Disclaimer: Somewhere on this blog are multiple grammatical mistakes, spelling errors and obscure Star Wars references.

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Russell Peters In Dubai...



Weeell, look who's coming to town. Russell Peters himself. The Canadian/Indian stand up is set to tickle Dubai's comedy fans, including yours truly, on the 11th and 12th of March.

Originally his show was schedules to be only on the 11th of March, but ALL his tickets were sold out by 11:45am that same day. Yours truly purchased his, and 4 other, tickets at 12:06am. Hence, that oughta tell you something about the demand for this show.

Because it was a sell out, they decided to have a second show on the following day. Tickets for that show go on sale tonight at 12:00am. I was pondering the thought of buying up some more tickets. What for? SELL THEM!!! Ever since I bought 5 tickets for me and another 4 guys, people have been begging me to sell them the tickets. Rumors about lines at Virgin reaching till the parking lot of Mall of the Emirates have been floating and if rumors are true then this might be a good time to rake in some moolah.

Although to be completely honest, if someone offered me a good amount for my OWN ticket, lets say going AED 500+ I'd sell it right then. I mean what the hell. In RP's words, I'm a, 'filthy downloader.' Let him have the ticket. Let me have the cash. Only we BOTH watch it. Albeit I get to watch it a month or so later but what the hell eh?

xx

M

Friday, February 23, 2007

KRISPY KREME IN DUBAI!!!!!


Today I was at City Center with a few friends when I walked past this gift from the heavens above and the God above that.

Krispy Kreme is coming to Dubai and more than a year and a half of prayers have finally paid off
. I ate KK first, in Washington DC in July of 2005. Have been an avid fan ever since and have eaten them ever since, at every opportunity possible.

There really is somebody up there. And he likes Glazed doughnuts.

xx

M

Saturday, February 17, 2007

Road tripping...

We were cussed out by locals.

We were pelted stones at by an Arab woman thinking we were taking her child.

We chased little goats across a field.

We were scared shitless by the sights of snakes and 2 inch beetles.

We were almost hit by crazy women speeders.

We ate lunch at the most random place EVER.

I saw a drunk white guy telling me about how he is gonna go pee in the ocean.

Yeah... Road trips are fun...

xx

M


Saturday, February 10, 2007

Spoonerism

The Reverend William Archibald Spooner (1844 - 1930) had a highly active brain which raced so quickly that his tongue could not keep up with his thoughts. So, many a times, the initial sounds of 2 or more words would be switched which would mean something entirely different from what he intended. Thus Spoonerism was born.

Pre - Spoonerism - Spoonerism

butterfly - flutter by
ease my tears - tease my ears
lighting a fire - fighting a liar
our loving shepherd - our shoving leopard

etc etc. You understand... Now these aren't as big a deal as you might think. But here are a few more sentences that could lead to very unfortunate examples of Spoonerism. (These are not attributed to Rev. Spooner but are just examples of how Spoonerism could be a bad thing:

  1. It's, "The Tale of Two Cities"
  2. Sir, you certainly are a shining wit.
  3. She is sure pretty.
  4. He fills her soul with hope.
  5. Have you seen her sick duck?
  6. He's not a pheasant plucker.
  7. She showed me her tool kits.
  8. He's a smart fella.
  9. Oh! The suffering of purgery on my soul!!
  10. Fire Truck.
  11. The acrobats displayed some cunning stunts.
Decipher and enjoy.

xx

M

Saturday, February 03, 2007

"Eats, Shites & Leaves." By A. Parody

A friend of mine recently let me borrow one of her books. We had a small text of that book in one of our English Board Exam Units and I was intrigued by it. Sure enough after skimming through a few pages I asked her if I could borrow and she said that I could. The book's front page reads:


Eats, Shites & Leaves.
Crap English & How To Use It.

By:
A. Parody

The book revolves around how English has been mutilated, decimated, subjected to insane levels of colloquialisms and so on and so forth. It's actually a very good read and it made some interesting observations about English and it's regularly-used incorrect usage.

Worth the read if you have that kind of time and that kind of humour. Will post extracts from that book later on and will leave to the readers to decipher it for themselves.

xx

M