FAQ#3
"Do you drive over there in Yabba Dhaba Do?"
My answer is always YES, but many of my fellow expat wives do not. I can understand their fears.
The Muslims have many strict guidelines for living their lives. Mohamed (PBUH) laid out rules for almost everything. They are very devout and follow all of the rules which means they go a little crazy when they have some freedoms. There doesn't seem to be anything in the Koran about how fast a Muslim can drive their Porsche, therefore Mohamed(PBUH)must have wanted his people to burn some rubber.
Driving over here is quite a nightmare. Muslims are required to pray 5 times a day, but I do that just going around the corner to the grocery store.
Yield signs mean "I don't think so", stop signs mean "Not me"... however, the only rule they obey is stopping at stop lights. You don't see anyone running those because they have cameras at every light and the penalty for running a red light is ....
1st time violation
-Driver will be jailed for 1 week
-Driver's license will be suspended for 2 months
-Vehicle will be held by Traffic Department for 1 month
2nd time violation
-Driver will be deported from the country after serving 1 month in prison
-Driver will lose license forever
-Vehicle will be confiscated by police and not returned
By tomorrow I will have run out of FAQs so unless I get some in the comments, I'll just start making them up....
5 comments:
I love those red light violation rules. We need those here in Houston. We have all these whiners about their constitutional rights being violated, blah, blah. I wish they had a camera everywhere here - then maybe people wouldn't plow into an intersection while chatting on their cell phone! Also, we went to see Spam-A-Lot and loved it. I wish all theater productions were as fun. Gotta run, love ya, jenny
I'm new to this so what does PBUH after the word Mohammed mean? Thanks, jen
Hi Jen-
PBUH means Peace be Upon Him...I think I would get sent to jail for life if I didn't put it after Mohammed's name. Love your comments...how do you have time with twins and a house to remodel?
I love reading your blog! You should be a writer....oh, I guess you are! You are now my new favorite author. Keep it up.
Laura
Thanks, Jenny for asking the PBUH question. I thought Juli meant it was the AD way of saying Mohammed. Here she is, trying to educate me and I am actually getting worse!
Susan from Ohio
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