Month: January 2015

The ghorras and “my boys”

[At a dinner party] 1. So how's work? 2. Good man, you? 1. Yeah man, not man, long time. 2. Yeah man. 1. You look like you're hitting the gym. 2. No man I haven't bin there for a few months. 1. Hmmm. Still Read more [...]...
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vestigial

ves·tig·i·al adjective forming a very small remnant of something that was once much larger or more noticeable. synonyms: remaining, surviving, residual, leftover, lingering "he felt a vestigial flicker Read more [...]...
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Svengali

Heard this during a broadcast: Definition of SVENGALI : a person who manipulates or exerts excessive control over another....
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Vietnam, Indonesia and Alcohol

[Somewhere warm] 1: Just making this warmer. 2: Sure. 1: So where you from ethnically? [I wanted to say China but refrained.] 2: Vietnam, you? 1. Pakistan 2. Pakistan. Oh okay. 1. So did the American's Read more [...]...
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“Qof” is for Qur’an

If the letter “Qof” (in the Arabic alphabet) is for Qur’an (in Arabic) i.e. it’s pronounced with a deeper K sound THEN why is Qur’an spelt “Koran?”...
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Guam

I watched a documentary about The man who ate himself. They mentioned Guam where the man lived. After I watched the doc, I was curious and googled "Guam Islam" and sure enough, there were Muslims and Read more [...]...
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Hennessy with the Somalian brothers

[At the party] See that group there? [I look across the room at a number of people around a couch arrangement, where they would serve bottle service]   yeah. They bought 10 bottles of Hennessy.   Oh Read more [...]...
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