Civilized

Two professors on the bus talking aboout buying the Amazon Kindle . . .

"Yah, when you have three hundred dollars and return back to civilization, you can buy one."

They All Look Alike

In translation class with an elderly Egyptian professor.

Professor: Is everyone here American?
Asian Student: No, I am not.
Professor: Are you from Japan? I can never tell between people from Japan and China and those countries, they all look the same to me . . .
Asian Student: *shock*
Professor: Where are you from?
Asian Student: Korea
Professor: (looking at other students) Can you tell the difference?

OMFG. Cultural sensitivity training.

The Scanner: the latest technology in Egypt

While in the library standing next to a scanner . . . girl points to the scanner . . .

"Is this where stuff prints out?"

Obama Effect

At our visit to Old Cairo--little boy notices a black person- "African? African? little boy says to black American student. Student responds, "No, American." Little boy replies: "Obama! Yes, we can!" Other little boys selling things and yelling, "Yankee Doodle".

I already have a wife . . .

On the bus on our way to Khan-el-Khalili- "I just want your money, I already have a wife."

I could be Egyptian . . .

Girl on the bus to Zamalek . . . "I could totally be Egyptian if I put on a headscarf and shut the fuck up."

Friend replies "But you will never do either."

Adam and Eve - in the Bible?

Professor: I have read the bible.

Student: You know how Eve gave Adam the apple and that's why God punished women with childbirth pains.

Professor: Eve gave the apple to Adam ?!?!

((Did you skip the first five pages?))