Soccer Celebrations
Two nights ago when Egypt won the African Cup in soccer, large convoys were driving around celebrating by honking and cheering. They were really annoying and kept going at it for 30 minutes around my area before they left somewhere else. If this happened at say 6PM I wouldn’t have had a problem (maybe) but they were honking like crazy at 11PM! So awhile ago I found out that the cops arrested a lot of Egyptians on the Gulf Road that night because while the whole country was mourning the passing of the late Amir they were driving around celebrating a soccer game. I am glad the cops arrested them, I was tempted to call the cops on them myself because they were causing such a disturbance but I didn’t know what number to call (777?) and I didn’t know what to say (people are honking please help me). Anyone else hear them?
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29 Comments, add your own...
1. WTF? | February 12th, 2006 at 3:21 pm
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0202awolkuwaiti0202.html
Interesting link
2. Mark | February 12th, 2006 at 3:24 pm
yeah already read it at forza’s blog
http://www.forzaq8.net/archives/2006/02/08/its-embarrassing-to-be-kuwaiti-these-days/
3. Marzouq | February 12th, 2006 at 3:52 pm
u can trying calling 777.. i tried calling them last week cuz of a riot outside the office they didnt answer for 45 minutes!! Thats pretty annoying!
And the loud noise at night is even more annoying!
4. Marzouq | February 12th, 2006 at 3:56 pm
Side note that Tarrah girl was in my school..
5. Mark | February 12th, 2006 at 3:57 pm
what school was that?
6. Marzouq | February 12th, 2006 at 4:26 pm
ASK..
7. Marzouq | February 12th, 2006 at 4:27 pm
she was a couple of yrs younger then me.. not sure which year though
8. tawateeto | February 12th, 2006 at 9:34 pm
man, you’ve got it bad against egyptians, let them(us) be happy :)
9. Anon | February 12th, 2006 at 9:46 pm
Become a Kuwaiti, go downstairs, and tell them to stfu. Problem solved.
10. Q80Warlock | February 12th, 2006 at 10:16 pm
I know one thing if we Kuwaitis or any another nationality did the same in Cairo. We’d probably get arrested on the claim “rioting against Husni Mubarak” and then we’d end up like Adel Imam in the movie “E7na Btoo3 El Autobis” !!
Tawateeto, at least be happy at home our Amir passed away and the country is still mourning him, no need to be stupid show offs. And stop being sensitive about it…your Egyptian so what, wanna celebrate go fix the sphinx nose or something.
11. istiminkiliz | February 12th, 2006 at 10:38 pm
No body was busted, you heard wrong. Oh by the way, stop your whining.. you sound like a little school girl!
12. Tarek | February 12th, 2006 at 10:51 pm
you hate Egyptians. I know too many annoying Lebanese but I still don’t hate them. Give it a rest!
13. Mark | February 12th, 2006 at 11:17 pm
Tarek I don’t know where you got the idea I hate Egyptians. Just because I was annoyed by some Egyptians honking in the middle of the night non stop doesn’t mean I hate all Egyptians.
14. tawateeto | February 13th, 2006 at 12:21 am
looks like warlock took it too personally, im sorry, i didnt mean to be disrespectful, i know about the mourning, my comment was a joke anyway. and one more thing, you can do whatever you want in egypt and no one would tell yo u anything.. :p
15. forzaq8 | February 13th, 2006 at 12:23 am
next call time call 777 and them there are noisy people
of course them coming is another story
16. q80fa9il | February 13th, 2006 at 4:29 am
Next time just get a BB gun, stand near the window and fire a few rounds into the crowd. You’ll really enjoy your time trust me. :P
17. Nothingologist | February 13th, 2006 at 8:38 am
I’m Egyptian and I found it doubly offensive that we were supposed to ‘celebrate’ considering the ferry disaster. It’s really odd how quickly we forgot about the 1000 people who lost their lives because of it. Of course, my fellow countrymen called me a whiner and a manic depressive when I mentioned this. As for the late Emir’s death, on the 4th day of mourning, there were fireworks in Qurtoba. There will always be an insensitive lot. I think in the case of the African Cup, it’s doubly offensive.
18. WTF? | February 13th, 2006 at 9:00 am
hmmm.. so there are people dying everywhere all the time.. why do we even bother to celebrate anything?! flame away!
19. Nothingologist | February 13th, 2006 at 9:50 am
WTF? Actually, I won’t flame you. I think it’s a brilliant idea. I thought life sucked anyway.
20. q8techdrive | February 13th, 2006 at 10:25 am
Its not all about any Nationality. Those guys did some nonsense, and apparently they happened to be Egyptians. Its not a good, no matter who does these kinda untimely celebrations! Its very important to respect and admire a country’s local tradition and culture especially when you are making a living with it.
21. WTF? | February 13th, 2006 at 12:08 pm
local tradition and culture.. does that mean I now have to go chasing girls with my car in the hopes of giving them my mobile number… sorry couldnt help it… i’m in a wicked mood! :-)
22. Fatality | February 13th, 2006 at 3:14 pm
You think Kuwaitis are all about flirting and such bullshit ? You are either playing stupid or you don’t know any decent Kuwaiti folk.
23. WTF? | February 13th, 2006 at 4:26 pm
and its on! well general observance would say otherwise.. wanna drive around Salmiya on a Thursday and learn a few new things?
24. Marzouq | February 13th, 2006 at 5:01 pm
FLAME ON!! lol (I had to)
25. holla | February 14th, 2006 at 12:17 am
“And stop being sensitive about it…your Egyptian so what, wanna celebrate go fix the sphinx nose or something”
hahahha. man masser just sucks.
26. q8techdrive | February 14th, 2006 at 1:00 pm
WTF, dont generalise..
27. Nina | February 14th, 2006 at 2:50 pm
It was annoying but i got stuck in the middle of it on my way home from watching the match…and i couldnt help it i was smiling like an idiot and started beeping with them, it was kinda contagious plus i had a carful of egyptians…thing is, what was weird is that there were SOOOOO many kuwaitis and saudis who stopped their cars and were dancing in the street and beeping and cheering as well…i would say almost half the ppl out there were kuwaitis and gulf nationals (some bahrainis and qataris)..
i guess ppl just wanted any excuse to go crazy…it was fun though…
oh and what someone else said about doing anything u like in egypt and getting away with it, its true…if they do arrest ppl its usually egyptians cause as we all know, they are expendable!
28. WTF? | February 14th, 2006 at 3:25 pm
q8techdrive - Yes Mein Furher anything else?
29. shalaulakh | February 15th, 2006 at 2:14 am
we don’t have a reason to have fun and go crazy everyday, so shut up and have fun whenever you can, a man who talks like you should be 70 years old or something,
11pm is too late for you!!!!
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