My Life in Egypt
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Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned!
“Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned”….until recently I only thought of this saying in the context of the fury of a woman being ‘dumped’ by a man. On looking it up I found the full phrase to be […]
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Egypt – Dishonesty & Thoughtlessness – Has it gone too far?
Somewhere, sometime, someone taught me the futility of voicing a problem or a complaint without also being able to provide the solution. It is an exercise I still try to practice today – though I must admit that my present […]
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Watching Paint Dry……and dry……and dry…….an………
Watching paint dry and watching people at work in Egypt – sometimes not much difference between the two for the watcher. Depending on how I choose to look at it and if there are other tasks awaiting my attention determines […]
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Birrell Beer leaves a bad taste!
2010 Birell ad “Don’t try explaining anything to any woman…..they are all too stupid to understand…Drink Birrell non-alcoholic beer!” My arabic is not good enough to understand all the ads on tv here (Egypt) but this time I had someone […]
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