Sunday, May 3, 2009

I Didn't Make This Up!

The local newspapers here in Kuwait are always fun to read. For a serious (!) Journalist-trained person like myself, I had to get over cringing at the grammatical errors real quick or I would have been in permanent spasm. The pictures can be quite graphic--for example, we got to "see" the bloodied face of the man who recently ran into the Dutch Queen's family during her birthday (Sorry JC & Johanna...and on her birthday yet!!)

The papers almost ALWAYS identify the nationality of the people, as if that makes a difference. Well, actually here it does. One of my recent favorites was
"Lebanese Lesbian Woman allowed to go free...". What would they say about me?? (oh the mind boggles)

Here's a recent clip from the Kuwait Times. This is NOT made up.

Idiot Apprehended
A drug-user was caught thanks to his own stupidity after pulling over to gawp at a traffic accident scene on the Salmi Highway. Police at the scene were suspicious of his demeanor and asked to see his ID card. on producing it, police found a piece of hashish stuck to the back. He has been referred to the relevant authorities.



As my bloghero, Intlxpatr comments:
The Kuwait Times has made a major improvement; the police suspected the idiot’s demeanor. They used to say the police “suspected” the idiot, but did not say what drew their suspicions - this is a major breakthrough. Also, red handed was only used once, and it was used very cleverly.

Here's another one
Prostitutes, Punters arrested
Four Asian prostitutes and three of their customers were arrested ‘red handed’ when a vice squad team raided a brothel in Hawally. The officers acted after receiving a tip-off from an informer about the goings-on in the flat. The three customers confessed to paying KD10 each for the women’s services. All have been referred to the relevant authorities.



NWB comment: I would think the women could have asked for more than 10KD (about $37.50US)?!!

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