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18 November, 2005
michael jackson disproved
In a similar manner to Adventures in Dubai, Michael Jacksons "Can't read bathroom sign" theory has been disproved and owned by emirates today.
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Hmmm. Perhaps his publicist could make a more convincing argument by saying the mall put the icon of a man disposing of trash too close to the icon for a woman's washroom.
Aside - I've often wondered about the use of a stickfigure with pants versus one with a gown in a country where pants are not traditional male clothing. Indeed the figure with a gown that ends well above the ankles doesn't work well as an icon for a woman in an abaya. Are these Western icons suitable?
my thoughts exactly...........not that I want to excuse Jacko...but is it a dress? Kandoora? Jalabiya?......better to have a face with a beard (not too many wome with those) and a face with a hijab on.
I've seen them done at one hotel as brass engravings of just a man and a woman in local headdress - just the heads, not bodies.
So very helpful when there is no colour and men and women look the same in silouhette here (at least when reduced to a simple line-engraving).
i think its generally accepted that regardless of locale, a male symbol represents a male, and a female, represents a female.
although i like how some hotels / restaurants tackle it, by putting old school style pictures on the doors, like a gentleman with a top hat (cant remember what they put on the female one). I like the system that SD mentioned, cept it may be confusing for tourists.
the govt should include those shoe polish machines you get in all the fancy restaurants in public toilets too, those things rock, you like hit the button with your foot, and get a foot massage / slight polish of your 20 dhs footware.
actually, there shouldnt be any labels other than "BATHROOM".
it's more funny that way ( :
Be fair people it is MICHEAL JACKON we are talking about.
He doesn't know what colour he is and u want him to know gender?
They need now to be politically correct at these places and have bathroom for MJ type. Androgynous/ hermaphroditic.
Back home everyone views him with distaste and they are wary of him.(ofcourse now that theres no money contributes tremendously on the adulation level). He is a freak, and if he wasnt who he is he would be sitting in a cell getting buggered.
The only reason he is here is to sponge of the much heard generousity of the Arabs. No one else will give him the time of the day and here at least people even ask for his autograph.
Property? What Property is he going to buy. He is hanging around like the Miskeen he is waiting for some Sheikh to gift him something.
Back home we have a word for MJ.
We call them HIJRAS.( eunuchs)
I still think it was just some truly strange-looking, thin, unattractive woman who freaked out when someone began screaming "Michael Jackson! Michael Jackson!"
On the other hand, if members of the media wish to pay for a related story, I can tell you of the time I saw Michael racing his Land Rover on Route 611 ;-} ... or lifting weights at the Gold's Gym in Venice Beach ... or eating a Mar's Bar at a local gas station.
....or getting colonic hydrotherapy cause its the opportunity he gets to get off....
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