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    Fern Driscoll    We have a new postman  Post Office

 We have a new postman! YAY!

 He won’t bring us any mail. BOO!

 It does seem that Italy is conspiring to give us every frustrating experience we’ve ever read or heard about.  Crummy mail service?  Oh come on, that news is so old it’s no longer true.  Italian mail service has improved considerably, even in the few years we’ve been here.

 Except for packages.  If someone sends you a package from outside the EU, heaven forbid, you are likely to be asked to pay twice the contents’ value in duty.

 And except for when a new postman takes over the route.

 

 

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          Shadi Ghadirian Muslim Housewife

 

 

                                                                                                                             


Albania  our man in tirana

They are not doing it right. You're supposed to hang the larger sheets on the outermost string so that passerbys or neighbours don't look at your clothes or intimates!

tsk tsk                                                                                                                                                           

They are doing it right. If you put the larger sheets on the outermost string, the intimates and daily use clothes behind will never dry.

 

How We Do Laundry in Tirana

 
Fatwa center According to the Prophet, if you are angry and standing up, then you should sit down. If you are angry and sitting down, then you should lie down. Have you ever tried doing this? Think about what is being said here and then remember it the next time you are angry. Insha’allah, even if you do get angry, remember especially that you should not raise your hand against your wife

on Falomo Bridge Ikoyi  Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Òrò pa èsì je (matter kill comment)
My friend Dayo Ogunyemi took these pictures on Falomo Bridge Ikoyi yesterday. An appropriate caption defies me so over to you smart folks, how would you caption this, and in the nature of our hard to explain realities, how would you describe this. Funmi Iyanda

CORRUPTIOn special There is usually a special language indicating that a bribe is needed, and an etiquette of the way to transfer the money. In Armenia, sometimes we are told that 'lavoutyoun' (an act of kindness) or 'magharich' (a tip) is needed. In case of the traffic police, the communication is non-verbal. When you are stopped, you know what to do.
Here is an excerpt from the article describing a newbie asking for a bribe in Georgia - obviously, he needed some experience.

Justice The Forgotten Inmate -  Adetokunbo Abiola
April 5, 2009 — 
They said she was dead, Katherine Adamu thought, sitting on the edge of the bunk and staring into the gloom of the Benin City cell. Dead because they wanted her dead. Dead because they wanted the malaria in her body and the hunger in her stomach to continue until she was dead. She shut her eyes against the darkness of the cell, rolled to her side, lay on the bed, and shivered. A wave of pain from the malaria shot through her head and she moaned.
 


Pay more taxes, be happy    Finland, 6th happiest country in the world. U.S. is 23rd.It’s dark and cold in the winter and has some of the highest taxes in Europe. But that doesn’t get in the way of Finns’ overall happiness.


Fire Fire         

 Between 16:40 and 16:45 on Sunday, December 17, 2006, an unknown arsonist started a blaze in a local cartier of Braşov, Romania.
Within minutes, residents from the block apartments began gathering to assess the danger and organize a hazard containment plan to protect their neighborhood.


 

 

 

 

Sea of heartbreak Winston Churchill called the sailors of the Arctic Convoys, on the Barents Sea, ‘the bravest men afloat’.


Taxi driver  ...when I visited St. Petersburg, there were tons of these private mini-buses scooting around the city. Plenty of public transportation available, little (private?) white vans go where buses and trams don’t go, and anyone with an automobile could be a private taxi.And people had the freedom to flag down cars and pay the drivers to take them places if they were heading in the same direction - that certainly saves on gas


Baghdad Burning

The Four Ubaidi Brothers

Muahmmed, Ahmed, Ali and Salah are four brothers from a Sunni family, ....


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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   Art  said    Shanyin. Irak                                                      

  AFRICA. Reclycled Art

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


SHORT STORIES Miss Carnivorous   The Democrats system of delegates More proof that lefties and Christian fundamentalists are a lot alike

The Democrats system of delegates was set up in order to prevent anyone from being made to "feel bad." Everyone running in a Presidental primary gets a delegate, whether anyone actually votes for them or not. The Dems don't want to hurt anybody's feelings or make them feel left out. Ahhh, how sweet.


Traffic Police

jONNY  SOUTHAFRICA

          FALLING DOWN  

Driving and arguing now, we miss a couple of opportunities to get back on track… and lost. I am boiling inside now and ignoring a stop sign. It’s at a bend, not a junction even, so it’s a stupid f**king sign. Then the cops pull me over… &#%@! I harness my temper enough to smile and talk politely to the policeman. “License and registration please”; he demands, just like in the movies. “Oh… you’re a foreigner?”; he says. “Big problem!”. I’m laughing inside myself now… problems can “go away” in Africa I’ve been told, but restrain myself from making any suggestions.It is procedure that foreigners have to be brought in to the station… The “problem” grows even bigger in my mind, as the police station is not the right place for my planned bribe. The fine is R500. Well and good, just write me the ticket I’m thinking… then I’ll pay the damn thing… one of the days and at my convenience. “On the spot, right now”; he demands! I’m taking out my Visa card ready to swipe... “Cash only”! “How the bloody hell can you expect me to have cash in my pocket”; I’m thinking for myself! What if I started swearing at him there earlier and accumulated a few more fines whilst I was at it? R2.000 cash on the spot also, how likely is it that you got that in your pocket?! My face is answer enough for the guy. “I have to lock you up then. It’s procedure!”. I’m sick and tired of general procedures by now… Although in a more civilized African country, prison does not tempt me very much! I bet they pack up that Stop-sign when they’ve collected enough money for the day anyway…Traffic Police


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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