Thursday, January 26, 2012

He says (UK)

He says that he has been at the university of political correctness for so long that anything that isn't politically correct makes him feel like he's alive.

He says (AF)



He says that in Ghazni he was once beaten up by a Talib with a rocket for not having done his morning prayer.

Sunday, February 12, 2006

They say (AF)

They say that in the red city near Bamyan lived a king, who had two big snakes around his neck. They say he used to go down from his city on the top of the mountain, into Bamyan, where he would take the most beautiful youngsters and feed his snakes with their head and their brains. The king was killed by the daughter of the steelman who killed the dragon which turned into a mountain, but that's a long story...
They also say there is a lake inside a mountain, which is frozen in the summer and boiling hot in the winter. I went there but it had gone.

He asks (AF)



Why do people sell rockets?

Wednesday, February 08, 2006

He says (AF)

He says that the woman sitting in her burka in the middle of the night and begging on the side of the dusty road is always there. Until midnight, one or two in the morning. He says he always gives her money when he drives past her. Whatever he has in his pocket. He doesn't know her name, but she prays a lot.

Thursday, February 02, 2006

He says (AF)



He says that in Ghazni he was once beaten up by a Talib with a rocket for not having done his morning prayer.

They say (AF)

They say that eating rabbit is good for stomach aches.

Saturday, January 28, 2006

He says (AF)



He's a small man who says that next week, inshallah, he'll buy a big four wheel drive and leave this one small car. Because he's not a small one car driver.

Tuesday, January 24, 2006

He says (AF)




He says that I should offer them the flowers of my laugh (love?)

Thursday, January 19, 2006

He says (AF)




He says that "Please, come" is an expression, used to make people feel guilty and understand they have not done a good job.

They say (AF)

They say that if you have a cold, you should sleep in the sun and eat spaghettis.

He says (AF)



He says that in Kabul, after people had had their hands cut off in public in the stadium, the Talibs would hang their limbs to the traffic light next to my house.