Yesterday Morning: As I walk into work at 730AM and my office hallway reeks of mehndi (henna). I gag every time I get a whiff of mehndi because it is some foul smelling stuff that should be banned in civilized nations (:D)
And NO there wasn't a wedding or mehndi tattooing party at work - apparently a rat died in the air conditioning vent, so the maintenance folk sprayed some chemicals (yes it really smelt like henna), probably to sanitize the vent or kill the poor bastards offspring.
So then after I get off work, I pick up a buddy a mine from his place in Jabriya, and there's a ghetto ambulance outside his apartment. I was not about to get off my car and start investigating who what when where and why....so we just drove off. When we returned home later that evening we learned that the Kuwaiti land owners chauffeur, a Bengali (people from Bangladesh for you ignant folk) fellow committed suicide by swallowing rat poison.....crazy eh?
Now I'm not no Sherlock, but I'm sure it has to do with some of the labor protesting that has been going on recently in Kuwait. Apparently Bengali's are the perceived thugs/gangsters/mafia in Kuwait (which I think is hilarious , and you'd probably agree if you ever met a Bengali). These Bengali's are on minimum wage, and have not been paid their salaries for the past 4-6 months....so I'm not surprised that most of the criminal activity is associated with these Bengali bandits (no affiliation with the Tamil Tigers :D)
So without digressing too much, let me return to the more delightful topic on rats. I read an article this morning titled "India's poor urged to 'eat rats'". How could I not click on the link (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7557107.stm) given the last 24 hours. I was humored by India's secretary of state's Welfare Department is a fuggin moron. His way of dealing with India's ridiculous inflation and food shortages is to eat a bloody rat. I hate to put Mr. Vijay Prakash on blast, but when a government official says: "People now prefer to eat rat meat instead of chicken or goat as it comes cheaper and is more tasty" he/she should be denied any rights to speak publicly......Period. What the article also mentions is his reference is based on the extremely poor town of Bihar (population 2.3 million) where less than 1% of the population is literate...and I'm guessing is probably this dudes hometown :D.
I was rather disappointed to learn I was born in the year of the Rat...although after reading the personality traits I am a much bigger fan of Chinese astrology than the typical Zodiac crock of shit. Now according to Wiki...Rats are intelligent and cunning at the same time, rats are highly ambitious and strong-willed people who are keen and unapologetic promoters of their own agendas, which often include money and power : D Although, I did feel a tad cooler being a Lion over an ugly ass rat. I've been on several first dates where our horoscopes were a topic of discussion. It irritates the life out of me when a girl is trying to measure our compatibility based on our damn horoscope..."Uhh I'm a virgin (Virgo), you're a pussy (Leo)....it would never work out" - Although looking back while I type...I may have misunderstood what she meant....
Regardless...my next strategy is to meet women that follow the Chinese horoscope signs...apparently I get along real well with Monkeys, Dragons and Oxen so shoot me an email with you're Chinese sign so I can validate (I'm being serious) . If it's true I plan to revamp my campaign to meet women with a new slogan "SINGLE RAT IN KUWAIT LOOKING FOR MUSLIM MONKEY"....I'll keep you guys posted on how that goes :)
These images are from a favorite forward I received. The captions in the email read: "Even when you are having a really bad day......Someone will try to screw you" --- Hah!
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