MENA men say the darndest things....

[miss g 1]

Farid says: phone cell, license driver, closer to dying, time to time, and always asks, where are you going?

And he'll ask, did you wash my short? and I will say shorts not short and he will say but it is only one short not two shorts....Oh and he tried to put aluminum foil in the micro... YIKES...I yelled out nooooooooooooooooooooo and he said, you scared me baby.............

and when he sees half naked women on the street they are all prostitutes.

and finally he says, I almost fall down and killer myself...

gotta love this man....

see im already in love with him just by that... god who needs antidepressants.. thats funny as hell! i live with my best friend whos chinese.. and we were looking at shoes so i ask.. whats your shoe size.. and hes like "half past 9" hahahahahahhahaa i asked him a couple days later.. he said the same thing!

[doodlebugg 10]

Farid says: phone cell, license driver, closer to dying, time to time, and always asks, where are you going?

And he'll ask, did you wash my short? and I will say shorts not short and he will say but it is only one short not two shorts....Oh and he tried to put aluminum foil in the micro... YIKES...I yelled out nooooooooooooooooooooo and he said, you scared me baby.............

and when he sees half naked women on the street they are all prostitutes.

and finally he says, I almost fall down and killer myself...

gotta love this man....

see im already in love with him just by that... god who needs antidepressants.. thats funny as hell! i live with my best friend whos chinese.. and we were looking at shoes so i ask.. whats your shoe size.. and hes like "half past 9" hahahahahahhahaa i asked him a couple days later.. he said the same thing!

not shoe related but we have time issues here. When I say 9:50 he'll say "huh?" so I'll say ten of ten. OMG I can't even get into it 'cause it's already giving me a migraine just thinking of the usual ten minute discussion on what time it is!!!!!

[miss g 1]

haha.. its soo funny i was reading the whole thread chuckling..

[PnA 0]

me too, this is the cutest thread! lol

" I almost fall down and killer myself" LOOL , that is hilarious!

Edited April 15, 2009 by Jillai

[Ban Hammer 13,334]

last night:

me - "honey I'm just going to throw some chicken in with a salad for dinner....will you be ok with that?"

him - *pause*

*looks down at floor and shuffles feet*

"i will not die"

me - "cool!"

[caybee 21]

Anything that has onions in it or celery he literally picks every little bit out of the food. That drives me crazy.

He doesn't do too many concoctions.

My husband is the opposite with the onions, which is fine with me because I like them too. My mom told me that many Louisiana recipes start with, "First, make a roux." My husband's start with, "First, saute some chopped onion."

One of the cruelest things I ever did to him was to serve him some Bush's vegetarian beans within a week of his arrival. I didn't know any better. All I remember is his big eyes and a muffled "Mmmf...sweet."

[MsMariah 0]

Hehe, Jackie, maybe it's pledge?

[amal 4]

Nope lol. He asked in an email what pludge means. I was POSITIVE we had solved the mystery with bludge but when I emailed him the meanning of it he replied 'no, that is not it'

We have a chat date every Thursday at noon, so I will probe a bit more. budge, maybe ?

jJ

pludge http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pludge#To apply a software update before it has been widely adopted, potentially exposing yourself to bugs or other undesirable effects. OS 10.5 looks sweet, I just hope it doesn't hose my machine. #### it, I'm going to pludge

[Leyla 0]

Nope lol. He asked in an email what pludge means. I was POSITIVE we had solved the mystery with bludge but when I emailed him the meanning of it he replied 'no, that is not it'

We have a chat date every Thursday at noon, so I will probe a bit more. budge, maybe ?

jJ

pludge http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pludge#To apply a software update before it has been widely adopted, potentially exposing yourself to bugs or other undesirable effects. OS 10.5 looks sweet, I just hope it doesn't hose my machine. #### it, I'm going to pludge

Do you really think a MENA man would use urban slang even we don't know? lol

[LaL 418]

That's not urban slang (?) its techie speak.

[venusfire503 54]

My husband knew that a quiz was coming up at school but he wasn't sure what night of the week it would be. He went up to the woman teaching the class and asked, "could you tell me please when you will give the squeeze?"

Luckily my husband has thick skin 'cause the kids always making him say english words over and over and they crack up. He laughs right along with them though.

He's stopped saying piss thank God. Not that my kids don't know all the swear words but I was afraid he'd say it in front of my parents or something. He still says azz though even though I try to tell him to say bum instead.

My kids often ask my husband to say "belly button". He says it the right way now, but will still say it the 'old' way for their sake when they ask.

venusfire

[venusfire503 54]

I took a few boxes of mac & cheese to Morocco for our visit last year - kind of like a joke. Surprise, surprise - the whole family loved it! I ended up paying more for shipping some over there than it cost to buy it. Oh well.

The interesting thing is that now my children are now starting to pick up his speech habits - such as "take my promises".

Oh, and as for food... he goes through his phases. HAD to have Bertucci's bread for a while, then suddenly didn't want it anymore. We went through the Taco Bell phase for a while. When he heard that some of the things might have gelatin (amazing how many things do - certain gum, sour cream, etc), that was the end of that.

When my SO first got here, he lost weight - wasn't used to the food. I bought him french or italian bread, laughing cow creamy swiss, and whole milk (he adds tons of sugar and honey - sometimes chocolate syrup), so he could at least have a familar breakfast. The children started eating that instead of cereal. Then I got him on 1% milk somehow, and we went to toast. A little better. I'm just amazed at what he'll put on his toast. It started with jelly, then peanut butter, then Nutella. I didn't realize it was a slippery slope. Now he uses whatever he can find. Some examples are hershey bars, other candy bars, chocolate covered cherries, cookies, cake, chocolate chips... He's definitely a chocoholic, and it's all my fault. He had never dared to try it, so I took a huge bag of it every time I visited. Enough to hand out to kids on the street (can't do that here).

Oh, and I find it interesting not just how he phrases or pronounces things, but how he can hear certain sounds that I can't and visa versa. For example, I can't figure out how to tell the difference between the Arabic Ts, Ss, or Hs. At the same time, he doesn't hear the difference between cup, cap, and cop. Also, I can't tell if he's saying "shirt" or "shorts" half the time....

But I wouldn't trade this experience for the world. He's so amazing.

venusfire

P.S. I told him about this thread, and said I wouldn't post anything embarassing about him. He said he didn't care, though. He just walked in and asked if I was writing about the chocolate. heehee

[venusfire503 54]

I keep thinking of more....

He isn't afraid to try to try anything. That's usually, but not always, a good thing. He always says "whether I fix it or break it for good...". That used to scare me, but I've gotten used to it by now.

venusfire

[Leyla 0]

Another funny thing Tarik says when he's hot or sweating... "I am so sweat."

[Ban Hammer 13,334]

here's a gem for ya'll

we're driving home today and i smell a skunk. nessa says she smells a skunk. i see a vulture off to the side of the road and say "it must be a dead one, there's a vulture over there eating something."

then i realize that nessa said skank, not skunk.