biggest dick

[Martin Kaminer]

As with all else, life imitates Python
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPGb4STRfKw

On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 2:00 AM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> In all fairness, Zeb did deny the whole story the next day. But that's
> hardly the point.
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>     VS-)
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> On 3/13/2012 1:08 AM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
> > http://goo.gl/rGBqk
> >> In an unfortunate result of translation, Pakistani diplomat Akbar Zeb
> >> will not become the next Pakistani ambassador to Saudi Arabia. Zeb’s
> >> credentials seem in order: He is the former ambassador to the United
> >> States, India and South Africa. He held the post of High Commissioner
> >> Designate of Pakistan to Canada and is the former director general of
> >> Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry.
> >> But despite Mr. Zeb’s impressive career, the 55-year-old diplomat’s
> >> name proved to be the immovable hurdle. When translated into Arabic,
> >> Akbar Zeb means “Biggest Dick.” In a region that stresses modesty,
> >> particularly in public, this could not stand.
> >
> > And that's how they roll...
> >
> > VS-)
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