WORST ARABIC JOKE EVER!!!
HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!
Ok, I am probably going to be the only one reading this that finds it funny! But thats ok... cause isn't my blog ultimately about me anyway.
Where is the only place you can safely and publically order cocaine?? IN JORDAN!!!
Ok, explanation (and, for my fellow PCV's here... you had better already be laughing... oh, and no, i didn't come up with this! Kudos to Ami for being much more quick witted than me).
In Arabic, there are three ways to look at nouns... the singular, pairs, and anything more than 2.
The conjucation is pretty much the same... lets take the the word for chair (Korsi).
One chair= Korsi
Two Chairs= Korsain (ain being the way to make something into two)
More than 2 chairs= Korsat (at being the way to make something three or more)
So, following this model... you have a can of coke... COKEAIN (which sounds like cocaine) and Cocat (which just isn't funny).
So, now my new thing is to ask for "cocaine" when i go into a restaurant. Of course, since cocaine is also the drug here you just say it with a big smile on your face and hold up 2 fingers! and then the waiter laughs with (or perhaps at) you.
And, as a cultural note... the word Taliban... This came from the word Tulab (which means student)... the word Taliban came out of the fact that it was started by two students... being Tulabain!
Ok, I am probably going to be the only one reading this that finds it funny! But thats ok... cause isn't my blog ultimately about me anyway.
Where is the only place you can safely and publically order cocaine?? IN JORDAN!!!
Ok, explanation (and, for my fellow PCV's here... you had better already be laughing... oh, and no, i didn't come up with this! Kudos to Ami for being much more quick witted than me).
In Arabic, there are three ways to look at nouns... the singular, pairs, and anything more than 2.
The conjucation is pretty much the same... lets take the the word for chair (Korsi).
One chair= Korsi
Two Chairs= Korsain (ain being the way to make something into two)
More than 2 chairs= Korsat (at being the way to make something three or more)
So, following this model... you have a can of coke... COKEAIN (which sounds like cocaine) and Cocat (which just isn't funny).
So, now my new thing is to ask for "cocaine" when i go into a restaurant. Of course, since cocaine is also the drug here you just say it with a big smile on your face and hold up 2 fingers! and then the waiter laughs with (or perhaps at) you.
And, as a cultural note... the word Taliban... This came from the word Tulab (which means student)... the word Taliban came out of the fact that it was started by two students... being Tulabain!
posted by Ryan at 10:46 AM
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