Beginning of the end for UAE

A number of things that spring up suddenly show that the UAE is beginning to crumble:

• Hundreds of thousands of Apartments empty and landlords won't bring their rent down much.
• 85% of residents are in debt at an average of AED500,000 ( STG 86,000) even low paid workers. However, only 3% of Emeratis are in debt ( yeah right!).
• Emeratis who own new buildings don't have enough money to maintain them so cannot rent them out and yet won't drop the rents!
• 15,000 apartments in Abu Dhabi about to come onto the market, but they are not being maintained and there are no roads to them finished.
• Westerners are being arrested for things 2 years ago would not have been ever thought of.
• This week 3 Emerati's have been proven to have kicked a husband and 7 mth pregnant wife, because they wanted to have their seats at a restaurant and the Canadian couple were eating and refused. The Wife has permanent facial disfigurement.
• A new court for drugs ( which are banned here) has jailed a police officer for selling several kilos of the stuff.
• Dubai has announced they want to build an air conditioned skywalk for people to walk again. This is in a city that is bankrupt and cannot pay it's bills. So which idiot will build it?
• Sharjah doesn't have continuous electricity and has just raised it's electrical charges " for the sake of the people!"

Although events are not often happening they are increasing and with the Credit Crunch hitting the locals we can expect more episodes and comments about foreigners being in their country.

I think this is where the bubble bursts.
The government here needs to change attitudes and to start by at least halving rents to get buildings occupied and also to create a new business environment to attract businesses like a corporate tax break or something

Top ten Fringe jokes

The Top 10 funniest jokes from the Fringe Festival:

1. Tim Vine: ''I've just been on a once-in-a-lifetime holiday. I'll tell you what, never again.''

2. David Gibson (as Ray Green): ''I'm currently dating a couple of anorexics. Two birds, one stone.''

3. Emo Philips: ''I picked up a hitchhiker. You gotta when you hit them.''

4. Jack Whitehall: ''I bought one of those anti-bullying wristbands when they first came out. I say 'bought' - I actually stole it off a short, fat ginger kid.''

5. Gary Delaney: ''As a kid I was made to walk the plank. We couldn't afford a dog.''

6. John Bishop: ''Being an England supporter is like being the over-optimistic parents of the fat kid on sports day.''

7. Bo Burnham: ''What do you call a kid with no arms and an eyepatch? Names.''

8. Gary Delaney: ''Dave drowned. So at the funeral we got him a wreath in the shape of a lifebelt. Well, it's what he would have wanted.''

9. Robert White: ''For Vanessa Feltz, life is like a box of chocolates - empty.''

10. Gareth Richards: ''Wooden spoons are great. You can either use them to prepare food, or if you can't be bothered with that, just write a number on one and walk into a pub.''

Men's domain

On the radio here today the female presenter said that as part of her friends wedding arrangements the bride has ALLOWED the groom to name the tables. Apparently this is the new thing that all tables at a wedding breakfast are names in some way. Now her friend (guy) is a Portsmouth fan and is naming the tables by players.

It struck me that this is most probably the ONLY thing he will do in the arrangements.
Men don't get much say in these parties, so i think it's a bloody cheek to say how good it is for her to allow this!!!

Then of course this brings to mind the home.
How much of a house is it that men actually have any say?
We mainly pay for the home or at least half and the bills, but have very little say. Unless it's the shed or garage or any out building. Why is this you may ask yourself?
1. They are away from the main home
2. It could rain between the buildings and the woman could get wet
3. Out buildings have spiders and webs.
4. They are dirty

So if you are like me, I have built an office in the garden ( 10x14 feet ) had satellite and stereo put in and a nice extra large bean bag. My home from Home and the missus doesn't come very often. Try it!

Easy Day

Lazy day today.
Went to Dubai yesterday and met a couple of people and spent most of the day with my colleague.

Today got up late at 8.30am and been packing and ironing, listening to the radio and reading ' Tiger Hills'.

Chopped a number of people from my Facebook.

My wife doesn't understand computers

If you are a watcher of Little Britain you will understand that my wife is like the dopey girl at the computer " the computer says No"
Having explained something fairly simple, she told me she doesn't understand.
The solution : get my 9 year old son on the phone and I run him through it!!!Daaaarrrggghhh

Role reversal Saudi comedy provokes anger among male population

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/saudiarabia/7950200/Role-reversal-Saudi-comedy-provokes-anger-among-male-population.html

This simple comedy and the outrage explains everything that is bad in the Muslim faith.
It explains that it is a VERY male chauvinistic religion!!

Michael Douglas has throat Cancer

Over many years all the celebrities I have known to have throat cancer didn't survive!
So why he is optimistic I don't know!!

E.g. Jack Hawkins

Good payout for Catherine Zeta Jones though !!