Leave it to the drug companies to find new ways to increase sales: scare the bejeezus out of people for diseases which are simply not there, or exaggerate them enough to get people to buy more drugs.
Hypochondriacs rejoice!
An Arab man's attempt at bridging the cultural gap and trying to make a difference. Failing a lot. Succeeding once in a while.
Leave it to the drug companies to find new ways to increase sales: scare the bejeezus out of people for diseases which are simply not there, or exaggerate them enough to get people to buy more drugs.
Hypochondriacs rejoice!
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I sure hope I NEVER catch menopause.
Why is it called MENopause when men don’t get it?
Dear Mahmoud,
I am here by way of the ‘Religious Policeman’ and of course, hearing about you from Saudi Jeans.
I moved to the US in ’97 (originally from Holland, emigrated to Canada then lived in Saudi Arabia for a few years with nice respites in Bahrain!!) and I am very sceptical of anything on tv here. It almost feels that the only raison d’etre for anyone being born is becoming a commercial(ized) subject like a bunch of daleks..You have to read anything very carefully. The fine print (yes, even the very fine ones), who wrote it and who or where do they work (even bloggers are getting in the fray by writing for companies promoting in essence their products) and which newspaper or company is owned by what/who..
Companies rule in so many intricate ways, Americans are too asleep at the wheel to notice, except for those people on the left..why is it that it’s always those people on the left who pay closer attention to things? Must be that they do not have the mind of those religious or patriotic drones..yes dear Mahmoud, those zealous Christians and zealous Muslims have more in common than they would like to admit. but oh…I digress!! Big time..gotta go..my toddler is in the bath and wants to get out..( life goes on…)
I like the (not so) new look (anymore) of your website by the way..very peaceful
Ingrid
One of the more creative strategies, here in the west, is to convince parents to dose their children with amphetamines to bring them down from their sugar high that they got from the pop they drank at lunch.
Capitalism is the best vehicle for progress but the steering is a little sluggish.
True, I agree with will on …Capitalism is the best vehicle for progress but the steering is a little sluggish….
Sadferret: it must be an unambiguous sign from women to men: |MEN O-PAUSE and think for a minute, my system is in turmoil and the last thing I need is your sorry ass to contend with, so come back in a year or so!”
🙂
Ingrid, more than welcome, stay a while and thanks for your kind words. Zealotry is zealotry and it’s almost never about religion, but rather about control; that’s why I think they are so similar.
Will, never heard it put like that and I like!
And you really think Nuclear reactions has something to do with earthquakes?! Read… Read… Arabs stop being parrots!.
Sami, that was not what I implied and I can see that I should have explained it a bit better. What I intended to say is that a nuclear facility should not be constructed in known earthquake zones, or zones given to other catastrophic natural phenomena.
Mahmood
I can’t seem to post on the big BANG topic, I’m taking that as a sign from HIM to keep my mouth shut because I don’t know what I’m talking about. Is it considered rude to lurk, what I’m actually doing is trying to listen and learn. But for what it’s worth, I’m a Muslim and do not condone terrorism. See, no Buts. Ibn is articulate and witty, bright and beautiful, can I be on his team? I might not say much but I could make the coffee.
Fiona
Fiona, your not being able to post there might be because of a word or phrase that is defined to be blocked by the mod_security I’ve recently installed. I’ll have a look at the logs and if that is really the case, I’ll let you know why…
Thanks, because I have a burning question for Steve.
you can try again Sadferret, I couldn’t find anything in the logs… could be a gremlin and I hope that it’s asleep at the moment!