Thursday
Jan272011
The funniest joke you'll hear about Egypt and Tunisia today
... is in French, from Tunisian blogger Yassine Ayari on Twitter:
L'Egypte se tunisifie, Moubarak se benalise. C'est du Djeddah vu!
Update on January 27, 2011 at 8:22 PM by
Issandr El Amrani
Issandr El Amrani
This is another good pun, in Arabic, via Angry Arab
King Abdullah and all kings of Saudi Arabia have the title of "servant of the two holy places" — Mecca and Medina — which in Arabic is "Hami al-Harameen". But here the title has been changed to say "Hami al-Harameen", "servant of the two thieves". Alongside the king are Tunisia's Ben Ali and his wife Leila Trabelsi.
Reader Comments (7)
Oh the French and their puns
In English, it is:
"Egypt tunisifies, Mubarak benalizes, it's a Djeddah Vu!"
(roughly)
how a hypothetical facebook conversation between the tyrants would look like...
http://imgur.com/69ozR
I found it hilarious.
Actually, it's "protector of the two thieves."
@Vanguard @Issandr: I loved that facebook conversation!! Here's my translation, feel free to correct it :)
Hosni Mubarak:
So it serious or what? Friday's getting closer, is the situation settled down or will we be praying in Jeddah?
Habib El Adly:
Shame Mr. President! Everything's alright, don't worry.
Hosni Mubarak:
Shut up you son of a *****, all this uproar is your fault. Son of a *****
Gamal Mubarak:
Dad, I won't leave the country until I'm in power! You promised!
Ahmed Ezz:
Don't worry, O revolutionary of the [National Democratic] Party, if it all goes tits up we'll still have done some good new work and we can move the factory to Jeddah.
Hosni Mubarak:
I'm the one who deserves a beating for for letting a bunch of ****** kids like you stay there, you've ruined it you sons of *******. I'll send you back to the days of [?], Gamal you ****, and you Ezz, you son of a *****, tomorrow morning before I leave the country, you'll stop by with a new skewer so I can **** *** ***. And what's that Mr. Lover Man profile picture you've got up, you nancy.
Brother Leader:
We have to tell you Mubarak, Democracy comes from the original 'democracy', which comes from the Arabic phrase 'demo krasy.' which means 'mudahama el karasy' [seizing the chairs]. So we advise you to seize hold of your chair tightly and don't ever let go of it, for this is indeed democracy. And tomorrow you'll say, I wish I'd listened to the advice of the King of Kings of Africa, and Leader of the Tribes of Arabia, and Imam of the Muslims, and Chief of the Turtles of Tinga: Brother Leader Commander of the United Socialist Arab Republic of Libya.
Zein el Abidine:
'I have understood you!'
King Abdullah:
Cheer up, may God extend your life! The hotel in Jeddah is ready, may God bring you safely! But the thing is, the visas here are tricky and complicated, if you could just change the occupation on your passport, I can get you a work visa as a driver.
Ahmed Nazif [Nazif=clean]:
Your missus is asking, sir, should I get your underwear ready? I've just put them in to soak, they'll just about be dry in time sir.
Hosni Mubarak:
You've always been so clean Nazif... Alright then, a driver's a driver, and we've driven stupidity before anyway. Just don't forget to pack my swimming trunks for the swimming pool in Jeddah, we're on our way Zein el Abidine.
Zein el Abidine:
I have understood you!
Hosni Mubarak:
Enough Zein, you're like a broken record. Fathi??
Fathi Sorour:
Motion passed!
In fact the above joke is built on a joke heard in Egypt decades ago...
A Saudi and an Egyptian were bragging about their countries. The Saudi said, "In the kingdom, we have, may he be blessed, king Fahd, the servant of the two holy mosques (Khadem Al-Haramin Al-Sharifin). The Egyptian said, "That's is nothing. In Egypt we have Hosni Mubarak, the servant of the two holy "Haram" (pyramid) - (Khadem Al-Haramin Al-Sharifin).
I could be mistaken, but I think the title was first taken by Fahd. I dont think any previous kings had it.