tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655889105820772060.post7484400349030494203..comments2023-10-17T16:44:08.588+03:00Comments on Fake Plastic Souks: The Inevitable Metro PostAlexanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14141884153180374138noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655889105820772060.post-24569852461277710482009-09-14T17:19:10.514+03:002009-09-14T17:19:10.514+03:00i think i'll wait out my joy ride until next y...i think i'll wait out my joy ride until next year....Emhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01267643422775549142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655889105820772060.post-59912191670082590982009-09-14T16:14:57.614+03:002009-09-14T16:14:57.614+03:00Rupert, if only I could control my fat!
Tom, you&...Rupert, if only I could control my fat!<br /><br />Tom, you're calling me a wrinkly, aren't you? Yes, you're right, it's not really focused on the old town - but then it's also quite a schlep from most useful places in DIC/DMC and/or the Marina and all the Jumeirah coast hotels, too!Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141884153180374138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655889105820772060.post-68227794446047264232009-09-14T14:24:11.028+03:002009-09-14T14:24:11.028+03:00Metro seems designed to service the "new"...Metro seems designed to service the "new" Dubai and its residents - people living in Marina / JBR / Downtown Burj Dubai, working in DIFC / Media / Internet City, shopping at MoE, Dubai Mall...<br /><br />Old timey folk such as yourself, living out on the Sharjah border and working in Satwa and catching the occasional Dhow to the fish markets to stock up on frankincense and check out the used bicycle souk, do not seem to be the target market :)Tom Garahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12654787671004835379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655889105820772060.post-46069059402129625012009-09-14T10:47:15.332+03:002009-09-14T10:47:15.332+03:00There were locals using the metro? Surely not.
Is...There were locals using the metro? Surely not.<br /><br />Is amusing though how the average person in Dubai seems unable to leave no button unpressed. Surely just putting the button behind some glass would do the trick?<br /><br />But no, let's leave it open and exposed and no doubt it will be pressed when someone:<br /><br />misses their stop<br />wants to open the door<br />wants to close the door<br />wants the metro to go faster<br />sees someone eating<br />sees a shiny light<br />feels that in their current situation, they miss their car horn<br /><br />Let the good times roll...Dougnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655889105820772060.post-6675577300541091332009-09-14T10:26:38.899+03:002009-09-14T10:26:38.899+03:00"British security guards who've never liv..."British security guards who've never lived here before treating locals like you'd treat a queue-jumper back in Blighty (the results were apparently quite comic), "<br /><br />Hope the guards didnt back down and taught the pathetic queue jumpers a lesson :)Mohammednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655889105820772060.post-49804025801794620102009-09-14T09:28:50.829+03:002009-09-14T09:28:50.829+03:00I have taken the liberty of renaming you as "...I have taken the liberty of renaming you as "The Fat Controller"!Rupert Neil Bumfreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04460239805603476978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655889105820772060.post-42353046355330259602009-09-14T09:19:57.024+03:002009-09-14T09:19:57.024+03:00ROFLMAO!!! Thank you very much Mr. Macnabb- now I ...ROFLMAO!!! Thank you very much Mr. Macnabb- now I need a box of tissues, having sprayed coffee all over my desk.<br /><br />All I saw was 'Metro' + 'Thomas the Tank Engine'<br /><br />brilliant!huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09299456569511629114noreply@blogger.com