The BBC’s idea of a decent nosh

The BBC describing the menu at the state dinner for French President Nicholas Sarkozy on 26 March 2008: 'A bit of fish, a bit of lamb and lots of French wine'. Indeed…!

The French, ‘e speak the english!

Mr Sarkozy breaks into English! Standing up to loud applause, he waves it away and says "Thank you, thank you, but waiting for my speech."

One of life’s oldest mysteries…

How does a guy understand a woman? Never mind disparate planetary origins, abundant and ambitious theories on demystifying this mystery, etc. Am driven to write this thanks to a weekend during which fondly held theories on woman, lovely woman have been overturned. But the nature of developments coming on the spring equinox convinces me that stormy clouds have withdrawn and happy days are nigh!!

 

If a certain girl is reading this she will know what I mean…!

Plumbing new lows in trivia!!!

 

read in The Times, London: Most toilets flush in the key of E flat

 

go figure...!

so musicians should feel flushed with success each time they loose themselves in micturation!

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The world's tallest building just might become the worlds SECOND tallest building!


That incredible man of money, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, has announced plans for a MILE-high tower in Saudi Arabia.


Osteopaths and spacetourism companies, ready get set...!

It's a month today...

Did you know that...

Mastodons were browsers, while mammoths were grazers.
Thus proving that new-age diets didnt work even in the pleistocene era...!

humpty humpty

08022008: the camels have survived baxi for two years! always knew they were tough animals. this blog also celebrates 2 years. am off for some chardonnay...

Am Bushed!!!!

Do Buy's economy could be facing losses of around 432 million dirhams ($117.6 million) following the city's complete shutdown on Monday 14 January 2008 for the visit of US president George W. Bush.
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/508197-dubai-economy-suffers-1bn-hit-

Government Of Dubai's own country...?

Some more things we love hearing after a heavy lunch

Reduces protocol exposure to server message block (SMB), LanMan, and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP).

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its official - DoBuy has the world's tallest building: the Burj Dubai [@ 512.1 metres, aka the world's largest phallic symbol].

dunno abt the rest of the world but i prefer to be closer to terra firma. and would the neighbourhood grocer deliver a half pint of milk and 2 cokes 500 mtrs up?

Duh!!!

why did the uniformly attired chief of a certain country declare an emergency against his OWN administration?

BSL

these delays between posts are depriving the world of good reading material.
work and blogging do not go together.
hence we have developed a new genre of literature: BSL or Bite-Size Literature.
distinct from sonnets, limericks and haiku.
no form, metre or structure.
suggestions are welcome.

was just thinking....

one of my closest friends is friends with mallika sherawat (see right).

so asked her:

if this author were to marry the actress would she be called sherawat-baxi?

or just plain she-xi?

we are back

back on the blog. after a much-needed vacation at home. more on the holidays in blogs to come.

also, am pleased to announce the launch of the "Dhow Jones Index" - an occasional look at the vagaries of DXB life with all its excesses, malupropisms, grandeur and beauty.

and you STILL think the USA is a great country?

US pigeons to get contraceptives
Birth control is to be used on pigeons in California in an effort to combat the "unmanageable" mess their increasing numbers are causing.
(source: BBC News)

Can we please bring back the empire?

DoBuy prattle

overheard at Burjuman Centre (popular and upmarket shopping mall in DoBuy):
Nowadays, the number of Ethiopians who wear clothes increasing.

Foodie heaven? I think not...

Competitive eating is a popular pastime in America, particularly at holidays.

but for a serious smorgasbord of food come to DoBuy!

Some more statements we love hearing after a heavy lunch!

Upon entry of the target cell, the viral RNA genome is converted to double-stranded DNA by a virally encoded reverse transcriptase that is present in the virus particle.