Dubai not so liberal!

[Naang Faa]

No no no! Hang on Naang... you are most welcome to visit and stay as long as you like.

Next time I see Dahi, I'll tell him to leave the Faa-ster alone!

What are you gonna do? Feed me Rolos through the bars when i get life for
possession of a g-string and a suspender belt?
x

[seanbeag7]

i take 10 hard labour, just to see a photo of Naang wearing that g-string on suspender belt

[Monkey]

you're a girl, the OP refers to cross-dressers in public

"Several men in women's dresses and make-up have already been arrested from shopping malls and residential buildings,"

They should do that here as well to the ugly ones that dare go out their front door.

[Guest]

serves the fool right imo what else does anybody expect?

Bingham claims the drugs were in the pocket of a pair of trousers and he had forgotten about them.

this is a very easy mistake, same thing happened to a buddy of mine... but he was not caught. You know the wee pocket above your jeans pocket. sometimes a piece of dope can get lodged right down in the corner of this tight space.After many washes this can become rock hard like an old crusty bit of tissue.

its not like he was smuggling hash...it was small piece in his jeans.....4 years is a tad harsh......you think he deserves that?

[Grinder]

(stogie bear @ May 28 2008,14:40) 'Progressive' my ass...

Fancy buildings don't make a place progressive.

It's a shit hole. Everywhere is a shit hole where you get locked up for being yourself.  

Locked up for being yourself?

You get locked up anywhere for going against the laws of the land.

Why does the UK and US lock up terror suspects? After all - by your yardstick - they are just being themselves.

Grooverider is locked up for carrying drugs. I agree with Monkey - the DJ is a fool. End of.

You can do what you like in Dubai - drinking, partying, clubbing, dancing etc etc (all without needing to wear robes!!) - just don't break the law. Or even better, just don't get caught.

There is 'progressive' and there are the religious laws of the land. I fail to see what is so difficult to understand.

Just because you don't want to go somewhere does not make it a 'shit hole'. I've just been to a country in Europe where they charge you a Euro to have a piss - I've never been charged to have a piss in this 'shit hole.'

[stogie bear]

Why does the UK and US lock up terror suspects? After all - by your yardstick - they are just being themselves.

We aren't going to agree on this one.

[azza33]

Awww... c'mon... this could have been fun with that line!!

[Grinder]

That's for another day over a few beers in Guess I presume!

Suffice to say, there are plenty things in Dubai that are utter crap and plenty that are none too shabby. I might even indulge in a little Chinese takeaway from the pub where I'll watch England struggle againsrt the USA...

Not a place I want to live in all my days - hence the place in Thailand - but a good enough spot to soak up some beans and foxtrot oscar into a lazy twilight.

Fuck me, did I actually say 'hence'?

[Naang Faa]

Fuck me, did I actually say 'hence'?

Ya know babes,i do believe you did...
x

[allstar88]

say hello to jim davidson if you see him grinder?

[Stewart]

(Grinder @ May 28 2008,19:33)

(JaiDee @ May 28 2008,14:31) I have no reason to ever go there either
hell, you can't even drink and all those Muslim nations treat their women like shit.
Looks like Vegas?
I HATE Vegas!!
Dubai .....a layover city and nothing more

"You can't even drink..."

FFS...

Exactly what I thought!

I believe you are of the skirted variety of our species, so I can't see you living there if that was the case!

As always, broad generalisations about people or places are just dumb

[Grinder]

(allstar88 @ May 28 2008,22:27) say hello to jim davidson if you see him grinder?

I see the 'British comic' quite a lot actually.

Last time was propping up the bar beside me in a bar that is renowned with ladies of negotiable affection aplenty.

Grandad glasses and leather patches on the elbows of his jumper, he looked like a maths teacher...

[Grinder]

Agreed Stewart - there were quite a few earlier in this thread that, as the old saying goes, got my goat.

I'm no carrier of anyone's flame but when I see uninformed comments about robes, no drinking yadda yadda I have to say my piece.

I have an Scots pal who worked with me here who is now in Sing and often inviting me over. I'll let you know if I head your way...

[allstar88]

(Grinder @ May 29 2008,17:27)

(allstar88 @ May 28 2008,22:27) say hello to jim davidson if you see him grinder?

I see the 'British comic' quite a lot actually.

Last time was propping up the bar beside me in a bar that is renowned with ladies of negotiable affection aplenty.

Grandad glasses and leather patches on the elbows of his jumper, he looked like a maths teacher...

dont the beckhams have a house there? theres also a couple of snooker players there?who else have you seen who is famous?  go on grinder name drop a few?

[Grinder]

The Beckhams have a house on the Palm but they're never there - investment no doubt! Same as Michael Owen. Villas worth well over a million quid now.

Peter Ebdon lives here and golfs a lot plus during the season there is a regular influx of former Premiership players who come over to act as pundits on the EPL coverage so they are often on the town.

Bumped into Wayne and Coleen shopping some time back... that bloke that Chelsea fired for his drug taking (forgotten his name)... the Man United boys in a night club bizzarely in their club gear... Chris Tarrant... Anna Kournikova... Roger Federer (has a huge place overlooking the sea)... Frankie Dettori...

It's like living in Hello magazine at times...