From: Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 6:38 PM Subject: Report # 153: Cultural stupidity Hallo everyone! > What you gotta lo=e Americans for is their ability to put their stupidity right out there wi=h a big, old, jolly smile! The wife of one of our faculty candidates wrote=a cheery email saying that she had read that women are not supposed to go =ut in the UAE and are not allowed to drive! Wow... I've never seen as many disgustingly drunk women as I have in =ubai. I wish most women - and men - wouldn't be allowed to drive as tr=ffic would've been better and safer. My India=, female colleague asked me what my parents are doing to get me married. A=ter having recovered from this stone-age question, I just kept quiet. What=#39;s the point trying to explain to a person who comes from a country whe=e it's socially acceptable to take a crap on the street, that Sweden n=ver practiced arranged marriages - not even during the stone age era. </=iv> It's not until now I've realized how lucky I am=to have a passport. I have access to any country in the world. Som= nationalities are denied tourist visas to Canada! Canada, my friends, is =ike a cheap hooker - wide open to everyone! Be safe. 1 EFTA_R1_00121648 EFTA01791571