^^^ Hehehehe... Are you implying that he got smarter with the new brain and neva returned? Cheers

^^^^Who was he? Rumour has it that he was in jail waiting for execution! Cheers

^^^ The Biggest War (Not battle) of the Sexes... I wonder who will come out victorious if that happens.. PS: you should all stop wondering...if not u will turn out like me Cheers

Eid Mubaarak to All....

Inaa Lillaahi wa Inaa Ilayhi raajicuun.. I pray for the safety of all hujaajs. But once in a while when you hear this sort of tragedy..you will think lucky them as they died in the holliest of lands while completing their Hajj. hopefully Allah has forgiven for all their sins hence sinless as the day they were born... May Allah forgive them and invite them to his paradise. Cheers er' Salamaaat (for this special occasion)

^^^ hahahha... Ma ogtahay inay Raula diidey raashinka diyaarada..markii MN laga dagay ay tiri raashin ha la ila soo gaaro...oo lagu yiri oo diyaarada waxba kama cunin seyte "waar ma lacag baad igu ogaydeen" waxaase ka daran markay ciyaalka raashin iyo cabitaan codsadaan waxay ku tiraah "waar ha waxba ha waydiisanina naagta gaasha..lacag ma heynee" hehehehe Jiiris

Originally posted by Legend: quote:Originally posted by Legend of Zu: First and Foremost... Dude Legend -wanna Be - Dont mess up my name.. I'll suggest that you seek another name! dude... im not gonna fight u over some name man... and thanx for ur advice sxb... I am glad you made the right choice saying that I hope you will post with different name next time..wont you?...be original sxb!! and in case u become hard headed..Allow me to show you my Badge "Moderator"..ehm..uhm... Cheers

First and Foremost... Dude Legend -wanna Be - Dont mess up my name.. I'll suggest that you seek another name! As for your situation..sxb.. teach her and learn..at the end of the day... if you've SOH you can make her laugh regardless! Been there done that!.. Bishaaro, there is nothing wrong with Muqmad, Bigeys etc..etc... and "Waar Heedhe dee" how can I forget that Cheers

Originally posted by Ahura: Perfume is bad. It tortures me on the train every morning. Must people swim in the stuff before they leave their house? Modesty, I recently got Amour Amour (Cacharel) and Pure Poison (Dior) as gifts. They sit on my dresser pretty as anything. But I can't use them. I'm sort of allergic to Perfumes...A small sniff and it's sinus lockdown, skin breakout, teary eyes and a sneezing fit. ^^^ That is what I wanted to say as being allergic to it....Shaize... I have stacks of after shaves and perfumes that i dont use except unavoidable -rare times which I suffer for it. I rely on the rolls and Anti-perspirants Cheers

Bal Aan kuu jawaabo in kasta oo aadan faahfaahin iyo jawaab aadan ka bixin su'aashii aan soo ganay. Waxaad tiri Balqiis markay xukunka haysay waxay ahayd Gaal, waxaadna raacisay markay islaamtay ka dib way dhaaftay madaxtinameedii. Waxaan ku leeyahay uma aysan dhaafin madaxtinameedii maxaa yeelay waxay ahayd dumar. Sababaha Ay ooga tagtay xukunka 1) Qof kale uma aysan ahaan inuu ahaado boqor ayadoo oo uu joogo Nebi Sulaymaan (CS) xataa hadday ahaan lahayd nin Rag ah way un ka tegi lahayd xukunka..maxaa yeelay sidaad oola socoto Ilaahayna uu Quraanka ku caddeeyey In Nebi Sulaymaan (CS) uu u diray reer Sabba fariin ah inay isu dhiibaan oo ay san is wayneysiin. Saad ogtahay Raggii shuuradeeda ahaa oo Ulul amriga ahaa ma aysan fahmin Fariintii Nebi Sulaymaan (CS) umana aragti dheerayn sida ay iyadu u aragti dheerayd. Halkaa waxaa ka cad in dumarka qaarkii ay kaga haboon yihiin madaxnimada ragga qaarkii. waxaad kaloo fahamtaa..haddii ragga ayada la socday ay talada hayn lahaayeen Reer Sabba way halaagmi lahaayeen. Aragtida ah dumar sunnada iyo quraanka ku dhaqmi oo madax ah inaysan jirin. Bal ii sheeg Rag sunnada iyo Quraanka ku dhaqma oo madax ah? Akhii..waxaan rabay waxayd ahayd in Daliil la radiyo ee Ra'yi bani aadam sidaad ogtahayba wuxuu ahaan kara sax ama qalad. Bal adiga haddaad hayso daliil sunnada iyo quraanka ku salaysan bal keen? Salaams

Winner of Caption 3: Liibaan Originally posted by liibaan: 3rd caption: Seeing an opportunity for new show, Vince MacMahon takes advantage of the TFG's differences and creates the WPW(World Political Wrestling) Second : Fathia with The Somali government playing musical chairs at the Christmas party! Third : Castro with The opening ceremonies of the Somali Truth and Reconciliation Conference Now The new caption: Cheers

^^^ Yeah right...I know more than you think I know..Did you know that too? Have u ever heard of what is called "Twin Shower"? aha..you didn't know that..did you? it looks like this ---> Cheers

^^^ Why would you wanna know how she knows? Cheers

^^^Where have we been? lately! Cheers

Waxaan idin weydiiyey kuwa leh dumar madax ma noqon karaan: Hal Su'aal: maxaa idin daliil ah? Bal aan idin xasuusiyo Suuratul Namal (Annaml) Balqiis waxay dadkeeda ku hogaamisay si wanaagsan, markii raggii ay kibir damceen inay ugu jawaabaan Nebi Sulaymaan (CS) way ka talo fiicnaatay, ugu danbeytiina waxay ku hogaamisay inay Islaamaan oo ay dacwadii Nebi Sulaymaan (Calaysi Salaam) qaataan. Bal idinkoo taas dib u fiirinaya..inoo sheega waxa mamnuucay? Salaan dhamaan PS: Just being devil's advocate

Here it goes : 3rd Caption [Curling is Mine!...Over My dead Body, Pal!..So Be it!]

Originally posted by J B: As you´ve realized there were more probable outcomes than reality showed , so here is the answer: 1. Ngonge – Yoghurt and Shaah 2. Callypso – Sambuusa and Tufax Juice 3. Foxy – Donut and Coffee 4. Castro – Anjera and Caano Geel 5. Ahura – Sabaayad and Balbeelmo The winner and SOL´s most logical person is the one and ONLY Legend of Zu. Allow me... to brag one more time " I should be declared the Sherlock Holmes of SOL " Sheh, where is my congrats? Cheers

Originally posted by SeeKer: 2nd caption: So this is what the other side of a horse's a$$ looks like Hahahah....Very Creative I say

It is On...

I said while back this year it will come down to Liverpool and Chelsea..Mind you am an Arsenal fan... I think Arsene lost the plot this year. he took a gamble and it back fired. I think he should buy couple of centre backs, one right back, one midfield anchor and a striker. Van Persie is coming of age who will be good for us next season...I think we should get rid of the useless Reyes.. we should have exchanged him for Owen before newcastle. This is what i think we need: Midfield: Juninho or Diara from Lyon or Diop from Fulham, send Flamini back to France as exchange for one of these. Centre Backs: Cant think of any at this stage... I will think of some later Striker: Mark Viduka or Yakubu or Lua Lua (damn lua lua on his day he is something else) Cheers

^^^^ Do you have to be sarcastic even at the times of "Amr bil macruuf"?

Thanks Fellas, I appreciate the responses…and you have highlighted few good and bad sides of our culture. But I was more like looking how you will, after seeing other cultures, define your Somali culture. Haniif: You highlighted the attire/dress, music and poetry Yonis: provided an overview of the current state of the Somali society MMA: give us a live example of the generosity and hospitality of the Somalis Dhuusaaye and Yonis again enforced MMA's view Fathia has similar questions as I Xiin: see the good side of our society’s structure, compassion, generosity and support we provide for one another. As you will agree “Culture†means shared beliefs, values, customs, behaviours and artefacts. Then all of these qualities are conveyed from generation to generation thus (language, poetry and any other forms of literature comes to mind) However every culture is influenced by external and internal factors (forces). Externals being outside environment and other communities that migrate and become part of this culture or vice versa. Where the Internal forces are the inner evolution, development and how the members of the society react to the events that occur in their surroundings. The Somali society have witnessed all the above (as were mentioned by Yonis and Xiin) which means that these outside forces had impact on the core and fundamentals of the Somali culture thus we see the changes that we Somalis are going thru. Now When i asked what is the Somali culture it wasn't a lack of understanding from my side it was a question where I am questioning of you see the changes to our culture from the positive to negative. Let’s say Somali diaspora are slowly integrating to the host cultures, are we leaving behind the good and positive aspects of our culture? Are we changing the negative aspects? Are the changes to our culture good and so on. Now you could be prolly thinking why I didn’t ask these questions to start with. I say " My intentions what to see how you define what is our culture and then move to the next step and discuss the changes". Sorry again…Am in a haste… I work for others for living you know : I can’t spend time proof reading …Hopefully am clearer now!!! Cheers

To me the Somali culture is quite enigma. Hard to explain or define. You think it is easy i beg to differ. not many are able to explain or define what is excatly the somali culture? The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of the Somali culture, what are they? Do we really understand our own culture? What is your understanding or definition of the Somali Culture? Cheers PS: Wrote the above in a haste hope you will forgive with any misspelling or run on sentences.

Chatroom is Open...Anyone?

^^^ LooL Xiin... The transformation you hoping for can not be restricted to business models but should expand to the whole Somali psyche and the Somali culture. When this transformation happens remember my friend The fundamental and the bases of Somali culture will be challenged, the hierarchy of the society will be questioned. Every MACLEEY will be given lectures by their daughters (Since farax’s have no hope…we will limit the hypothesis to the girls). There is a parallel of the Somali business models and the Somali culture. Until our culture evolves to the higher levels of cultural evolution I doubt that we will see a transformation of our business model. Note there is a significant correlation between the customers’ cultural habits and the success of the business that services them. Something to thinks about: Do Somalis understand what marketing is? Advertising? And Go to market strategies? Cheers PS: good points McPhee