Road Rage and the Cops
I had my first experience of road rage last night. I had gone to the beer souq and on the way home dropped by Vasquez's crib where he bored me for an hour about Danish stuff. Although he can be a hell of a bore when he is talking about Denmark he is very hospitable and he served me a small light beer as compensation for hearing about some boring Danish dice game.
Anyway, I then drove home. On the way home a guy in a van talking on his cell phone pulled out in front of me without any warning. I had to hit the brakes hard and avoided hitting him by millimeters. I then drove past him and cut in front of him and flashed my brake lights at him in a mild admonition. He clearly didn't like this as he followed me home. I parked my car by my crib and he pulled up behind me. We both got out of our cars and then he started shouting at me. I told him he was driving dangerously because he was talking on his cell phone when he should have been watching the road. He then went into a rage and kicked the door on my car. He started shouting at me in Arabic and asking me which country I was from in broken English. I got back into my car ready to drive off but he moved his car and blocked me in. He then called the police.
I then left my car where it was and started walking away. He then followed me in his car. I ran around the block, jumped into my car and drove off and then came back again 10 minutes later. By that time he had gone. For all I know, the guy is still looking for me. What a wacko! I don't know what nationality this guy was but he is not Qatari. He was wearing a thobe and a white skull cap. He was very fair skinned with a long whispery ginger beard, tallish and fat. Aged about 33. If you come across him avoid him.
re you needing an editor not a proof reader.....
people were discussing proof reading and also the fact you mentioned you had NOT driven straight home from QDC.
I meant you should have got an editor to check your post (before you published it) to spot and edit out the incriminating comment about stopping off en route home.
Well - you DID ask me!
I feel ya dawg... I feel ya
“They say you can't live without love. Tell them oxygen is more important!.”
- G. House
Guess you're gonna feel it again tonight.
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I knew there was something going on behind my back! I could feel the tension everytime we're all in the same room!!!!
“They say you can't live without love. Tell them oxygen is more important!.”
- G. House
RR - why don't we sell the script to a Bollywood producer :)
is that now we must all break out into a song and dance routine?
Stay safe all.
Perfection does not exist. The question therefore, is: what level of imperfection are we willing to settle for?
This is like a hindi movie. Sex, Fights, Car races, Police, Alchol, girls all are here. New addition to the bollywood scene (Gay scene) is mixed with hindi masala :)
I do not give sexual favors easily as you well know. You are just sore that I turned you down. I am a heterosexual American male. You might have more luck with the Brits. What do you say Mr Paul sweetie?
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I would like to clear out any confusion about my involvement!
I want you to listen to me. I'm going to say this again: I did not have
se*ual relations with that man, Mr. Richard. I never told anybody
to lie, not a single time; never. And how he can claim that I served beer to a person that I knew was driving an automobile is utterly utterly a blatant lie - he had a so called "lite" product from a minor dutch company that I would not call Beer - Beer is Danish as everyone knows - Not dutch.
These allegations are false, and I
need to go back to work for the Qatari people. Thank you
- I took the blue pill and found myself alive in Qatar - wish I had taken the red and stayed in Europe
Much less give me a pasting....
Your turn.....
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Americans can't count anyways, so what's the diffrence?LOL
Alright Richard.....meet me behind the dumpster at midnight and we slap fight until you pass out from exhaustion (which should take precisely 3.4 seconds)...to the winner goes the spoils of 99 dirhams!
Stay safe.
Perfection does not exist. The question therefore, is: what level of imperfection are we willing to settle for?
P.S. When are you and I going to get a drink together?
Yes we are always late coming into wars because we are busy getting into perfect physical shape and kicking ass. You limeys are so jealous of us because when we come over to rescue you from all the scrapes you get into all your women fall in love with us.
We give them silk stockings, chewing gum and we teach them how to dance and we take them away from your gloomy rainy little island to the Land of Milk and Honey. Well we don't take all of them. We leave the ugly ones for you guys because we are warm generous hearted folk. But we also kick a lot of butt and yours will be next.
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and junk food...Hardly the way forward i would say...
And yes Oryx, you may be right there...
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eh Mr Paul 'all you lot can do is interbreed and give birth to deliverence style mutants with no thumbs' that's here isnt' it? (ooops)
yes they were late and then brought chewing gum and chocolate with them.
(I think a couple of my aunts had a fair fun time mind you!)
Vegas - YES THEY DRANK THE SPECIAL HOOCH MAMA PUTS ON YER CORNFLAKES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
go beat them Vegas
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I was about to ask you the same..lol you really sound drunk...lol
Ha Ha Ha we know what a real you are:) Talk only No Action ever:)
Ya big girls blouse...
I mean, youve been late for TWO world wars ! Bunch of big pussys...Face it, no one is scared of any Americans, all you lot can do is interbreed and give birth to deliverence style mutants with no thumbs...
Come to Bahrain and let a real man show ya how to fight...And then we'll go for beers !!
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Lumberjacks = Canadians
Tobacco Farmers = poor Mexican labourers...Americans are too fat and lazy to actually farm anything!
Don'tmake us come down and burn your white house again Richard (like we did in 1812!).
One more word and i'll unleash my peak physical condition on your sorry, cellulite filled, lazy, slovenly buttox!
Stay safe.
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but I will be soon.
A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her. Oscar Wilde
lol.. pls do continue
You can't teach experience...
I miss Baby Smurf's bragging. Wonder when he'll come back.
BTW Richard I will totally kick your ass because I am in peak physical condition.
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Who cares about the rest of the world? When you are in the USA you've got it all. America, F**k yeah!
A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her. Oscar Wilde
LOL....
'you don't even know where the rest of the world is'
the Lumberjacks vs the Tobacco farmers
You don't participate in world wars....you don't even know where the rest of the world is...you hamburger eating, nascar watching fat couch potatoes! To kick someone's butt means you first have to get your own off your couches....which will never happen....so i'm not worried!
Admit it, you're just jealous of our peak physical condition!
On a side not....i can't believe I just said hoser in my last post! ROFLMAO!! I have always wanted to say that, but never got the chance....thanks Richard!
Stay safe all.
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We won four world wars and start a few more every year. Crawl back to your Timmies, your igloos, your trailer parks, your welfare checks and hang out with your seal clubbing fat loser compatriots. I'm so gonna kick your fat ass.
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You don't go the gym! There are no couches at the gym you cellulite filled slob.....why, the mere sight of my peak physical condition would make you run back to your hole and cry! That's how we won all three world wars didn't cha know???? We just showed up and flexed!
Stay safe.
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I'm gonna kick your fat ass after I have dealt with that fat slob Paul. Be scared and prepared. I'll be waitin'.
If you don't believe how tough I am, check me out on Facebook there are some pictures of my amazing physique. You can also see pictures of the fat slob aka Mr Paul.
A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her. Oscar Wilde
You better watch out. I'm gonna kick your ass after I have kicked Gypsy's. i have a perfect body unlike you, you British Communist slob.
I work our everyday. 3 hours in the gym (2 spent looking in the mirror at my amazing physique) and 2 hours in the boxing ring.
You shut your mouth you limey. I bet you 5 Riyals I can kick your butt. Bring it on buck eye.
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Ever since we formally declared allegiance to the evil red empire, we proud citizens of Soviet Canuckistan DESPISE all Americans! Your are jealous of not just our wealth....but our peak physical condition! Don't make come over there and slap some sense into you!
LMAO!
Stay safe bud.
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We have the beautiful Gypsy...Young, blonde and an all round thoroughly decent egg.
In the yankee corner..We have Ricardo 123...Old, grey and male..Oh, and DSOM..Enough said !
My vote goes to the Canadians every time...
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lol. oh ok.. the jokes are still funny tho.. lol!!!
I was just kidding about Canadians. Canadians and Americans share a very similar history and culture and we get along very well. We are just a lttle jealous of Canadians now because they are richer than us and we used to be much richer than them. But actually we get along very well and always have done.
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lol.. i dont get it?!? what do americans have against candians. i was born n raised there n i still dont get the ongoing fued they have. lol to tell u the truth canadians are very nice.. lol.
anyway.. u know u should've taken down his car no. you could've filed a complaint today!
a similar thing happened to me.. but it was by a landcruiser full of women sticking up their middle fingers just because i took a turn before them! she wanted me to back up when it was MY right to enter the turn first. i didnt,so they displayed that vulgarness. lol but its ok ..i was alone but i purposely went ahead n took the turn,going over the pavement. than acting like i was takng their car no. down. they fled!!
I am still available for your job :)
Explain please. I don't get it.
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you need an editor! hee
"in the rigt place... y do we need a proofreader"
you said lol
maybe this is why a proof reader is necessary lol
joking with you :D
Because there are some people out there who just can't stand to see a typo
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well on our Content Management System there is no spell check, so if I type something directly into it, it won't catch my typo. But ya most news sites have proofreaders.
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I have an Oxford English dictionary and Thesaurus but both have lots of spelling mistakes in them. Websters spells words correctly.
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erm OK I'm dumb and even dumber when I use a spell check which is taken from Websters and NOT The OXFORD :D
But I just wondered ... or maybe that's why - cos spell checks are unreliable?
Think I'm getting confused again ... I suppose each article has to be checked if it's a publication.
Look, forget I was even born OK?
I am available:)
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Whats up people???
Its kinda of obvious who did the writing on account of all the spelling mistakes. I know its not your fault, its the fault of the Communist third rate educational system they have in Canada.
But still, check how you have spelled football fanatic.
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I KNOW! UGH! Check the website!
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this is worse than that film I saw on MOV yesterday about a couple of tin soldiers who escaped from a museum, presumed dead by the caretaker, who was duped into being the night watchman and then found the historical characters came to life and he had to win them over, but when they all grouped together and went against the nasty day watchmen who were just using the night watchman for their evil plan to steal from the Mummies Tomb the two main tin men (a cowboy and a roman soldier) got in a mini tin car and got blown up. It was AWFUL!
BUT they turned up at the end, unscathed from the burned out tin car and I cried my heart out.
waaaaaaaaaaaaa
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Hey Yankee - Did you talk to the Apartment Manager.
Gypsy - My poor QH copy:(
chops...The bloody arrogant **** !!
People like this really pee me off, they try the same trick here, they expect cos yer an expat, that yer wont say owt back, cos they think yer scared of been deported. But when yer roll up at their window and give some verbal, they soon pretend not to see ya and speed off....Bloody cowards !!
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Hmmmm, drinking. I could use a drink right about now. Think I should start bringing a flask to work.
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Vasquez doesn't bore me except when he talks about Danish things. I will give you an example.
He is going on his own Danish dhow trip with a bunch of other Danish guys. They will be spending the day drawing cartoons and playing some dumb dice game that only Danish people play. see what I mean?
He also told me that Denmark owns Greenland. Its just like so...... whatever. I mean who the hell cares?
The rest of the time I really like him. I am missing him and Charan already. In one lousy mistake of a driving experience I have lost my two best friends in Qatar. Did I say my two best friends? More like my only friends. Don't know what I'm going to do now. Everything looks so bleak.
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Oryx is drinking! Hmmmm, the possibilities for debauchary are endless....
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Ahhhhh - I have had a little relapse...
I have been enjoying a bit of fermented grape juice and eh the odd martini.
So you matter as well hang out with Charan
Lol that's too bad I heard you wer good to hang out with when under the i...
Vasquez bored you anyway so what the heck. lol
Those of you who know me, also know that I spend every Friday morning looking for a taxi to take me to the hotel to find the car I abandoned the night before. So don't worry, the drunken looney on the highway is not me.
In future I will avoid Vasquez. He is a bad influence on me. I will have to ditch Charan too. From now on I am only going to hang out with Oryx because she doesn't drink and if I need to shake my booty with Mila, then it will be without any alcohol fuelled enthusiasm.
My body is a temple, my mind is as clean as an operating theater. No more contamination. My ballroom days are over baby.
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I take your point, though ... I guess we sometimes forget we live with laws which seem strange to some of us ex-pats.
But hey! as an editor of The Sun once said (when his journalists made up yet another load of lies) Why spoil a story with the truth?
Yes I am aware of that, I am not sure and as you don't have the number the situation is probably difficult as the police are not good in English.
As he followed you and actually threatened you he might not have taken the risk to call the police and he may think that you have his number too.
Even if he had had witnesses in the car the police will not take this into account especialy if it is family members.
Next time take the number, and take peppermints with you lol
What do I tell the cops? I don't know the guy's name, his nationality, his tag number or even the make of his car. All I know is what he looks like and that he was driving a white van (maybe a Chevy) with one headlight out. I don't think this is enough information to make a complaint.
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Granted jauntie - it was a very good story, as richard's posts so often are. I just find it amusing that if a lesser-known QLer had admitted to breaking two laws (drink driving; not driving straight home from QDC) they'd have most probably been kicked from pillar to post for it.
But fair play to richard, he's built up enough respect in the QL community to be able to admit his misdemeanors without fear of invoking the wrath of othes, and he does write very well!
This is what I thought too. However I wouldn't worry too much there may be not outcome at all in the end, and if, yuo have the right to degend yourself too.
thats all.
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Yes thank you I know but he can still go today, best to minimise later damages.
My case I was on my way to work and the Qatari forced me off the street. I know he was Qatari because the Public prosecutor told me.
By the way the Public Prosecutor is well aware of the traffic offences committed here, he was welll versed in english and knew what he was doing, which evidnetly the police did not and it took them 5 days to get a traslator to take a statement. Once that was taken they did not let me go until I had been to the PP. I lost three days work because of this.
After 16 years of road experience in Saudi Arabia and Qatar, my advice is simply – don't let any traffic behaviour upset you. I got this advice from a professional driver many years back. The price you may have to pay for your reaction isn't worth it. Those who behave recklessly in traffic are not very likely to accept that they ever did anything wrong.
I know it's not easy to ignore when someone is messing with you, but ignoring it is the best medicine. People with reckless behaviour are often aggressive, and want to get an angry reaction from you, so they can feel "justified" in what they did.
There is also a risk of the other guy being armed in some way (this happens at least in Saudi), and then you could be in for real big trouble...
but it WAS quite a good story - maybe he should've left out the fact he stopped en route home from the booze run.
He is within the law to drive straight home with it and would have had it in his boot (trunk) anyway.
Bit scary though - with or without the additional Bravado!
I can't report him to the cops because I don't know his name or his tag number. I don't see that he can do much to me either. Even if he has my tag number there are no witnesses, he is not Qatari and no one can prove any thing. There was no damage and no one was hurt. I can't see that the police will be much interested in this.
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oh richard.. am sure you can handle all situation with very diplomatic charming way as you are. drive safe.
Everybody is right Everybody is wrong, it depend where we stand.
so then sorry richard to you
:-(
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CB, unfortunately here, 1 small beer is a deportable offence. It might not be in our countries but it sure as hell is here.
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lol Jauntie - how do you know my beard goes ginger if I let it grow!!!
hamoudi01 - if you go round Qatar thinking like that you'll soon end up in prison yourself. I know of westerners who've been locked up and/or deported for drink driving.
And how come no-one's lambasting Richard for drink driving and not driving straight home from QDC? I say tut-tut to you sir!
I'm losing the plot lol
if he feared to talkt to the police only because of 1 single little beer
i dont know
well,thats not my problem cos i do not drink alcohol when i must drive
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Actually it took them two weeks to call me with the complaint. I hope you noted his number as it would be best to go to the police and report the incident before they call you.
They actually threatened to put me in jail, there was a lot of confusion at the police station as not one spoke english and the Qatari said I showed him the middle finger - but I did not do anything of the sort.
My advice is go to the police and count eract before anything happens.
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Hi there, he said he had one small beer only - this can't be considered as drinking and driving.
All these people who are telling you to call the police just don't understand that you are in peak physical condition. I know what really happened Richard, you challenged him to a fight behind the dumpster after school, calling him a Soviet Canuckistanian and making fun of his celulite filled buttocks, and being the fat slob coward he was he drove away. He's just jealous of all the girls you had clinging to your car.
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thats all
good luck to you
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"He was wearing a thobe and a white skull cap. He was very fair skinned with a long whispery ginger beard, tallish and fat."
Or maybe it was Santa (after eating tandoori prawns) and he got lost since Christmas and is tearing his hair out ...
Oh Richard, you are such a hero! I particularly liked the bit where you ran round the mountain and remounted your steed without your hat falling off :D
My very own Cowboy to dream about - sigh
Maybe the same will happen to me. Maybe the guy wrote down my tag number and reported it to the police. I haven't heard anything yet though.
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A couple of months ago something similar happened to me, but the guy who started it all made a written complaint by the police and they summoned me and I had to go to the public prosecutor.
Since then I am in Limbo as there has been no further action until now, the main problem with this is, if you are registered by the police because of a complaint you can't leave Qatar until all has been rectified.
Just an Info - the same thing happened to me but I did not cut him, I told him he should be reported to the police
a post from you saying that you met this mad guy again and kicked his ass........
YOU DONT KNOW ME, DONT EVEN TRY !!!
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Richard, I'm so sorry about your incident with Barbarossa. Given the circumstances, I think you handled it well.
I agree with the other person, the first one to call the police seems to win it sounds ridiculous but I hear this from other cases. I hope he doesn't come looking for you. Even as a women they try to hit me better just to lay on the horn and not cut them off.
Well thats the good thing wot you have done...!You shouldnt ran off because the fact is police and other ppl in this country they are scared of these EU countries...they respect em in other way....like british, american etc. they wouldnt have put u in prison.!!! so jus chill out!!
IVE BEEN BLESSED 4 HAVIN U IN MY LYF, IF I HAD THE CHANCE I WUDN'T HESITATE 2 MAKE U MY WIFE.
u did the right thing by not arguing him or letting him to call the police..
be safe.....
i m sick of this kinda mad an whacko drivers....
i jsut cannot tolerate and i become one of them if they beahave like this..
I would have been really scared! good for you for staying calm because somehow due to the tipple it would have been your fault.
You can't teach experience...
u know richard, i would react the same way u did but only the first part, cause now when somebody does anything wrong with me in the road i just do the same for him except if its a women or an old man, and if that person want to get agressive like that and followed me home i will kick his as*....
the mistake u made is to stay calm all the way, because like that u just allowed him to get even more ungry then he was. ur response should be fast and sharp.
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As you know, I am in excellent physical shape and have a perfect body. I am always reasonable as long as everyone agrees with everything I say and do. If anyone disses me or disagrees with me, then I will kick his ass.
Problem is all these slobs are so jealous of my good looks, perfect body and the fact that I get so much attention from chicks. This was probably just a jealousy thing by a fat Canadian slob pretending to be an Arab. What do you think?
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Richard go to Central Security Division and make a complain right now.
That is bad - seriously scary......what a psycho
poor you - need some Burbon to calm your nerves.
I was very calm and not the least scared of him but I couldn't kick his butt because my trunk was full of beer and I had had a glass about an hour earlier at Vasquez's house so the last people I wanted to see were the cops.
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