"Lebanon, love it or leave it!" (© Nicolas Sarkozy)
Yeah, that's right, what's with all those slipshods (babouche-shods?) who wanna lecture us under the pretense that their tourism dollars are the country's main survival resource? There are now 12 daily hours of rationing even in the most privileged kazas, the "summering regions", where the Gulf m(b)illionaires reside every year? So what? We've got generators, you've got oil, so in your face! Electricity is like a Christmas tree? What about it? Ain't we in Ramadan? And isn't Ramadan the muslim world's Christmas? (What "mawlid" holiday? Never heard of it. Move along!) Excu-hu-hu-huuuuse me? The water's out so often that you've got to spend your days ordering entire tank trucks of water? Why, is there an abundance of water in your bedouin deserts, perchance? The cheek!
I mean, really, doggone it. Here we are in OUR beautiful country, following OUR wonderful traditional customs, like in the good old days, during the war of '75. It's precisely what makes all the touristic charm of Lebanon: its traditional side, its picturesque character, in a nutshell: its medieval-prehistoric neo-grunge personality.
And we're proud of it, so there! As a matter of fact, every year we improve the method.
Residing in Lebanon is a privilege. So, enjoy it, and shut the hell up!
(By the way, pay no attention to the odd text format. It's just that, whenever the light goes out, it get a little darker. That's quite normal. More than that: it's ORDINARY.)
"Le Liban, tu l'aimes ou tu le quittes!" (© Nicolas Sarkozy)
C'est vrai, quoi, c'est quoi ces traîne-savates (traîne-babouches?) qui vont nous donner des leçons sous prétexte que leurs dollars du tourisme sont la principale ressource de survie du pays? Il y a dorénavant 12 heures de rationnement quotidien même dans les kazas les plus privilégiés, les "régions d'estivage" où les millionn(liard)aires du Golfe séjournent chaque année? Et après? On a des générateurs, vous avez du pétrole, et toc! L'électricité joue les arbres de Noël? Et alors? C'est pas Ramadan? Et Ramadan, c'est pas le Noël du monde musulman? (Quelle fête du "mawlid"? Jamais entendu causer. Circulez!) Pardoooooon? L'eau est si souvent coupée qu'il faut passer ses journées à commander des camions-citernes entiers d'eau? Pourquoi, dans vos déserts de bédouins, il y en a, de l'eau en abondance? Non mais, des fois!
C'est vrai quoi, scrogneugneu. On est dans NOTRE beau pays, on suit NOS belles coutumes traditionnelles, comme au bon vieux temps, durant la guerre de '75. C'est ça qui fait tout le charme touristique du Liban: son caractère traditionnel, son pittoresque, bref : son côté médiéval-préhistorique néo-grunge.
Et on en est fiers, na! D'ailleurs, chaque année on améliore le procédé.
Séjourner au Liban, c'est un privilège. Alors, appréciez, et vos gueules!
(Au fait, ne prêtez pas attention au format curieux du texte. C'est juste que chaque fois que la lumière part, il devient un peu plus sombre. C'est normal. Plus: c'est BANAL.)
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Fuck the tourists!
Posted: Thursday, September 18, 2008
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5 comments:
you just outdid yourself on this one Pascal.
I donno whether to laugh or cry!
Check my latest post, today Sept 27, and then you'll know:
You'll want to hit me.
Anger is nice for letting emotions out! ;-)
BTW, nice new avatar. Yahoo® made, I suppose?
hehe I just checked your article before reading your comments here :)
yes, Yahoo® made a long time ago.
I must admit, your latest post was the greatest though hehe
Thanks. I guess I'm improving with experience.
I'll try to do even better in the future. (You know, before a woman does a better post than mine. Or something. ;-)
I should give some thought to better Dourak articles. Then again, one Dourak post TOO good, and I'll have to move in with Salman Rushdie!
On second thought I'd better bash at Bush for my next post. It's always an easy and safe topic. Yes, yes... As they say in Hollywood, "everybody loves monkeys and slapping clowns".
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