Thursday Thirteen #17

by Grace on November 8, 2007

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13 THINGS I SAW AT THE BEACH ON EID WEEKEND

1. A sexy blonde in bikini. Not an ordinary bikini because she had thongs for bottoms. Oh, the color was hot pink.

2. Someone nearly drowned. Maybe he oggled too much at the bikini beauty and forgot he couldn’t swim?

3. The lifeguard ala-Hasselhoff rushed to the beach while people dragged the nearly drowned man. When the lifeguard saw that the man was ok, he went back to his station – a few minutes after he oggled at the thong-bikini-blonde girl.

4. So many men swimming in the sea with their underwear only. They must think that swimming trunks and briefs are the same.

5. One of them had a white colored trunk. Everyone can see clearly what was going on beneath that piece of cloth.

6. Some women swam with their heads covered – not with swim caps but with cloths. They are the reserved ones, most likely.

7. A dead jellyfish washed ashore and I almost stepped on it.

8. A very cute girl with lovely green eyes who called out “mama”. I turned my back and she hugged me. My eyes are nowhere near green so I guess it was a case of mistaken identity!

9. A blonde middle-aged, more than the average size woman who can’t get out of the water. While swimming, her loose bikini bra went missing in action! I offered helped but she was blurting something I could not understand! (I found out later that she was Russian)

10. Lots of people grilling. One of the tents caught fire!

11. A patrol car (a pickup truck actually) with sirens on the beach, inside it was an arab guy (a policeman) with megaphone screaming, “get out of the water” when the sun set. Swimming beyond sunset is prohibited.

12. The same policeman coming out of the pickup and telling the men on the beach to stay away from the shore as they didn’t have plans to swim but instead continued to oggle at the women there. Very disgusting.

13. A crowd of men doing their prayer on a huge carpet at the call of the minarets for prayer.

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{ 37 comments }

1 Maribeth November 8, 2007 at 2:41 am

Good and interesting and funny list! I took this week off because I have something else I wrote about.

2 Robin November 8, 2007 at 3:25 am

She lost her top? Poor woman…

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3 pussreboots November 8, 2007 at 3:28 am

Sounds like an interesting trip. You’d see a lot of that here in California too. Happy TT.

4 Desert Songbird November 8, 2007 at 6:10 am

I can’t reconcile these images with living in an Arab country. Fascinating.

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5 Charlotte @ Charmed Life November 8, 2007 at 8:07 am

wow .. so eventful!

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6 Jennifer in OR November 8, 2007 at 8:56 am

And it all started with the blonde in the pink bikini…Maybe if she had stayed home that day, or actually wore decent beach attire, none of the following would have happened! :-)

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7 Candy Minx November 8, 2007 at 12:12 pm

I am very interested in this country…it’s a funny beach story partly because I’m trying to image a tense society as well. Very disturbing to see someone almost drwon. I’ve seen that at a public pool and it spoiled the rest of the day…even knowing they were saved.

Terrific list…I’m going to explore your blog and look for pictures. Thanks for visiting my blog!

Candy

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8 Xakara November 8, 2007 at 2:31 pm

To say you had an adventure would be a vast understatement. Near drowning, tent fire, lost swimsuit top, and oggling galore…*headshake* I feel like I was there but with enough distance to be properly entertained. *wink*

Happy TT :)

~X

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9 marcia v November 8, 2007 at 3:27 pm

Wow all in one trip?

10 Kate November 8, 2007 at 3:47 pm

Wow, such an eventful day.

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11 Raggedy November 8, 2007 at 3:56 pm

Thanks for taking us to the beach with you!
What a fun filled beach with never a dull moment!
I did not hear anyone holler SHARK! *giggles
Terrific Thursday Thirteen!
Thank you for your visit.
Have a wonderful day!
Happy TT’ing!
*^_^
(=’:'=)
(”)_ (”)Š
Raggedy

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12 susiej November 8, 2007 at 4:10 pm

I love the little girl with green eyes.

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13 Susan Helene Gottfried November 8, 2007 at 4:47 pm

Fascinating picture you’ve painted, there. I’m sort of surprised no one made the bikini lady leave.

Happy TT!

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14 KC November 8, 2007 at 5:54 pm

interesting things one sees at the beach. Great List
Happy T13

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15 mom not mum November 8, 2007 at 5:58 pm

Wow that was quite the day at the beach.

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16 Bethany November 8, 2007 at 6:06 pm

What an eventful time at the beach!! Happy Thursday, and thanks for visiting!!

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17 Lorelei James November 8, 2007 at 6:13 pm

The tent caught fire? Whoa.

18 Michelle November 8, 2007 at 6:53 pm

What a great list. I love it for its diversity from what a day at the beach is for me! So much more varity! Great TT!

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19 Carrie Lofty November 8, 2007 at 7:09 pm

It must be a bit of culture shock to have that many diverse belief systems and degrees of morality all sharing the same beach. Interesting post. Thanks for sharing.

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20 On a Limb with Claudia November 8, 2007 at 7:35 pm

OK, I know it’s retarded but my first response was,”wow, that’s just like the beach here!” lol!

I’m glad you didn’t step on the jelly fish!

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21 Dane Bramage November 8, 2007 at 7:53 pm

I have’nt been to a beach in ages. Yours sounds like an interesting one.
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22 SabineM November 8, 2007 at 8:23 pm

THongs are legal in Dubai?
I am confused, I thought it was soo traditional….

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23 Lori November 8, 2007 at 8:36 pm

The beach?? Wait, isnt it fall?? I know, I can go to the beach any time of year but it gets a bit chilly to lay out this time of year. Of course, im in Southern Cal, maybe its hot where you are:) Great list…sounds like quite a day. Happy TT and thanks for stopping by.

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24 Denise November 8, 2007 at 8:44 pm

Sounds like it was NOT a dull day! People watching is always a great sport. Sounds like you had a good time.

Thanks for visiting my TT!

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25 Darla November 8, 2007 at 9:30 pm

Ah, the beach… Thanks for painting such a vivid picture–it’s so cold and gray and cloudy today, I could really use it. :)

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26 Heidi Hyde November 8, 2007 at 9:36 pm

that sounds like quite the day…Oh, I wish I were at the beach!

-HH

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27 Grace November 8, 2007 at 11:10 pm

Hi Sabine- Yes, all forms of swimsuit is legal in this unique country! You will go to the beach and ask yourself if you had been teleported to another world with the variation of people and bikini style on the beach. In California, I can understand but this is the Middle East! :-)

28 mar November 9, 2007 at 1:00 am

Good thing you didn’t step on that jelly fish!!
Never seen men wearing his underwear to go swimming.
And never heard of prohibiting swimming after sunset!
Very interesting list, happy thirteening!

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29 Christine November 9, 2007 at 1:00 am

I love ‘People Watching’ at the beach. Sounds like you had a very interesting day there. I’m glad you didn’t step on the jellyfish.

Happy TT!

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30 mar November 9, 2007 at 1:01 am

No, no, I have posted something else after saturday’s post, the photo hunt, lol
:)

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31 mar November 9, 2007 at 1:02 am

This is actually very strange, these are old post the system is mentioning as last blog post…oh, well!

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32 Mark November 9, 2007 at 1:41 am

Certainly not a dull trip to the beach :-)

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33 Blue Momma November 9, 2007 at 1:58 am

The men swimming in their underwear? Very interesting and possibly scary. Sounds like a day begging to be blogged about!

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34 Erin November 9, 2007 at 3:56 am

I’m kind of glad I wasn’t there.

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35 shiera November 9, 2007 at 9:59 am

wow! it’s not just a beautiful beach but really interesting as well!
No wonder you keep going back there. hehe

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36 Kate Davies November 9, 2007 at 11:20 am

What a great list! I love all the detail. Thanks for sharing!

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37 Tink November 9, 2007 at 3:07 pm

Haha, the beach can be a very interesting place!
Thanks for visiting my symbols TT.

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