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hankinbaghdad

A brief treatise on names in Iraq...

Mar 11, 2004 14:25

I arrived back in Baghdad today. The trip was uneventful. As we were leaving Arbil, I saw a sign that made me laugh out loud ( Read more... )

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jakenelson March 11 2004, 03:53:40 UTC

Heh! Great post. Weird country indeed. Hmm, maybe I'll stop by the local International Joint Undertaking for Maximum Pancakes (IJUMP) for breakfast.

insomnia March 11 2004, 04:14:07 UTC

Obviously Rashid must mean "rocketed"...

_phaedrus_ March 11 2004, 09:48:42 UTC

Hehe...kinda makes me wonder which way they would go with the less desirable businesses like head shops or maybe brothels. Is it "The Whore Store" or is it "The Iraq National Center for Gettin' it ON"?

giantlaser March 11 2004, 11:00:27 UTC

That would probably be related to the pre-Islam temple of the prophet Eunice, located in Mosul. You know, that enormous, angled building with the 100-year-old Mosque on top. :)

hankinbaghdad March 11 2004, 11:45:28 UTC

That explains it, but does it make it any less weird to meet 3 different men named Eunice in two days?