Xabashi's running around Europe and seeking refuge are Eritreans!

^^ I just understand A&T in probably the same way you understand Coofle.

^^ I think I did at the time (in another thread). Nothing happened. I am a good "boy"!

^^ Aren't these the preliminaries of the thrust and parry of Somali courtship though? She says "my abti beats his wife every day" You say " though it sounds bad, I don't want to say anything negative about your abti just yet" She says "my father had an argument with some man about a debt" You say "why are you trying to scare me?" She says "hoyo just came back from holiday" You say "does that mean you're not free to see me as often as before?" She says "my sister in law had a miscarraige" You say "slow down now, ma ana ba gacantaada taabtay"

^^ Are you saying Carafaat is one of these? (I disagree).

^^ In aad in necibtahay halkanaa laga garta, Juxay! When I wrote something similar seven years ago (http://www.somaliaonline.com/community/showthread.php/9862-Holiday-romance?highlight=holiday+romance), I had my head bitten off.

^^ I didn't get to read it. Just as well, as the man is now Chelsea manager (though he'll soon get the sack and be back to his first love).

^^ I have no idea what you're saying there, Juxa. But if you're siding with LST on this issue then I have to reluctantly go against my instincts and let the scripts be. Pass on the message, tell them adeer NG wuu idin wada fasaxay; ha waalato.

^^ I trust LST and respect him but he's wrong. You, Blue and Alpha are scripts. Naga daaya dee.

Carafaat;895366 wrote: Is he some kind of an advisor for foreign affairs? I think he's been demoted. Mad Osman (unlike our resident doctor) used to have a mroe flowery title.

^^ I thought we already had this conversation warya. If you were a script, you're a much refined version that goes to parks on Thursday afternoons and takes pictures of ducks! Nothing to complain about there really.

http://www.somaliaonline.com/community/showthread.php/62900-Turkish-Airlines-inaugural-flight-Mogadishu

^^ Carafaat is a script with a personality. I know he's a script, he knows he's a script. But he's more interesting than all the other scripts combined.

5;891803 wrote: I'd love to see a Paris Hilton shop in the Vatican City. Oh wait, that's never going to happen because Vatican City is considered a holy city. And then you have some Muslims like Ibtisam, Haatu, Wyre and Ngonge defending Paris Hilton's right to open a store in Mecca. Awesome! (not really) But whatever, you rock on guys. Maybe even have Hugh Hefner open a coffee shop bearing his name in Mecca. Hey, why not? It's not like he'd be selling nude magazines! It'd just be a coffee shop! P.S. You can say a lot about KSA but fairing high in porn statistics is definitely not true. Such sites and content are completely banned much like FB in China. Vatican City also has a man that his followers believe has a direct line to god. p.s. I can ask Wyre to send you some sand from Mecca that you can put in your mantle piece and pray to everyday.

Another day, another day...

Showqi;895153 wrote: inta aan anigu ogahay waa afar, laakiin qaar aamusan baa jira (silence readers). NGONGE, adiguna Scripts baad ka sastaa niyow...... Dee there are far too many of them now. AND only one or two are interesting. p.s. Warya Blue, I didn't mention you by name so why are you getting all worked up? If you're really not a script, you shouldn't get your bra in a twist everytime I mention scripts.

I think I fully understand where A&T is coming from. However, the way he describes his feelings and sentiments about the quandary he finds himself in makes him look (and sound) like what friends in my younger day used to refer to as “hablaha walaalkood”. This term describes men who are very popular with women and are always seen in the company of the prettiest amongst them but never manage to ensnare any. Thus, everyone refers to them as “hablaha walaalkood” (if he happens to drive a car he is simply known as “the driver”). Still, I don’t think A&T is one of those. I believe his complaint to be one related to aging and mortality. You see, different men cope with growing old in their own different ways. The classic Midlife Crisis manifests itself in many amazing and colourful ways. A&T, as a Somali, can’t go out and buy himself a chopper of a motorbike or support tattoos of naked ladies around his bellybutton. Yet, the crisis is here and it needs a respectable publicity, but how? The Somali way, the way I suspect men such as Showqi, Taleexi, Norf or even LST would display their “crisis” is the traditional carrying of walking sticks (even when you don’t suffer from any visible limps or swollen joints), the donning of scarves on the shoulders or the eye-catching henna-dyed beards. How many men in their mid thirties or early forties have you encountered that walk, talk and act like very old men? These are the same guys that five or six years ago were the life and soul of the party and, to your knowledge, have not suffered from any great crisis (such as bereavements or major illnesses) yet seem to have aged by decades in the space of those five or six years! You believe they aged, they believe that they’re being sensible and are allowing themselves to age gracefully. A&T, for all those who know him is not the type that was ever going to age gracefully. In fact, I am willing to wager that he knows at least two moves from the “Gangnam Style” dance and maybe even the lyrics. I am also willing to bet that he can land at least seventy percent of the women he sets out to entice. Alas, I don’t really believe enticing them is really his aim or goal. For like I said above, it is all about convincing oneself that you are able to do what you did (or could have done) when you were younger, more able and stronger. It is why the neighbourhood coward, upon reaching fifty, suddenly begins sleeping with a machete under his bed even though he has never been in a fight in his entire life. He realises that youth has gone and starts believing the lie that should a burglar ever break into his house, he will be able to use this machete as a substitute for his lost strength (a strength and vigour he never used when he was able to). Some men play football to keep the ageing process at bay. They convince themselves that they can run as fast as they once did or shoot as hard. But when they fail, they play in defence and spend their time shouting more than playing. Others study (how many old Somalis have you met that are doing their doctorates at the age of fifty or sixty, etc). But the majority of men go back to focus on the one thing that they pursued for the majority of their lives (some did with deed others with mere contemplation). That one thing is WOMEN! So, A&T is not far wrong when he argues that Xiin or Ayub have the same thoughts as him but choose not to air it. Little does he know, of course, that both these gentlemen carry walking sticks, have scarves on the shoulders and machetes under their beds! Keep at it, saaxib. It’ll all soon fade away.

What I find amusing is the direction that "subway" is going in.

Though it's a cheap "editorial" by a site with real pretensions of being a serious news site, they do have a point. After all, PL would not openly go on the attack in such a way if it felt that it were recieving due respect from the Somali president. His words to Somaliland reinforce the message (and complaint) even more. p.s. I love the plane picture. But, of course, many planes accidently find their way to H town.

Back of the net, Daqane. Well played.

^^ It's nothing to do with that. Rodgers has no choice but to play him, saaxib. Shelvey, Henderson and Sahin are either not fit enough or far too young to do a proper job. Gerrard has the experience and know how, saaxib. I actually don't support Gerrard for being Gerrard and I always hated his obsession with forty yard passes. However, until Lucas comes back I really can't see the captain losing his place, saaxib. Plus, he's not really "old". He's only 32! Lampard and Giggs are a different story. They have younger players in their team that are actually better than them. Lampard can't compete with Hazard, Mata, Ramierz or Oscar. Though (in a holding role) he has been better than that Spanish kid and is more intelligent than Mikel. p.s. Shelvey is overrated. Good player but has yet to show if his potential is worth anything. Sterling has done a better job than him (in showing that there is more there).

^^ An argument that you may actually win dee.

^^ He misplaced a few passes, saaxib. He does not "just stand there" and he is still a very very good player. Even if Rodgers wanted to rest him, he really does not have any suitable replacements, saaxib. As for adapting his game. Gerrard played on the right of midfield, in the middle and even at right back (in that great CL final). He can adapt his game. However, his best place (and most productive) was when he played behind the front man. This is something that Rodgers has not allowed him to do so far. Liverpool's problem is not the players. It's the manager and his stubborn ideas.