Cathy and I are fascinated by the country we are living in at the moment. It is a pretty plain place with lots of western amenities and activities. Qatar is a small country, smaller than Connecticut. Doha, the capitol city is a relatively small place. A lot like my home town of Baltimore, it doesn't take long to get from one side of town to another. You can travel to the furthest points of the country in about an hour.
Lots of desert to explore and plenty of oddities to observe, which brings me to the purpose of this entry.
In this blog I want to share some signs we've photographed lately. I want to start by saying, early in my career I worked for a boss that was very peculiar and particular about wording in memos and signage. As time has passed I've developed the same peculiarity, always correcting junior staff on spelling and sentence structure, even in SMS messages and IM's - who knew.
Anyway, on to the adventure we had that day....
When we saw these signs we looked at each other and said....
I hope the Road Works, by God I'm driving on it...
Can someone tell me what this means, please...
Now I know where to go if that landlord of mine...
Lots of desert to explore and plenty of oddities to observe, which brings me to the purpose of this entry.
In this blog I want to share some signs we've photographed lately. I want to start by saying, early in my career I worked for a boss that was very peculiar and particular about wording in memos and signage. As time has passed I've developed the same peculiarity, always correcting junior staff on spelling and sentence structure, even in SMS messages and IM's - who knew.
Anyway, on to the adventure we had that day....
When we saw these signs we looked at each other and said....
I hope the Road Works, by God I'm driving on it...
Can someone tell me what this means, please...
Now I know where to go if that landlord of mine...
Of course you need to know what the store is on the corner...
Not your father's Saloon for sure. Is it Saloon or Salon?
The Brits even looked puzzled when I ask.
Finally!! I found 'em. I guess you can pick up a few Taliban here.
Now I'm on the look out for them damn Al Qaeda.
Oh well, there are many more oddities and signs that make you scratch your head and other body parts and realize there are about 20 different cultures here....
