Follow the KABOBfest to know how that team is going to be distributed and how it would play… fascinating!
An Arab man's attempt at bridging the cultural gap and trying to make a difference. Failing a lot. Succeeding once in a while.
Follow the KABOBfest to know how that team is going to be distributed and how it would play… fascinating!
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I think you’re right, Mahmood, a few laughs could ease some of the tensions right now.
But I think that team might have a problem in agreeing on which goal to attack. It might be a good idea to come up with a special version of soccer for this occasion, one with 5 or 6 goals (maybe even one for each player). Each player can then pick his own favourite goal to attack.
But that would, of course, mean that the risk of scoring an own goal would increase considerably.
And there’s still the problem of finding a coach they could all agree on to respect. I can only think of one but, unfortunately, he’s been dead for quite some years now.
Ok as long as we are taking a break from the miseries of the word with some lighthearted humor. I will submitt this joke I heard somewhere. I think it is cute, enjoy!
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A boss wondered why one of his most valued employees
had not phoned in sick one day. Having an urgent
problem with one of the main computers, he dialed the
employee’s home phone number and was greeted with a
child’s whisper.
“Hello”
“Is your daddy home?” he asked.
“Yes,” whispered the small voice.
“May I talk with him?”
The child whispered “No.”
Surprised and wanting to talk with an adult, the boss
asked, “Is your Mummy there?”
“Yes.”
“May I talk with her?”
Again the small voice whispered, “No.”
Hoping there was somebody with whom he could leave a
message, the boss asked, “Is anybody else there?”
“Yes,” whispered the child, “a policeman”
Wondering what a cop would be doing at his employee’s
home, the boss asked, “May I speak with the policeman?”
“No, he’s busy”, whispered the child.
“Busy doing what?”
“Talking to Daddy and Mummy and the Fireman,” came the
whispered answer.
Growing more worried as he heard what sounded like a
helicopter through the earpiece on the phone, the boss
asked, “What is that noise?”
“A helicopter” answered the whispering voice.
“What is going on there?” demanded the boss, now truly
apprehensive.
Again, whispering, the child answered, “The search team
just landed the helicopter.”
Alarmed, concerned and a little frustrated the boss
asked, “What are they searching for?”
Still whispering, the young voice replied with a
muffled giggle: “ME”
The Irish people have had their share of the miseries of this world. But that hasn’t ruined their sense of humour, in fact I think it has helped them survive and get to where they are today as one of Europe’s most prosperous nations.
They have maintained their pride and dignity but not at the cost of the ability to see some of the grotesque and ridiculous sides of themselves. I think their sense of humour would do The Middle East a lot of good.
So, here’s one of them:
Young O’Donnell rushed into a church, placed his rifle under a pew and entered the confessional. “Father,” he said breathlessly, “I’ve just shot down two British lieutenants!” Hearing no response he went on: “I also knocked off a British captain!” When there was still no response from the priest, O’Donnell said, “Father, have ye fainted?” “Of course I haven’t fainted,” replied the confessor. “I’m waitin’ for you to stop talkin’ politics and commence confessin’ your sins!”
…. or, how about these two:
1 “What have Irishmen and Jesus Christ got in common?
The both lived with their mother until they were 33 and neither had a job”
2 “How do we know that Christ was Irish?
Because he was 33 and still lived at home, thought his mother was a virgin and she thought he was the son of God.”
They forgot this one
Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa (Forward). Cunning tactician, who quickly takes control of the team and demands a 30% slice of the salaries earned by each of the other players, and the right to use 50% of the team’s stadium land for his personal business ventures with Thailand.