#anglocentric

[adventuresofkerry]

Dutch wins the "words sound like silly versions of English words" contest, I think

[brucesterling]

*I don't like to harsh your mellow here, sister, but (a) you're dressed in very improper hijab and due for a sound beating by the secret police, (b) what was that Iran-Iraq war all about, and ( c) have you ever heard of an armed Shiite faction named Hizbollah that's all over Lebanon and Syria like white on basmati rice.

*Also (growing more confidential): given that the Sunni ISIS just over-ran Iraq, how about the US drops its sanctions against you Shi'ites, forgets about that ancient hostage-seizure problem at the embassy, and you go over the border and shoot them so we Yankees don't have to bomb them with expensive drones.  Sounds great, doesn't it?  You know you want to.

PS: when composing this, did you ask the permission of Negaar Daneshfar, that Toronto girl who was supporting the internal demonstrations in Iran back in 2009?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/negar-d/3651907876