Guilty...hijacking topics

Ya Novita, you'll slaughter us! Don't worry sweetie, we like you so I don't think anyone would say anything seriously mean to you.

King Edshel, join Sarcastics Anonymous. :)

"I fight with love and I laugh with rage, you have to live light enough to see the humor and long enough to see some change." Ani Difranco

king ... the group call Sarcasm Anonymous run by Her Majesty Queen Gypsy.

guys? :) I don't know which group are you talking about but .. will try my luck ... it always betrayed me, but let's give it a try.

sorry ... if i join your group i will be just like a lamb to the slaughter... :-(

Novita, you're going to join the group right??? You've gotten so sarcastic lately, I love it.

"I fight with love and I laugh with rage, you have to live light enough to see the humor and long enough to see some change." Ani Difranco

I was the first to post!

i subscribed...member #4...my lucky number...hehehehe

it is there now ... now you smarta$$ and the gang can post till your heart content :P

I beat you to first post at Sarcastics anonymous. It's Gen Y season nowadays...

Woohoo, yeehaa and all that!

Guys, the group sounds like heaven, why dontja join up all?

I'm going away on the weekend for a few days....but should be able to look after the group whilst I'm away.....the trip is for business, so I'm sure I will have plenty of time to play on QL :D

Am I able to ban people for a few days if they whine too much? :p

yay a smartass group! woohoo! I finally feel at home! lol

HEY! why wasn't i considered as a moderator ?? :P Me no like u no more

I will not post there. you can believe me. I always tell the truth but lying is a part of my job scope.

got mine all wrapped up in a turban to protect it from you...

Scarlett!!!!

I think Qatari has to approve it. I will post when it's up. :D

"I fight with love and I laugh with rage, you have to live light enough to see the humor and long enough to see some change." Ani Difranco

'checked the group tabs....It's not yet there. :-))))

someone pulled out their hair...

Yes I am. But only for 3 weeks. Surely Scorpio can handle the Group till I get back. :)

"I fight with love and I laugh with rage, you have to live light enough to see the humor and long enough to see some change." Ani Difranco

aren't you leaving Doha in next day or so?

*S*

Don't worry jauntie, I have included a legal paragraph that says that Sarcastics Anonymous is not responsible for any heart attacks, hissy fits, mental stress or nervous breakdowns caused by the content of this site.

"I fight with love and I laugh with rage, you have to live light enough to see the humor and long enough to see some change." Ani Difranco

ooer

there will be tears by bedtime! mark my words ;D

am I allowed to draw first blood? *g*

You don't need to apply I don't think. I think I opened it to everyone. I'm not sure if it's actually been created yet???

"I fight with love and I laugh with rage, you have to live light enough to see the humor and long enough to see some change." Ani Difranco

I want apply for the membership. Am I qualified?

Has been created. I, Gypsy, am president. I implore you all to join my group. :D

"I fight with love and I laugh with rage, you have to live light enough to see the humor and long enough to see some change." Ani Difranco

I couldn't take the heat :D

would unbalance my scales ------------->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

and the bad thing about being deported from Doha is???? :p

Oh and I would love to be the filter if admin would allow it....

probably all get deported in no time flat.

Good moanin' DaRuDe, yer wee hunk, you!

it might have all the cats following me around all day long. Nothing sadder than a skinny fish...

i got an email from the fish boss this morning they said we are all on fast these days and lost alot of weight so no fellats try later catchin us else if now u will only get our bones to use them as comb :D

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and good morning DaRuDe, hun...I got a late start this mornin'..how's fishing?

I will drag you to the top of the list there dont worry.

and Good Morning Lady. :)

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to join :D

Goodmorning babez how u doin lady long time no see :D

what smart buns group where is it show me show me am anxious will start rollin it in no time.

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i really looking forward to see the posting on this group. I thing Gypsy will really doing well leading the group? Any objection anyone?

I haven't seen the new group Smarta$$ show up yet..are you guys falling down on the job? (not you Qatari, you have your hands full with us as it is!!!) Got a question for you tho, Qatari...is there a Whinging Pom filter?

And u don't even have to watch the show everyday to know what's going. U watch it once every 2 weeks or so and u'll know the whole story cause of how slow they're going. Oh and did u notice how always in the end the father doesn't turn out to be the biological father cause the mother cheated on him 30 years ago!

But thats the point Cornellian...to leave people feeling annoyed and irritated ;)

But the thing is it doesn't leave u in suspense, it leaves u annoyed and irritated cause u'd be like "Oh come on get it over with damnit!"

a cliff-hanger ending, eh?

I can hear the 'bong bong ditty ditty bong bong' of Eastenders (UK soap opera) already ringing in my ears as the programme leaves you in suspense until the next episode :o)

Considering Gypsy wants to be president, she can do the honour....Gypsy, can I be moderator? Oh please...it would be a delight...my number one rule would be, all conservatives welcome as long as they cause controversy.....oh and we all treat each other with as much contempt, regardless of nationality.....Oh and you can all be mean to me first : p

I'm from.... (to be continued) LOL

U know this just reminded me of the soap operas like "Days of our Lives" and "the Bold and The Beautiful". It takes them like 2 weeks to say something!

is an Aussie - but he's on holiday at the moment in UK. He's back soon I think, so you may get your wish yet!

Where ARE you from, Corne? If it's OK to ask ...

If you reply and I don't respond it's cos my VirusScan will kick in any minute now and I shall sign out - it slows everything down grrrr

I will check tomorrow if I miss you.

Thankfully I dont know any of those stoned surfer, clueless dudes. However I was fascinated with them when I was 16...funny thing was, I moved on, but they are still junk heads with nothing more to say other than 'surfs up dude'...each to their own...I guess

Jauntie, my attention span is worse than a 5 year old.....oh what is Heard?

Oh u thought I a Heard and McDonalder ? lol, naah I was just browsing through the countries and found this one to be an amusing name so I picked, but will change it cause it's causing confusion.

Hey if u find an Aussie send him my way...haven't u heard I like eating Oz meat with white sauce ? lol

I just read the islands are uninhabited lol

you tease, you!

Now I'm confused - Cornellian I thought Heard & McDonald was just off Australia - isn't it?

I wasn't offended at ALL - just curious because it didn't say on your profile and it's ONLY an Ozzie who would come up with 'pom' :)

Although now I can see you clarified the lolly water as an Oz expression. ho hum I have the attention span of a gnat sometimes lol

hey Scorpio...since ur Aussie and all, do u know any of those Aussie blonde, stoned surfer dudes ? Always wanted to meet one lol...surf's up mate!

Yes, I'm an Aussie....with the things going on in Oz, I am actually ashamed to call myself one....oh and if your offended by my comment about poms, you haven't heard my offensive comments about true blue Aussies :D

are you an Australian? cos I'm still pondering on your 'whingeing pom' expression ;P

Good evening Qatari

Whoever from Gypsy, Scorpio, DaRude and SL private messages me first will get the honour of admin'ing the new group?

Of course, it will be up to the admin to decide if he/she wants to give the other group moderator privileges ;)

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Please read our Community Guidelines before posting on Qatar Living. It will save us all a lot of pain :)

i think who ever running the group will be a moderator of that specific section. I can see Gypsy, Scorpio, Darude, Sl will be the main members and they can be mean to each other :P

but it's not supposed to be a sane group, right? ;)

Oh I want to be moderator of the group, to keep it sane...of course ;)

i am sure they can sort themself out.

Black comedy and sarcasm group sounds good.....but what would we do about all the whining poms :p

"It's a small select group Scorpio. They would like us all to be as miserable as they are. :P (Sorry that was sarcastic)."

-----> you should apply to Qatari to open your group. Maybe you can call it 'black sarcasm group' ... Yes i am being sarcastic here. :-)

U really want me to get kicked off this site don't u? lol, I'm not disclosing any info about my bunny raping activities, otherwise all the animal lovers, the conservatives and the religious preachers will be after me! lol

How do you rape a bunny??? Killing puppies is great but I need to branch out.

"I fight with love and I laugh with rage, you have to live light enough to see the humor and long enough to see some change." Ani Difranco

So we're not allowed to say smartass anymore? lol

I've heard u've been killing puppies...well..I've been raping bunnies...way more fun! :P

OOo OOO can I be president of the Smart A$$ Group?? Pretty please??

"I fight with love and I laugh with rage, you have to live light enough to see the humor and long enough to see some change." Ani Difranco

something totally different...don't ask..

HI Lisa!!! I like the SmartA$$ group

Opps, lolly water is an Australian term....thats probably why you haven't heard it

I thought by 'lolly' water you meant a juice & water mix to make ice lollies (lol)

Lolly water is just another term for soft drink.

Hey Scarlett

Maybe you guys could just start a new QL group "The Trobulemakers" or "The Hijackers" or just name it "The Smarta$$es". I will join as soon as I get there. I have always tried to watch my tongue on here, I've read too many of the threads to even try to argue with some of the people here.

Gypsy, I love reading your posts. You really make me laugh and your debate skills are admirable. Don't worry what people think. People looking for answers will find them.

Jauntie, what is lollywater (coke or juice) I have heard of lollies but not lollywater.

You guys have a nice day evening. I am off to start mine.

Lisa

We've been killing puppies.

"I fight with love and I laugh with rage, you have to live light enough to see the humor and long enough to see some change." Ani Difranco

Read my "sl got Roasted" thread for my morning activities

Well hello trouble makers, what have u been up to in my absense? tsk tsk tsk :P

pretty girls i'm guilty...i just post a joke related to the topic

What's lolly water?

"I fight with love and I laugh with rage, you have to live light enough to see the humor and long enough to see some change." Ani Difranco

British to translate...

about diapers and lolly water being mentioned in the same sentence!

There's an expression in UK that you 'strain the greens' when you go to the lav. Hope there's no connection, but I'll pass on any lollies from scorpio just in case!

;o)

off my desk...ohmmmmmmmmmmmm Ohh gosh, just realized I make a GREAT paperweight!

It's a small select group Scorpio. They would like us all to be as miserable as they are. :P (Sorry that was sarcastic).

"I fight with love and I laugh with rage, you have to live light enough to see the humor and long enough to see some change." Ani Difranco

share it...have a great one and remember...

Its impossible to fly with the eagles when you let the turkeys get you down!!!

Sorry Scarlett, wasn't referring to you. Was talking about the people who get offended by sarcasm, and jokes.

my desk, meditating...)Hey, pass me some green tea, please...

What's with people getting offended and upset over comments? Haven't we already covered this many times?

Maybe we should start talking about diapers and lolly water so we dont offend with our sarcasm :p

Ha ha ha. Don't forget I'm in my white leotard with a cup of green tea beside me. :D

"I fight with love and I laugh with rage, you have to live light enough to see the humor and long enough to see some change." Ani Difranco

sitting cross legged at her desk with her fingers tipped to each other...

LOL gypsy gal, I have 3 days till my vacation, I'm in this wonderful meditative mood of getting everything done and straightened away.

"I fight with love and I laugh with rage, you have to live light enough to see the humor and long enough to see some change." Ani Difranco

That is nothing. I do it all the time. so what

Why do you feel like a goof off Azzy. See this is the problem, these people who make us feel bad for having fun and making jokes. Saying that this isn't a chat room or what we have to say doesn't help anyone? Well it helps us. Relieves boredom, we make friends. Whats so wrong with going off topic, or cracking jokes. You shouldn't feel guilty Azzy, nor should you hide in the Filipino expats thread, don't let a few people who troll through these pages waiting for someone to say something stupid scare you away.

"I fight with love and I laugh with rage, you have to live light enough to see the humor and long enough to see some change." Ani Difranco

accompanied by hummus...yuummmmmmm Ashara..I think is the name of the restaurant..I could live there but then I'd be big as a house...

You sound different..you okay girl???

I just KNEW I was being foolish when I typed about it in that thread - I just couldn't resist it (hehehe my bad) 'twas the devil in me wot dun it ma'am

I even quoted from Wixpedia about the largest dish of tabbouleh in the world! gawd I've gotta get a life :D

Every point that you state are true and correct (in my opinion).

I can't say i'm a good contributor to the site as I goof off some of the times...so I'd rather lurk and on the read mode or stay in my group's thread to be safe.

Hope you have a nice vacation, Gypsy but do log in once in a while...

If it's any consolation I like tabbouleh to jauntie. :D

"I fight with love and I laugh with rage, you have to live light enough to see the humor and long enough to see some change." Ani Difranco

I got really offended when people, in a 3 page long truly HEAVY and seriously educational discussion about the good and bad things, true and false statistics etc of The Lebanon, never responded to my post in their thread saying how much I liked Lebanese tabbouleh.

Just wafted over them like I was invisible and they continued without comment.

I guess I was lucky not to get my head bitten awf! lol

The sad thing is the people who really need to read this, the one's who think we are out to offend everyone won't read it, or it will just fall on deaf ears.

"I fight with love and I laugh with rage, you have to live light enough to see the humor and long enough to see some change." Ani Difranco

great in anything, actually...You never set out to offend anyone, none of us do..we are all just being our strange goofy selves, which is why we all have such fun on here..Life is too short not to!

Besides...smile, it gives your mouth something go do! Also..takes more muscles to frown that it does to smile! There...I've done enough deep thinking for today..don't want to strain my brain..I'll just smile instead...:)

Gypsy - if people with low IQs - cant get the sardonic wit or it gets lost in translation not your fault. if someone doesn't really really it go to another thread or log off...... duhhhhhhhhhhh

but please let me know when the title of this website changes to Khandahar Living I will put on my Burka and walk away.

If I offend anyone - tough..I dont' set out to but I can't please all of the pople all of the time.

Cheers, Scarlett. You ain't so bad yourself. :D No, no Stepford wife here! Just my sometimes unappreciated attempts at sarcasm. LOL.

"I fight with love and I laugh with rage, you have to live light enough to see the humor and long enough to see some change." Ani Difranco

prettier (and no sillies, I'm not gay either! lol) I will give you a compliment, and that is for such a young person, you have a wonderfully bright brain in that head of yours. It goes quite well with your personality..which is totally a crack up! I enjoyed getting to know you also, thank you. I look forward to many more get togethers with you and everyone so I can learn more about them as well.

I love getting on forums to share thoughts and jokes and razz whoever I think can take it..but like you, I don't want to offend anyone and I just might, without intending to..so like Gypsy, please let me know privately and I will discuss and if wrong, I will apologize. I'm not into hurting people at all.

Most people give and receive respect on here. However, there are some that can't get past their own importance and therefore have to force their personal issues on others. That's a shame because I'm sure they have a very valid point in there somewhere but everyone will shut down when they start spouting their hatred. They just don't realize that we are all one BIG world and if we all got along and accepted each other as we are, then perhaps all the leaders would too, eventually...(I know, I sound like a Miss America contestant!!! I think... :)) Ohh geez, now even my smilie has a double chin!

Anyway...its very good to have you back to "normal". I was wondering if you had become a Stepford wife...you were scaring me.

Hey Scarlett, can I just say it was a pleasure to meet you on Friday, you're certainly one classy lady. :D

As for hijacking topics, don't worry about it, despite the small number of people who currently have their (please excuse my crass language) "panties in a bunch" over thread hijacking and arguments and such, most of us come here to have a chat and a laugh and enjoy our working hours, and generally relieve the boredom that is Doha.

(Ironically, you'll notice some of the biggest complainers only ever post in the controversial topics and seem to disappear anytime things cool down a little, seems despite all their assertions that they don't like the language and crude humor that sometimes happens on QL they really love it and lurk waiting for someone to make a joke that they don't approve of, or hijack a thread so they can make snide self righteous comments about it.)

We can't please everyone in life, that's just a fact. I was watching a really popular television program from Canada last night, and was in tears laughing so much. The show was really quite crude, lots of swearing and sex jokes, and such, but I found it such a relief after the conservatism I face here on a daily basis. Sometimes it's just nice to say poopoo or make jokes about our private parts, especially when such things are so frowned on in this country, yet a daily part of life and general comedy from back home.

Sometimes we forget, especially when we get comfortable with a certain group of like minded people, that we aren't in our own living rooms laughing with friends over a couple of pints. That we are in fact on a website with over 12,000 people. We make inside and crude jokes that may offend some. There's nothing wrong with this. In fact I take it as a tribute to Qatari that he has made such a comfortable website that people feel relaxed enough to be themselves. Some people with a different sense of humor may call this "trolling" but everyone, and every culture has a different sense of whats funny. (I personally don't find slapping women very funny, but this seems to be a big part of Arabic comedy shows, go figure).

I think the most important thing to do when we get caught out on this is to apologize and move on. Not to dwell and argue and point fingers "He said this, they did that, she said this" is playground behavior, as is crying to Qatari every time someone says something you don't like.

I for one would please like to ask anyone who has a problem with what I say to please PM me. Sometimes I do not realize what I type could be offensive, as I'm having a good time. If you PM me we can get in a rational, mature discussion about my behavior and hopefully not turn into enemies on the site just because I made a joke about flashing my breasts that you did not approve of. Surely this course of action is much better then making a public display in a vain effort to embarrass me. Also I really do not believe that this site is a place to air personal grudges you might hold against certain members. If you don't like someone fine, ignore them, do not pick apart every single one of their posts, it's really quite immature and annoying and will lead to these personal attacks that everyone dislikes so much.

I personally want to apologize to Aisha for my sarcastic remarks, As always I was trying to make a joke and lighten everyones day. Sometimes I fail miserably at this, but hey I'll be the first person to admit that I'm not perfect. This is a family site, one big disfunctional family site.

Cheers, everyone.

"I fight with love and I laugh with rage, you have to live light enough to see the humor and long enough to see some change." Ani Difranco

display for rings....no luck so far. I'll keep looking tho.

AND I am so ashamed for hijacking..I am hanging my head right now in embarrassment...(ok so I'm laughing at the same time...I'm trying to keep it quiet, but I keep snorting...)

for this behavior. Hijacking threads is not acceptable. I am ashamed that a countryman of mine could do this. Has anyone found my finger yet?

Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary. Mahatma Gandhi

ok I can but I can never WIN at poker. So, Corne, where's the next vacation site?

LOL I'm like that too! I can't hide my expressions! My friends can totally know what I'm thinking by the look on my face...we need to practise on our innocent look...think happy innocent thoughts...hmmm...bunnies...rainbows...butterflies...flowers...pink pixies...drunken orgies...damnit this isn't working! haha

Have a nice day :-)

to keep that look off your face? doesn't work though...I can NEVER lie as its written all over my face...literally! My mom used to take one look at me and ground me immediately and she wouldn't even know what I'd done! lol I think I spent most of my teen years in solitary confinement....sighhhhhhhh

Good Morning Scarlett! Oh I can pull off an innocent look when I want to...but the mischevious smile gives it away damnit...I'm practising I promise! hehe

-Double post-

i think that innocent look won't work... ;)

me? hijacking? NEVER! *crosses her fingers behind her back and gives that innocent puppy smile*

All my friends laugh at me because when we talk, they can never remember what the original conversation was about because I go off on so many tangents! Ohh and by the way..I drive just like I talk so be aware if you see me on the streets!

I will be totally honest...You are one of the reasons that I started posting on QL...You, Gypsy, DaRuDe, jauntie, Azzie and all the others that are just full of fun. I have to thank you all for keeping me sane (?) during this past week. Y'all caught my attention with all your razzing each other and it made me want to join in and become part of the QL group. Yeah there are arguments, but what family doesn't have tiffs??

Now, we need to deal with your crying while laughing..I can send you box of tissues, but consider this..at least you didn't wee yourself..but if you do, I'll personally go get you some Depends.

and on that note..I better go to bed as I get really strange when I'm tired..

hijacking is a bit harsh - conversations go off at tangents.. thats normal...

who wants perscriptive interaction???? I don't even want that in a conversation class.

scarlett you are a charm and spontaneous input is great

jauntie's quips crack me up

sl's dry humour just makes me laugh - loved his hate list

i cried myself laughing today... check for the thread

anyone lost a cat?

hijacked yes... but so what it was sooooooooooo funny.

until late August...but I'll get in touch with ya! Two hurricanes?? Dang, you were lucky to still be standing!

You got it girl. I will let you know when I get back to Doha. Hopefully it will be soon. Kind of miss my hubby and I so enjoyed my time in Doha. I love the expat life so much.

I hired a driver when I was there. No way was I even going to attempt to try and find my way around. The driver is better to have, especially in the evening so you don't have to worry about who is driving home :D.

I almost had a mint julep last weekend at Pat O'Briens but decided on a hurricane instead - well two hurricanes actually. Spent the weekend with friends from Houston in the French Quarter. If you get back to the states before I get to Doha and you are in the area contact me. I will let you know my plans as soon as I know them.

Take care. Off to do errands now. I have been lazy enough for one day. The rain just stopped here - typical summertime thunder storm just blew through.

Lisa

nite every body

nice thread easy hijackable towards any direction

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I got kin folk there in New Orleans! Weswego as a matter of fact. My mom is a coona$$ herself. So that makes me half of one...Hmm I always have been called a smarta$$..ohh wait that's something different! You better get in touch with me when you get here...I'll show you around..or to be honest with you, we can get lost together because my sense of direction is really bad..hubby calls me directionally challenged.

Pure coon-a** girl here. Lived in the Houston and Beaumont area for quite a while. I will be back there after Doha. I can't wait!! In Louisiana now - LSU country. It's been fun to be back near home - born and raised in New Orleans, but ready to head back to Texas.

PM me anytime. I was going to PM you as well but I thought you might think the same about me. After all we are "southern ladies", and I do use that term lightly!! LOL.

i do believe in ghost in my country since i was a little girl my parent always tell story about this and cant help my form of thinking about ghost became real but not in doha. i dont believe. finally here i can sleep with my light off. are you serious darude. please dont make me afraid.

here...

do u really know there are real life ghosts in Qatar.

but there sure are.

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back here this summer! I was just about to PM you, but thought you'd think I was trying to hit on you..hehehe...and ask when you'd be in Doha full time. Let's get a fishing trip up sometime this fall if you are here...I bet we'd have some takers and could get a good sized boat together....

So..are you from Texas or just lived there? Me, born and raised there..but I keep traveling just so I really enjoy going back.

tan so you blend in with your clothes...otherwise they all whisper ohh darn, here's DaRude again...SWIM AWAY, SWIM AWAY!(ever notice all the bubbles..that's fish talk...or one of them has gas really bad..

Since you already hijacked your own thread (ha,ha). Fishing is one of my favorite pastimes as well. When I visited Doha recently my husband took me out to the Al Wakra area and we just fished off the shore. If you get the Qatar Marhaba book there is information in there for fishing as well. You can book a fishing charter.

I am trying to get back to Doha some time this summer and hope to do a little deep sea fishing this time. DaRude may be right though, it may be too hot. Oh well, I would give a shot anyway. I could always come home with a story about the one that got away.

awful about hijacking posts (actually I've never heard this term before..like everything else in Qatar, its new to me!). I was just having a good time running my mouth as usual.

Wish I had been here for the Dhow trip..that one sounded like such a good time! Please tell me y'all will do that again!(but not until after Oct 11, please!!!!)

They know a ghost weird face person comes here standin tall above high with hook dipped in water is me :D

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of them. I'll bite...anything over 15 pounds with a slight underbite, and nice slimy scales??? Ohh my, if I can find one like that, I'd be in love(or at least friends)!

no they left an email on that letter for sharing their pic about size and shape :D like their enemies(fish) so they get rid of them first and trick them so i catch them easily :D

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utoh, I think I just hijacked my OWN topic..darn it.. oh well as long as I already have...seriously..you going fishing? I LOVE to fish...used to tournament fish for bass back home but I don't think they have any bass over here, so I'll have to settle for salt water fishing. Oh yeah..allow me to introduce myself...I'm Scarlett and no I'm NOT picking you up...I just wanna go fishing!!!

DaRuDe...you know how those fish are...they are just telling you that so that you won't bother them anymore...they didn't leave you the phone number of a local shop, did they? they prolly think you wanna be friendz...

I just came from beach was fishin there and all i got is an envelop with a letter sayin that all the fish are gone on vacation to iran coz its gettin damn hot here. So me nomore fishin :)

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- I took the blue pill and found myself alive in Qatar - wish I had taken the red and stayed in Europe

I hope you don't mind my asking, where the hell do you get ginger beer? Looked all over for it! My feelings are similar to yours but if we had to post a new subject evertime we wanted to pop in a quick querie, the topic list would be full of really boring stuff like where do you get ginger beer. I too looked at QL from the UK, I don't remember all the bickering, perhaps I brought it with me from the discontented land..........

what a love am sure if i would that hijacking every one will come up with any weapon to shoot me :D

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At the Dhow trip...but I was feeling sick at that time so I was just in the corner. I knew it was you at the other side of the boat...you're a looker ;-P

Remember the fat woman in black blouse who couldn't do the "TEEN WOLF" charade.(OMG..lol)...that's me. Now I have story to tell my kids that their mommy sucks with charade...hehehe

Got to go for now but will be right back...I'll just see the other threads...hehehe

Hopefully at Paul's do :o)

I admit I've been a loose cannon lately and lost my cool reserve these past few days. Hijacking threads have been rampant but mostly for fun, sort of an invisible bond between faceless people in the net.

No worries, Scarlett...you can hijack our group's (Filipino Expats) threads anytime, you're more than welcome.

Jauntie, my buddy...sorry i missed your company twice in a row. The dhow trip, I was sick and Mr. Paul's do...I won't miss the next one...cheers!!!

(exit stage to the left...)

Don't worry Scarlett, you are not the first and will not be the last. It seem to happen in the Qatar Living forum more then any of the others.

Jauntie is right. I found QL by googling Qatar schools and I found this sight. If all I had found was bickering and guys trying to pick up women - I don't think I would have come back to it. It has been a big help. I have read so many of the threads and come back all the time to read more - informative and very entertaining. I hope to get there soon so I can join the Social Group. There are some very interesting people here that I would love to meet in person. I love meeting people from different places, cultures, etc. We have been expats on and off for many, many years.

Nice to see another "Southern Bell" on the sight. I am not in Doha yet. My husband is there and I will get there eventually.

Take care and enjoy your time in Doha.

Lisa

Is that I can't see a problem with going off topic if the thread is a light one, such as Paul arranging a social get-together or someone putting up a joke for everyone to have a go at or add to etc.

I think the problem is if someone has started a serious thread, which requires a discussion or even an answer to a query they have (if it doesn't fit in the more serious forums), then by hijacking it kind of kills the thread and serves no purpose.

Speaking as someone who found this site when in the UK, before coming over to Doha, I typed into google a question about, say, sports clubs in Doha and found a thread in QL. It was informative, but I wonder what I would have thought of the site had the thread suddenly disintegrated in people gossiping and heresay and bickering? For a start I would never had seen some of the REAL info I was looking for and given up, as probably would have the person who posted the question in the first place expecting some knowledge to be imparted!

OK - am going to have a ciggie and down a ginger beer now lol

Me too do this at times. Not a big deal...don't feel bad... at least this thread we can hijack without feeling guilty.