Tuesday 10 July 2012

The Joy Of Summer

"Modhesh", Arabic for amazing, is th...
"Modhesh", Arabic for amazing, is the mascot of Dubai Summer Surprises. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
You know it's summer in the Emirates when:

  • Hot water comes out of the cold tap. 
  • Gulf News runs pictures of pigeons drinking from a standpipe in a public park. Alternatively, people shading themselves from the harsh summer sun or labourers sleeping in the shade.
  • You can't seem to get dry when you get out of the shower.
  • Everybody you've ever done business with needs to meet face to face for no particularly good reason.
  • Your shirt's stuck to you by the time you've made the walk to the car. The car's baking hot when you get to it.  
  • The back of your shirt in contact with the car seat never quite dries out.
  • By the time the car has finally cooled down you've arrived at the next meeting.
  • The walk from the car to meeting sticks your shirt to you. 
  • By the end of the meeting you've cooled down just in time to walk to the baking hot car with your shirt stuck to you. The first blast of air from the AC through the hot dashboard makes it worse. You're better off opening the windows initially to bring the car down to ambient temperature.
  • When you forget to put up the sunshade you have to hold tissues in your hands to protect from the super-heated steering wheel.
  • Your electricity meter starts to defy the rules of physics and proves the theory E=M$2.
  • You see strange, yellow sprung maggots with evil, leering grins start to appear. You know this is not a hallucination, but a strange annual manifestation of that cargo cult known as Dubai Summer Surprises. 
  • Somehow, you're not surprised.

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6 comments:

Mich said...

You know it's summer when...
Your glasses fog up when you step outside,
You have to put your hair up, if not it is wet and sticky as soon as you step out of the house,
You have to touch the ground before taking the dog out for a walk...
But then again,
You can find parking,
The streets are relatively empty because the "brats" are out of school and away,

Alexander said...

DRAT!

Totally missed the misty shades syndrome!!!

LOL - You know it's summer when your dog does dressage on the pavement...

Rupert Neil Bumfrey said...

Please get up to date, this is 2012 after all, some of us use #DubaiMetro!

"When Metro glass dividers fog up on doors opening at station."

"#BOIndex on Metro stays at record highs."

Anonymous said...

You get to read stories like "UAE residents brave humidity, heat" every day in the Gulf News. Do they just copy and paste from the previous years?

MMM said...

"When you sweat while taking a shower"

Unknown said...

When everybody tweets and posts facebook statuses saying "It's so hot!" like we hadn't noticed.

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