Red Alert

I had an interesting Mah Jong morning. Several English ladies had been to the States recently and all were very upset with their treatment upon entering the country. There was an elevation of the security level here in Abu Dhabi and that seemed to trigger extra hassles for these poor middle-aged mah jong ladies with UAE stamps in their passports. One was detained for 4 hours in Phoenix of all places and swore she would never go back. Of course I apologized profusely and promised to come play mah jong with them in jail if it ever happened again. Americans can rest assured that your country is being protected against the threat of ladies that like to drink tea, eat toast and play with little chinese tiles.

Mah jong case or nuclear bomb???...you never know.


I know that I need to write about the fifth and final pillar of Islam, the Hajj, and I plan on doing that very soon. However, there has been much brouhaha over a British couple that got frisky on a beach in Dubai and are now in jail. I feel I need to spend my efforts investigating that while the news is fresh. Don't worry readers, the Hajj isn't going anywhere and I promise I will get to it eventually.





PS: The Mexican food dinner went over very well. I ended up buying a container of guacamole at Spinneys since I couldn't find Velveeta to make queso. Well, it just so happens that what Spinneys calls guacamole is actually queso, so I just put it out with some chips and they loved it.