Score a goal, win some camels (or girls)
Update: A pregnant woman refused to be admitted into the hospital because they had no TV and she couldn’t see the UAE vs Oman final. She returned after the final had been played, and named her kid Matar, after Ismael Matar who scored the winning goal (and already has camels from the below story).
From the “this is too weird to not be true” dept:
A patriotic United Arab Emirates fan has presented top player Ismael Matar with two camels after the striker scored the goal against Saudi Arabia that sent his country into the Gulf Cup final. (news link)
Now this would have been a lot more interesting (and would definitely have gotten more news coverage) if the fan had bought female slaves and gifted them to Matar as ‘just’ reward for his goal.
Or maybe he did, and the camels are just a ‘front’ for what really happened.
Whatever the case, this is certainly better than actually watching these guys hoof long balls and misplace passes all day…
Ahmed..i love reading ur posts and ur very informed answers to comments. but i must say your joke about giving female slaves was in extremely bad taste.
at a time when the world is fed bias and venom against muslims to make a joke that indirectly hints at a certain sterotype is unfortunate.
umer - to start off, i think it’s really cool that you read my site.
however, I tend not to let political correctness or diplomacy get in the way of what I write here, and if we’re not able to laugh at ourselves then we’re taking those stereotypes way too seriously.
to each his own, I guess.
Terrible Joke to start of with. Did you manage to watch the Gulf Cup? I’m guessing based on your ill comment “this is certainly better than actually watching these guys hoof long balls and misplace passes all day.” I can get you the videos from youtube if you want. Oh and by the way that player Ismael Matar was voted the best player of the FIFA World Youth Championship 2003, in which Daniel Alves, Daniel Carvalho, Mascherano, Nilmar, Iniesta and many more. I’m not really sure he could have done that with a team that “hoof long balls and misplace passes all day.” Keep up the good work!
egg, meet face.
what’s said in jest (and deliberate ignorance) should probably be treated as such.
alright, the guy’s taken his flak so that should be that.
that said…bad joke!