It happens only in Qatar....

dev.in.doha
By dev.in.doha

Hello guys..

Qatar is special in its own ways. Every country has its positve and negative points.

U can share ur thoughts, about whts so different and special in Qatar. It wud be great if ur post is accompanied with some pics. Forum is open for humorous pics, serious talks, details and figures etc...

Anything related to Qatar.

Pls. share ur views.

By z_zied• 25 Oct 2010 10:43
z_zied

By dev.in.doha• 4 Sep 2009 10:40
dev.in.doha

Yeah...i agree with hose who says, people give u way stopping their car when u r crossing road....i appreciate Qataris for that....not seen in my country atleast tht kinda things....lols

dEV,

He was a good man. He never smoked, drank had no affair. When he died, the insurance company refused the claim. They said, he who never lived, cannot die!...... ;-)

By princess33• 3 Sep 2009 12:09
princess33

Only in Qatar can you cross the road/crossing area from the mall to the parking lot (or vice versa) with babies and grocery carts and get flattened by passing traffic. :) You found the courteous drivers! Send them my way!

By anonymous• 3 Sep 2009 11:32
anonymous

Only in Qatar if you are crossing the road the qatari will brake his vehicle to let u cross the road and then he will go... some r good..

By dev.in.doha• 3 Sep 2009 11:00
dev.in.doha

only in Qatar, if u meet with road accident with any qatri...its always ur fault...

dEV,

He was a good man. He never smoked, drank had no affair. When he died, the insurance company refused the claim. They said, he who never lived, cannot die!...... ;-)

By wacky_baby• 3 Sep 2009 10:49
wacky_baby

salax...if they do those crotch grabbing acts might as well put on the white gloves then and dance to the tune of billy jean and smooth criminal lol :D

By anonymous• 3 Sep 2009 09:37
anonymous

rounding the landmark with landcruiser daily 100 times

By wacky_baby• 2 Sep 2009 23:48
wacky_baby

geezzz... i notice that habit of guys here scratching their privates in public....puleeeeeeeezzzzz! and driving with one smelly foot up near the AC. he must have loved the smell of his stinking foot...eeeeeeewwwww!

By flanostu• 2 Sep 2009 23:12
flanostu

brit, i didn't realise you could multi-task so well.

By basim007• 2 Sep 2009 23:08
basim007

Only in Qatar u will find maximum road works and accidents !! :D

By britexpat• 2 Sep 2009 22:33
britexpat

Was that you following me ??

By flanostu• 2 Sep 2009 22:30
flanostu

only in qatar can you find a male cutting his toe nails, scratching his balls, talking on his mobile and driving at the same time.

By Eve• 2 Sep 2009 22:00
Eve

Only in Qatar I had a guy calling bugging me using his mobile phone so it was really easy to trace!

By dev.in.doha• 31 Aug 2009 15:52
dev.in.doha

Lols...same to u on birthday wish....lols..

dEV,

He was a good man. He never smoked, drank had no affair. When he died, the insurance company refused the claim. They said, he who never lived, cannot die!...... ;-)

By lexxine• 31 Aug 2009 15:34
lexxine

well princeofdoha, that's a fine greetings with you and your boss if you both know that its both ur birthdays! but replying a greeting "same to you" on a happy birthday greeting without knowing when is the birthday of the other...ridiculous... only in qatar! (but in fairness, he's a good guy,just cant help laughing on that one!)

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"a t a y a j u d ! ! !"

By dev.in.doha• 31 Aug 2009 15:14
dev.in.doha

Kidnaper...pls. dont make such comments....tht wont get u anywhere...

dEV,

He was a good man. He never smoked, drank had no affair. When he died, the insurance company refused the claim. They said, he who never lived, cannot die!...... ;-)

By anonymous• 31 Aug 2009 11:11
anonymous

only in Qatar you will find a building with a glass exterior, which has to be cooled inside the building, so the glass wont break because of extreme hot temperature out side, and the funny part is that the building is empty. very costly and unfriendly to the environment

By najmijpr• 31 Aug 2009 10:55
najmijpr

Wat problem do u have wid Indians?

U seem to be a frustrated Paki..who by default lives in Qatar and calls himself Qatar national.....

This too happens in Qatar..!!!!

By britexpat• 31 Aug 2009 10:40
britexpat

Only in Qatar are there roadworks within roadworks.

By PrinceOfDoha• 31 Aug 2009 10:37
PrinceOfDoha

really its happen to me every year that i greet my boss happy birthday and he say same to u as we both have same date of birth ... hehehe

By kidnaper• 31 Aug 2009 10:37
kidnaper

its the ugly truth face it

By kidnaper• 31 Aug 2009 10:36
kidnaper

no but i think i have 2 squeeze n kick ur balls

By Rizks• 31 Aug 2009 10:17
Rizks

Kidnaper !!

Why u have so much of hate for Indians ?

Did any Indian squeezed and kicked your Balls ?

Ohh please dont make me say anything harsh man, i am FASTING.

By kidnaper• 31 Aug 2009 10:10
kidnaper

all my fellows in QL thank god that u r not indians or every one of u will be beaten by pakistanis or qataris n indians pray 2 GOD that u dont face any pakistanis or qataris

By kidnaper• 31 Aug 2009 10:05
kidnaper

so guys why every time indians suffer sometimes pakistani beats them sometimes qatari beats them thank GOD i am not indian

By anonymous• 31 Aug 2009 09:51
anonymous

ONLY .................................... in qatar inside the petrol punks "restaurants & juice stalls "

By kidnaper• 31 Aug 2009 09:46
kidnaper

only in qatar indians r beaten by qataris so sad

By anonymous• 31 Aug 2009 09:45
anonymous

only in qatar: " MISS CALLSSS........................

By GodFather.• 31 Aug 2009 09:12
GodFather.

Only in Qatar you will get Girls texting a guy and then blaming the guy is too stingy to call them..:)

reference to the thread "pursuing girls by texting and miss calls ?!"

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HE WHO DARES WINS

By junarc2003• 31 Aug 2009 06:46
junarc2003

i remember i attended a seminar for my work done in a hotel with my other colleague and from start to finish, they never spoke not even a single english word... only in Qatar...

"there are so many rumors about me...feel free to believe in any of'em.."

By lexxine• 31 Aug 2009 03:26
lexxine

only in qatar that you will greet your boss "happy birthday" and he'll quickly reply "same to you!" LOL!

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"a t a y a j u d ! ! !"

By anonymous• 31 Aug 2009 02:43
anonymous

lol, it's in my blood i'm afraid.

In Qatari we refer to it as 'Bint Irrjal' which translates to 'The daughter of Men'

This isn't the gender based translation of 'men' but refers to a certain set of values instilled in me by my fathers (our progeny).

By anonymous• 31 Aug 2009 02:42
anonymous

Salax, thats good to hear ;)

By Eve• 31 Aug 2009 02:37
Eve

Only in Qatar to you find people reading the newspaper while driving! with one foot up as well

By anonymous• 31 Aug 2009 02:15
anonymous

Salax (im not a man :)

Admittedly the kids will get a great education, but this doesn't mean trading their religon & culture for that of another.

Maybe you should have a look at this thread, quite an interesting read and appearing to make more sense everyday :)

http://www.qatarliving.com/node/437321

By anonymous• 31 Aug 2009 01:53
anonymous

Salax, are you seriously surprised?

One of them 100% yes

By anonymous• 31 Aug 2009 01:38
anonymous

Only in Qatar do QF university students attend lectures and not have time to even break their fast let alone pray during the Holy month of Ramadhan, while our esteemed 'guests' the lecturers get an entire month off for Christmas!! :D

By anonymous• 31 Aug 2009 00:45
anonymous

Wacky_baby

High Profile P for B exchange going on here :p

Kudous to her plastic surgeon though, great job! :D

By wacky_baby• 31 Aug 2009 00:31
wacky_baby

it's only in qatar that i hear some people change P with B...like bebsi and bobcorn lol

By DesertPolisher• 31 Aug 2009 00:08
DesertPolisher

to get rid of cockroaches, bugs and other heavenly stuff.

The world would not make a racehorse of a donkey

By nosi_balasi• 29 Aug 2009 18:38
nosi_balasi

It's only here in Qatar that I found this post...

By chadqa• 29 Aug 2009 18:11
chadqa

"Try to work for someone who'll challenge your powers.

You'll learn more in a year than 4 years of college."

By north_me• 29 Aug 2009 18:07
north_me

Thanks for the info drac...I havent done that in our place, we used to rub our .....if it is opposite sex...hihihihi!

MO RIN...YUN LANG!!!

By starfaith25• 29 Aug 2009 18:04
starfaith25

im waiting for a strayed dog to adopt...

Life's a bitch and then you DIE! ;)

By yv2r• 29 Aug 2009 18:02
yv2r

u find lot of stray pusy cats

By aftab.azam• 29 Aug 2009 17:39
aftab.azam

you can have winter in rooms only AC on min temp only

By starfaith25• 29 Aug 2009 17:24
starfaith25

yep... dont you just wish there was no winter here???

Life's a bitch and then you DIE! ;)

By dev.in.doha• 29 Aug 2009 17:20
dev.in.doha

I can see star.....impact of weather on u.....lols

dEV,

He was a good man. He never smoked, drank had no affair. When he died, the insurance company refused the claim. They said, he who never lived, cannot die!...... ;-)

By starfaith25• 29 Aug 2009 17:18
starfaith25

i LOVE the weather, specially now dev! and the merry-go-roundabouts... dont you, dev??? :D

Life's a bitch and then you DIE! ;)

By dev.in.doha• 27 Aug 2009 15:32
dev.in.doha

Only in qatar, u cant change job whenever u wish....

dEV,

He was a good man. He never smoked, drank had no affair. When he died, the insurance company refused the claim. They said, he who never lived, cannot die!...... ;-)

By anonymous• 26 Aug 2009 19:22
anonymous

Only in Qatar where;

...there's so many CRAZY drivers

...the roads are CRAZY; dig with holes,patched,uneven, even in the most highways! eerr

...there's a lot of CRAZY roundabouts

...where you'll see building/road constructions then destructions, then constructions.. and so on...

...where there's so many men/laborers gathering every friday in every corner of doha, as if there's feast but they are just chatting (i was surprised before)

...where some men does HHWW (holding hands while walking lol)

...you'll find QL...where CRAZY QLers gather...joke hehehe

...to be continued...

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...KA RIN!

By KHATTAK• 26 Aug 2009 16:33
KHATTAK

brit....are you sure? or just joking?

I thought...its been practiced in Iran & Dubai

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Whenever I find the KEY to SUCCESS...Someone STEALS it.

By britexpat• 26 Aug 2009 16:14
britexpat

Only in Qatar can you find temporary marriages for the duration of the contract..

By koviboy• 26 Aug 2009 16:10
koviboy

Only in Qatar where you can find a bank that will entice you to top-up your existing loan without a guarantor.

By Dracula• 26 Aug 2009 16:07
Dracula

"rubbing their nose"

The act known as Eskimo kissing in modern western culture is loosely based on a traditional Inuit greeting called a "KUNIK".

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskimo_kissing

By anonymous• 26 Aug 2009 16:01
anonymous

Only in Qatar you need exit permit to leave the country

By no_name• 26 Aug 2009 15:40
no_name

are you interested in?

http://www.qatarliving.com/node/672411

By koviboy• 26 Aug 2009 15:40
koviboy

Only in Qatar where you can find a very big government school wherein the students are outnumbered by its staff.

By aftab.azam• 26 Aug 2009 15:36
aftab.azam

the good thing here QL.............

By north_me• 26 Aug 2009 15:33
north_me

Only here in Qatar i find people (close friends) greet each other by rubbing their nose..Is this only done in other mideast countries?

MO RIN...YUN LANG!!!

By every_mothers_nightmare• 26 Aug 2009 15:29
every_mothers_nightmare

Only in Qatar you can make tea out of tap water in summer..

Aana free, jaana free,

Pakde gaye tho khana free.

By baldrick2dogs• 26 Aug 2009 15:28
baldrick2dogs

ajinpt said "Only in Qatar u can find Doha"

Not true - there's a Doha in Kuwait too :P

By dev.in.doha• 26 Aug 2009 15:03
dev.in.doha

Ram,

take 50000 and repay 40000 after u get the loan....lols..jk

dEV,

He was a good man. He never smoked, drank had no affair. When he died, the insurance company refused the claim. They said, he who never lived, cannot die!...... ;-)

By triumph• 25 Aug 2009 16:22
triumph

you can find QP, Qtel, QatarGas...(????)

By dev.in.doha• 25 Aug 2009 16:09
dev.in.doha

Lols...Azilana.

dEV,

He was a good man. He never smoked, drank had no affair. When he died, the insurance company refused the claim. They said, he who never lived, cannot die!...... ;-)

By IslamiaHostel• 25 Aug 2009 04:38
IslamiaHostel

Good for you, why don't you start a tranporting business. Live happily ever after

By Dracula• 24 Aug 2009 20:00
Dracula

Only Qatar has a heavily skewed sex ratio, with 3.46 males per female!!

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Sex ratio by country for total population. Blue represents more women, red more men than the world average of 1.01 males/female

By anonymous• 24 Aug 2009 19:55
anonymous

It was from Doha Bank

They refused to give me a loan of 10,000 bcuz i have some other personal and car loan ... but they said that they have an offer that if my salary is higher than 5,000 i can get 50,000 on two years with the lowest interest .. and if it's 10,000 u will get 100,000

I tried to negotiate that all i need is only 10 thousands .. but no way .. they said that the system will not accept the transactino ..

it was really strange i'm asking for 10 and they r refusing and instead giving me 50 ..

By anonymous• 24 Aug 2009 19:44
anonymous

Only in Qatar do 4 young Qataris (in a white Landcruiser) stop in the middle of the desert and refill my car's radiator with a case of Masafi drinking water just to make sure I can reach the next house! (In those days mobile phones did not exist in Qatar).

By kimd• 24 Aug 2009 19:41
kimd

you can be invisible when waiting in line.

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May your dreams take you travelling all through your life.

By azilana7037• 24 Aug 2009 19:40
azilana7037

because it has a pig character in it...

Or are they allowing it now?

By qatarexplorer• 24 Aug 2009 19:29
qatarexplorer

only in qatar you can find roundabout numbering more than the traffic lights

By ajinpt• 24 Aug 2009 19:20
ajinpt

Only in Qatar u can find Doha!!!

---If you can't CONVINCE them, CONFUSE them!!!

By alpha1• 24 Aug 2009 18:46
alpha1

only in qatar they love a land cruiser LOL

By dev.in.doha• 24 Aug 2009 18:13
dev.in.doha

Brit....wht abt KIA?

dEV,

He was a good man. He never smoked, drank had no affair. When he died, the insurance company refused the claim. They said, he who never lived, cannot die!...... ;-)

By kinimoto• 24 Aug 2009 17:42
kinimoto

only in qatar you can find megastructures of towering heights but empty inside...

"I don't go back on my words, that's my way of ninja"

By sachin_swamy• 24 Aug 2009 17:30
sachin_swamy

only in qatar u will find costly food, costumes, dress, and living life style.......................

where as i was totaaly different sum where around 4 years ago......................

By Apple• 24 Aug 2009 17:16
Apple

Wrong! You can find them anywhere..:)

By qatarexplorer• 24 Aug 2009 17:12
qatarexplorer

only in qatar where you can find two men holding hands while walking... so sweet they are....

By Rizks• 24 Aug 2009 17:10
Rizks

Only in Qatar u will find ME .....lol

By britexpat• 24 Aug 2009 17:06
britexpat

Only in Qatar do Nissan Tiida's rule, but Landcruisers get the blame..

By Apple• 24 Aug 2009 17:06
Apple

QatarLiving only in Qatar!

By dev.in.doha• 24 Aug 2009 16:28
dev.in.doha

Ram....Thats really different...lols...probably only place in world, whr u get that kinda service.

dEV,

He was a good man. He never smoked, drank had no affair. When he died, the insurance company refused the claim. They said, he who never lived, cannot die!...... ;-)

By every_mothers_nightmare• 24 Aug 2009 16:09
every_mothers_nightmare

Only in Qatar you need a ID card to get drunk..

Aana free, jaana free,

Pakde gaye tho khana free.

By anonymous• 24 Aug 2009 16:05
anonymous

Only in Qatar you ask for a bank loan for 10,000 THEY REFUSE and offer you 50,000 instead ..

By baldrick2dogs• 24 Aug 2009 15:33
baldrick2dogs

... only in Qatar can you get a pint of beer, but no Bacon sandwich :o(

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