Satiated Parrot wrote:

vladimir wrote: Saudi Arabia - they don't pay lots because they're generous, they pay lots because no one wants to go to a shithole inhabited by anal goat fuckers.

LoL, I think that's a well known fact that few would argue against.


I agree with that.

wackyjacky wrote:

StroppyChops wrote:

Satiated Parrot wrote:I heard a lot live in poverty.

Is it Dubai in which every citizen receives a massive cash 'bonus' from the nation every year... ?

Better than Alsaka ?

Actually, I hear our students get paid $300 a month to study with us. Money to the teachers. Money to the students. Money for everyone here! !

Soi Dog wrote:I went to Saudi for the first time well over a decade ago to meet with some local construction contractors for a joint venture project there. After we signed the agreement, the four Saudi nationals who escorted me around pulled out five cans of Pepsi cola and said we must celebrate with an American drink in my honor. They each looked around like they were trying not to be caught doing something illegal or immoral as they sneaked little sips and then concealed the Pepsi cans the best they could. When I asked why the stealth, they said there was an official boycott of all American soft drinks to show Saudi Arabia's disapproval of the US support for Israel, and getting caught drinking Pepsi cola by the roving morality police would surely result in them being beaten and locked up.

Wow. Things have certainly changed. American brand stores are EVERYWHERE here, it's unreal.

There are really nice shopping streets with more random Western brands than most Western malls have. They also have "conflicting" regional brands that you won't see in one place beck in the States. Meaning they have West Coast brands you won't find in the East Coast, and vice versa.

I did have a good laugh at a high-end berka (or whatever the black cloth full covering thing for women is called) where it was just rows and rows of the exact same looking burkas on display. I actually saw a lady hold up 2 of them against her and asking her friend which was was better! LMMFAO! I almost died laughing. Shit, I probably will die from laughing here.

vladimir wrote:
I'd work for survival wages on Lake Malawi, but no way I'm going to Saudi even with $4K/month until I'm really, really down and out.

The bridge option might be more preferable.

LoL, nothing revealing here...

StroppyChops wrote:

Digg3r wrote:I hear they now execute for possession of YSSS...

Ah yes, but YSSS contains a covert "shaitanic" message.

Ha! Damn you both! Facebook friends that are trying to get me fucking killed over my first picture out of here, LoL..



Which lead to.....

StroppyChops wrote: Before you start calling me Islamophobe (again), there's a lot more to the thread that Sonic didn't post (probably for reasons of space).[/i]

LoL, feel free to post more from that thread, as long as you COMPLETELY hide avatars names, etc. I think it has over 75 replies, which I probably need to wax if I plan to add any Saudi buddies..

StroppyChops wrote:

Yeah, you've got a real problem on your hands introducing your new friends to the 'family back home' - especially when your new friends behave like that. Good luck with that, sincerely.

And the ironic part......I met that Saudi a few months back in.......wait for it...... PONTOON! !

LoL.

I feel him a little though. He's studying in the States right now (in the South, no less) and I'm sure he comes across the most ignorant of Americans there. Then, the first picture I post from Saudi gets a lot of insults (in a playful way, and besides, he doesn't see how hard we insult each other on CEO or in general) which make fun of his national religion, religious dudes and their food. So he's naturally a little sensitive.

Oh well.

I hope my Saudi friend doesn't come across not latest Facebook post....