The cab driver who said that today was clearly the highlight of my day, he was absolutely HILARIOUS.
Buss would be ‘Bush’ only the ‘sh’ sound was nowhere in my cabby’s pronunciation. The rest is arabo-hinglish (Arabic, Hindi, English), and would translate into ‘This Bush guy is crazy. He’s the biggest thief of all’.
Below are some of my favourite pearls of Dubai cabbies concerning my nationality.
“You’re Egyptian? Ooh, not good. Too many Egyptians in Dubai. They don’t speak good English”.
(of course, my Indian driver got no tip for that ride.)
“Egypt, Husni Mubarak, big friend Buss”! (same driver as the title line).
"You not from Egypt. You look Indian. You from Kerala like me. smthngsmthgnsmthing--in-hindi".
(Same as previous, only change 'Indian' for 'Pakistani').
"No, you not Arab. You Pakistani. Ask your parents".
(no tip for this dude either).
“You from Egypt? Not possible. You are black. There are no black people in Egypt. You sure you from Egypt?”
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Vas-y, avoue.... T'es espagnol, n'est ce pas?
besitos.
Ramadan Kareem!
Yeah, maybe I was adopted after all. It crossed my mind :)
but then I realised that the odds of finding a brown/black baby where I was born were rather slim...
Maybe I was imported from Spain, huh? :)
Oh well.
SS: Thank you dear, likewise!
no black people in EGYPT?? WTF??
i thought indians/pakis had more sense than that!
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