Iraqi Humor

Max2147 · 04-03-09, 05:52 PM

"The humour of the people of Egypt is well-known in the Middle East. Some believe it is born of crippling poverty - if you've no other choice, you have to laugh the hardships away. The same is true in Iraq. Except that, in addition to poverty, we have daily, random violence, foreign soldiers all over the place, a state sector riddled with corruption, and public services that have fallen to pieces. So we laugh all the harder"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7976381.stm

It reminds me of the Cold War era Russian humor: http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/a...ls.php?id=7412

bookworm_020 · 04-03-09, 11:16 PM

I guess if you don't laugh, you cry!

I do hope things get better for the average person in Iraq and the country can rebuild itself.

04-03-09, 05:52 PM	#1
Max2147 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 714 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Iraqi Humor "The humour of the people of Egypt is well-known in the Middle East. Some believe it is born of crippling poverty - if you've no other choice, you have to laugh the hardships away. The same is true in Iraq. Except that, in addition to poverty, we have daily, random violence, foreign soldiers all over the place, a state sector riddled with corruption, and public services that have fallen to pieces. So we laugh all the harder" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7976381.stm It reminds me of the Cold War era Russian humor: http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/a...ls.php?id=7412

04-03-09, 11:16 PM	#2
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I guess if you don't laugh, you cry! I do hope things get better for the average person in Iraq and the country can rebuild itself. __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"