Walk Like An Egyptian
Recently, I went to get my daughter to LAX (Los Angeles International Airport), flying to Paris on Air France. It was in Turkey during the last five weeks and returned home to Istanbul via Paris. Waiting to pass through customs, I was sitting in the waiting room of flights arriving at Terminal 2, International Terminal, to mind my own business. My wife had a latte at Starbucks soon.
Three young Arabic-speaking young people sitting near me, one immediately to my right with a different look at and face and in front of me. Besides the fact that these young people speak Arabic and Middle East have been looking for, they behaved like any what college-age young people could, laughing, having a good time watching the girls, etc.
I turned to one side of me and I did something I wanted to do for years and years. I said, "So you are terrorists or something?"
The man me said something that I guess could be translated as WTF? He said, "Why?" Do you think that as we all are terrorists, "I replied:"?. Yes, more or less "
He translated what he said, two friends, the fun begins.
Spoke too fast and strong for each other in Arabic, probably say derogatory things about me and my mother. A man sitting opposite me with another young man looked at me with his magazine and decided that this could be a good time to take another seat (in a different city). Another man in a chair looking down his book to get better in the festivities to come.
While they were still Arabic speaking rapid fire, adding: "Because if so, I'll have Jackie Chan's ass here and now."
For the young at my side says: "Then we will go jihad on you."
At this stage, the man in the front seat to put his hands over his eyes as if they witness what would happen.
Now, the other two were leaning forward in their seats with enthusiasm to participate in the conversation. I must add that now everyone in the immediate area has been seeing and hearing as well.
I asked the guy in the seat opposite me that he would be back in the race to come and said he was not there and did not.
At that point I said something like, "You can get everything you want jihad, but they will open a serious can and ass you scream "What he said."? Perhaps what "So I had to explain to them. It turns out that you can mourn the donkey is a concept difficult to explain to an Arab. They could not understand how to get your ass cry in the first frame. (I'm not sure I know, frankly.) I also wanted show that it can. They wanted to know where I could buy a can in case I needed it. I told them that if I went to visit the good ole USofA you better know what a can o 'song cock ass because chances are, if you go around speaking in Arabic at airports, it is not the last time he faced a treat. When I explained ass cry, things had calmed down considerably.
A young men said they were Egyptians and the Egyptians are not like "the other Arabs." I noted that one of 09.11 hijackers were Egyptians.
He said: "Prove that you are Egyptian. Walk like an Egyptian." I could not do it. Then I asked him if he knew Steve Martin King Tut song. I knew no one. Egyptians could not have been real.
Anyway, finally said were students who went to UCLA in the fall and arrived early to enjoy the view before school starts. And I thought that if they go to school in the fall, no should have a bomb strapped to them at this time. So I began to relax.
When the dust settles, so to speak, one closer to me Hassan says he is a musician and studied music at UCLA. I asked him if he sang the songs they sing the Arabs that sounds like they're strangling cats. I did not know what I mean and I take the time to explain. I guess you will know that very soon at UCLA. UCLA bet strangulation Cats 101 – A study of music Middle East.
When I told my wife that I was an artist and has recorded seven albums (this who called before CC) that he thought he was joking with him. I guess that's what you get when you're a clown like me.
Since the situation has stabilized, I came to tell redneck jokes, really appreciated (after I explained that what is a redneck). Hassan said: "So you must be one of those red-necked people you mentioned." What a wise man.
Later, Egypt saw a woman waiting for the same flight from Paris and told me that is very famous and she's like Oprah Winfrey Egypt. I said, "How do you know Oprah Winfrey is not the "sound" of the United States? "
We later discovered that the man sitting across from us was a prince of Tonga. Just goes to show you never know what you end up running a trip to Los Angeles.
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Kit Fremin is the owner and founder of Background Check International. Since 1994 BCI has served clients a varied as: the LA Times, Department of Defense, Mars, Inc., the United Nations, the NTSB and Calvary Chapels nationwide. His website is: www.bcint.com and he can be e-mailed at kit@bcint.com.
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