{"id":1037,"date":"2010-04-07T09:37:08","date_gmt":"2010-04-07T06:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kilmt.com\/?p=1037"},"modified":"2010-04-07T09:37:08","modified_gmt":"2010-04-07T06:37:08","slug":"top-ten-questions-i-get-from-expatriates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kilmt.com\/?p=1037","title":{"rendered":"Top ten questions I get from expatriates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Every now and then, I run across people from faraway lands, who are a bit inquisitive. They mean no harm at all, and bless\u2019em their just curious. And there is nothing wrong with that! Except for some questions&#8230;such as the ones I have written down, and I didn\u2019t come up with any, all of these are real questions asked by real people and yes those of you who know me, can guarantee that the answers were real too! So here goes:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">1-\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 You must have had alcohol while being in the states, right<\/span>?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Answer: Yeah and I used to sell drugs and I also had a thing for what\u2019s her name? Look how about you and me in a fine Italian restaurant, say the Ritz? We can do more of that socializing? \u00a0Don\u2019t forget the Roses sweetie!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">2-\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 How did you meet your wife<\/span>?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Answer: We were both auditioning for \u201cso you think you can dance\u201d look as boring as this may sound to you it was just as any Abdullah gets to be introduced to any Aisha out there.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">3-\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 You do know why Allah has prohibited pork don\u2019t you<\/span>?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Answer: \u00a0unless you are a fridge salesperson please stop telling me about the fact that it\u2019s because of Germs and bacteria. Unlike you I never had a divine revelation so I don\u2019t second guess God\u2019s commandment I just follow and get the reward. Much like Boss employee thing, How come you don\u2019t second guess that Monthly report?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">4-\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Are all Qataris like you?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Answer: yes, and they are all of about the same height and incidentally their names are Raed too!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">5-\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Why Japanese of all languages<\/span>?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Answer: I thought it was Chinese!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">6-\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 You must work out right? While nearly holding a measuring tape to size my muscle<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Answer: No, I prayed and cried so hard at the altar and hallelujah! \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">7-\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Wait&#8230; You guys, i.e. Muslims, have alters<\/span>?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Answer: Can you please wait for a minute until I find something to hit you with?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">8-\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 How many wives does your father have<\/span>?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Answer: \u00a0Oh my&#8230; We did a census last year but that\u2019s out of date. Let me make a note of this: <em>Must count my dads\u2019 wives sometime soon<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">9-\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Don\u2019t you think women should drive in Saudi Arabia<\/span>?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Answer: \u00a0Please look at me, look at me carefully I am a young healthy QATARI MALE.. MALE DAMN it. How come everyone is asked about this except for Saudi women? \u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">10-\u00a0\u00a0 What do you do when you are in Mecca<\/span>?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Answer: <em>Celebrate good times<\/em>, <em>come on<\/em>! It&#8217;s a celebration.. (by Kool &amp; the Gang)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I really enjoy these questions, so keep&#8217;em coming people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. Every now and then, I run across people from faraway lands, who are a bit inquisitive. They mean no harm at all, and bless\u2019em their just curious. And there is nothing wrong with that! Except for some questions&#8230;such as the ones I have written down, and I didn\u2019t come up with any, all of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5B5q-gJ","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kilmt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kilmt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kilmt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kilmt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kilmt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kilmt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1037\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kilmt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kilmt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kilmt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}