Lebanon (700 hits)
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Submitted by <adamchalland.at.hotmail.com> (View user info) at 2004-11-19 09:48:33 EST
Nobody knows my religious homeland even exists. Lebanon, it's the best place ever. It's a tiny coastal country near Israel, Jesus hid in a cave in Lebanon once from angry Jews. This all beside the point, what I'm trying to say is, the place where my mum was born, is a complete shithole. See, they were involved in 3 civil wars, and invaded by both Israel and Syria 4 or 5 times within the last few years, but I mean, try and clean up for fuck's sake. Whenever I go there, I see:
.A monkey rummaging through a bin, I mean what the hell? How did a wild rabid monkey get into a country they don't even live in?
.Bombed out buildings. Just lumps of rubble every few feet along motorways.
.Cars with no hubcaps, wind mirrors, headlights, doors or roofs. When people need a quick buck, they remove "Unessential" Things like headlights from their cars and sell them to people who did the exact same thing 3 weeks ago.
.Bullet holes. Just generally, in roads, on walls, through windows.
.Half built buildings. When someone wants a house, they start building one, then run out of money half way through and just leave the empty shell somewhere.
.An open sewer. Self explanatory.
.Kebab shops. Literally, walk for 10 minutes in any direction anywhere in the country, you will see at least 8 kebab shops.
It's actually quite ironic what happened to the place really, there was a civil war, Christians V Muslims, then the two countries either side of the place invaded and the entire land became a battlefield. The only thing I've gained by being part of this great land? A humorous nickname... Leeb.
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Submitted by Sgt_Badass (user info) at 2004-11-19 18:11:29 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I am so there
Submitted by Falconer (user info) at 2004-11-19 17:14:48 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
cool.
Submitted by JenBee (user info) at 2004-11-19 16:00:30 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
man.
this is a good song.
Submitted by Adman (user info) at 2004-11-19 13:36:23 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
To all the people complimenting the place: I know there are many great qualities about the country, just the thing is they aren't very funny or interesting...
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2004-11-19 12:54:11 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
This is probably the funniest thing that I have read all week:
Submitted by PopCorn80 (user info) at 2004-11-19 10:39:31 (#)
Ranking: 1
When I lived there in 1988, my hometown's name is Kernayle. Anyhoo, there was this crazy guy called Mohammad the Zebal.. translation: Mohammad the garbge man.. I can't tell you how many times I caught this guy fucking my neihbor's dog. I was 8 years old at the time, I couldn't really tell what he was doing, but something told me it wasn't right.. The sounds, oh god those horrible sounds!
My dad still lives there and he tells me that Lebanon has cleaned up really well.. What do I know? I haven't been back in 14 years..
No matter how fucked up it may seem Lebanon is fucking beautifull.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2004-11-19 10:51:54 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Submitted by Donitsu2002 (user info) at 2004-11-19 10:08:24 (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2004-11-19 09:53:02 (#)
Ranking: 1
I was born in a hospital in Lebanon, New Hampshire. I'm not sure why this matters here.
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Get the hell out of my state.....
Not really but you get the point
I left "your" state in 1962...only to return on a yearly basis until my dear old grandma passed away around 1980-something.
Submitted by Feijuada (user info) at 2004-11-19 10:47:12 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
.Half built buildings. When someone wants a house, they start building one, then run out of money half way through and just leave the empty shell somewhere.
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Happens all the time in Brazil.
Submitted by PopCorn80 (user info) at 2004-11-19 10:39:31 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
When I lived there in 1988, my hometown's name is Kernayle. Anyhoo, there was this crazy guy called Mohammad the Zebal.. translation: Mohammad the garbge man.. I can't tell you how many times I caught this guy fucking my neihbor's dog. I was 8 years old at the time, I couldn't really tell what he was doing, but something told me it wasn't right.. The sounds, oh god those horrible sounds!
My dad still lives there and he tells me that Lebanon has cleaned up really well.. What do I know? I haven't been back in 14 years..
No matter how fucked up it may seem Lebanon is fucking beautifull.
Submitted by Shay (user info) at 2004-11-19 10:39:26 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
My younger sister is 1/2 Lebanese.
Submitted by Brianthetruthspeaker (user info) at 2004-11-19 10:30:55 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Also some Very beautiful Caves out side of Beirut
Very similar to the Blue grotto of Capri
Most of the time boats can only reach them
As the entrance is under water most of the time
My "Unit" Staged a lot of sneak and peeks from them.
Submitted by firefly (user info) at 2004-11-19 10:30:20 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
No Comment
Submitted by Brianthetruthspeaker (user info) at 2004-11-19 10:21:52 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
HAVE YOU EVEN BEEN THERE?
I have.
You would know why there is a "tree" on the flag.
I do not know why people post stuff out of hand.
I just have to laugh and shake my head.
It is very beautiful.
Haven't you ever heard about the cedars of Lebanon?
Submitted by wookie (user info) at 2004-11-19 10:17:43 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Submitted by Adman (user info) at 2004-11-19 10:08:12 (#)
Ranking: 0
There's a Cedar tree on the flag, for some bizarre reason.
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"Among the native tree species present in Lebanon, the most famous, most treasured species both nationally and internationally is the Cedar of Lebanon, known scientifically as the Cedrus libani. The Cedar of Lebanon is cited numerous times in religion and mythology. In addition to its significant role in the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Cedar of Lebanon is regarded as a world tree in several mytholog ical passages. One deeply mythological passage sees the imperial nation, the embodiment of history, under the figure of something like a world-tree [Ezekiel 31.1-18]. The cutting of the cedar is seen as the destruction of world-empires - really, as the end of history. Our understanding of ecology, the dependence of human history on maintenance of the natural environment, simply makes this primitive insight explicit."
God damn I'm bored today.
Submitted by Donitsu2002 (user info) at 2004-11-19 10:08:24 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2004-11-19 09:53:02 (#)
Ranking: 1
I was born in a hospital in Lebanon, New Hampshire. I'm not sure why this matters here.
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Get the hell out of my state.....
Not really but you get the point
Submitted by Adman (user info) at 2004-11-19 10:08:12 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
There's a Cedar tree on the flag, for some bizarre reason.
Submitted by wookie (user info) at 2004-11-19 10:03:07 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
I was in a band called the Cedars of Lebanon. I'm not sure why this matters here.
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2004-11-19 10:00:27 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Lebanon is my favorite kind of lunch meat.
Submitted by hairycoo (user info) at 2004-11-19 09:55:33 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I remember seeing a photo of the telephone wiring system in Beirut. fucked up place.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2004-11-19 09:53:02 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
I was born in a hospital in Lebanon, New Hampshire. I'm not sure why this matters here.
Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2004-11-19 09:52:09 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
You found my monkey..!!
you angel.
and didn't The Human League sing a song called The Lebanon?