Arabs and shoes

[everton]

*Originally posted by Satisfying Andy Licious *
Here’s a bit more about shoes as an insult in Arab culture.
At the At the Al-Rashid Hotel in Baghdad, Saddam put in a mosaic of the first president Bush, on the floor, so that it would be walked on.

But now U.S. forces tore it up – and replaced it with an image of Saddam.
Sic sandal tyranus.

I’ve seen TV pictures of people looting Tariq Aziz’s house in Baghdad recently. The pictures clearly showed a floor mozaic of someone’s portrait with its face chipped away, and I had assumed it was of Saddam Hussain.

[Satisfying_Andy_Licious]

*Originally posted by Early Out *
**People have been stoned to death for better puns than that! **

Oh sure, but if I’m stoned, the puns get worse.