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FartingMonk

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  1. It's cold outside. Warming up with some loaded potato soup
  2. I stayed at the Raddison Blu when I was there. Apparently that's where the hookers hang out but alas I was there during Ramadan and the hookers were on lockdown along with the booze. Woe is me woe is me indeed.
  3. It's a rivalry thing. The UAE gets to have all the fun with Dubai and how they are on the world stage. Mention Qatar and the first thing that comes to mind is Saudi lite. They pulled a Tombstone and decided they wanted to be very cosmopolitan and with the world cup they will soon overtake Dubai as the fashionable city in the middle east
  4. Yeah. It's right around 20 percent. My cousin got caught up in a whole triad weed grow house operation before the weed thing relaxed and did some fed time. Also know now to say nothing over the phone. That RICO and conspiracy stuff is pretty damn easy to get a conviction
  5. It's federal. They usually do at least 80 percent of their sentence. I bet she gets a pardon from President Biden on his way out. She still has a lot of political ammo.
  6. Yeah. I was there from June to July. I described it to my buddies as the Vegas heat with the Houston humidity. It literally sucks the life out of you
  7. Ah. Thanks for the correction I was told they stayed the same
  8. Honestly, I think the royal family did this because the Wahabbi clerics threatened them. They can withstand the western countries getting a little perturbed at them, but having the clerics turn on them wouldn't be a good idea. The second thing is if you've never been to Qatar the weather there is fucking brutal. It's like Houston on steroids. I could see a lot of alcohol poisoning and hospitalizations. You get a bunch of dudes from mild climates try to party there for two weeks and you're gonna have a lot of deaths. That's also not a good PR outlook. It should never have been hosted there in the first place. Man, it would be like having Texas play in a night game. Then Alabama kicking off right afterwards in the same location. You'd get some Germans waking up at 6 in the morning and drinking until 2AM when the last match starts. I don't like it but now that I think about it. It's probably a smart move.
  9. Alcohol is still allowed in the luxury suites. Just no sales to the poors
  10. I do like Nascar and F1. I just don't want to watch it in Qatar because slave labor and stuff
  11. No but I did eat that bat and give everyone kung flu
  12. I was worried because I'm Chinese, but I have traveled enough to know that blue passport means a lot. I made sure that fucker was visible. It's like summoning a bald fucking eagle behind you when you have that thing.
  13. No safety rules. 115 degree weather with 100 percent humidity. No breaks. No meals. 16 hour days
  14. There is no mistranslation. They are officially known as Arab republic of Egypt. That's a Nasser holdover from the 50s. But Egyptians themselves identify uniquely as Egyptians and the Arabs are the people from the gulf states. It's like calling someone from Turkey an Arab. They will tell you they are not Arabs but Turkish.
  15. Egyptians are not Arabs. Arabs don't consider them Arabs and Egyptians don't consider themselves to be Arabs
  16. I spent a month in Qatar commissioning a natural gas pipeline. When I showed up to the airport. An Arab guy was getting his luggage rolled in his cart when one of the suitcases rolled off. He turned around and pump slapped that African porter. I was like damn. Then I was in line for customs. Lady had a green passport (Philippines I believe) She had messed something up and the guy wouldn't let her through. She is there begging. And pleading to be let in. Another guard comes by and drags her off by her hair. I'm the next dude in line and he goes next and points at me. I damn near shit my pants. I show him my US passport and my work visa and he's as nice as can be. Says enjoy Qatar and let's me through no hassle. Working in the plant, some dude drops a screw driver 6 stories and it stabs some in the neck area. They radio it away. First question they asked is what country is he from. It was India. Response. We will get another one. The contractors from the west had to call in and refuse to work before they did anything. What I found out from.my.driver is although Qatar has 3 million people living there only 300k are citizens. They get paid somewhere in the half a million dollar a year range just for being citizens. The rest are imported workers. He said the hierarchy there is Arabs are at the top. Americans next. Europeans. Chinese. Japanese. Cockroaches then Egyptians. I was there during Ramadan and in country when the other Arab nations imposed sanctions. One of the most miserable work trips I've ever been on
  17. Semper Paratus doesn't that mean I'm always taller than 6 foot so I can't drown?
  18. So with french onion soup. I do recommend making way more and having leftovers. The leftovers the next day were way better the next day.
  19. Even if it wasn't it would be a 5000 lb hunk of metal flying down pretty fast. Still hurt some feelings on the ground
  20. Maybe Russia does a strategic decapitation and just hit Bali and the G20 summit.
  21. Wasn't fired from Russia just Russian troops in Belarus
  22. Just keep the heat low. Stir a lot and be patient. It takes 45-50 minutes to get it done. So just keep a close eye on it. Mine got brown but yes there is a fine line where too brown gives it a burnt taste
  23. It was my first attempt at it. Turned out really good.
  24. Did a French onion soup and yakisoba for dinner
  25. Went with a French onion soup today
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