Septic Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 Concentrating isn't that bad. The first few days are hard but then you get used to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abz Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 No she lives in Hackney and walks to the bus stop lots lol. The productivity going up at work due to not concentrating is worrying though - what do you do lol ????? You dare say driver/surgeon/Prime Minister etc Ah, then not the same Yasmin I know, kind of comment she would make too I am a air traffic controller Only joking! I actually done a typo & should have wrote I am concentrating more so then I am not thinking about food! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 You shouldn't be fasting if your ill, people who are ill are excluded from fasting. You can't eat or drink from Sunrise until Sunset, no water or anything. It is one of the 5 pillars of Islam which we follow, basically it a month of charity. Similar in a way to how in Christianity you give lent, or you would refrain from eating too much and mainly bread\pancake based. During this period you are fasting for all the poor people around the world who can't eat a clean meal everyday. Brings you back down to earth to remember those who are less fortune than you. Other things included in this month are more prayers, one very long one which gets completed each night. The charity part is you need to donated 2% of all your earnings to Charity, give clothes etc. Then after the month has finished you have 3 days of celebrating where you can stuff your face. Though it is recommend doing this fasting period you don't stuff your face as it defines the point of fasting, all them poor people don't have the luxury of a coke once the sun sets like we do. Thanks for the explanation, funny how I've heard about it over the years and worked with people who are fasting yet never really asked what it was all about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray007 Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 Ramadhan Mubarak all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 Ramzan Mubarak Ya'll The only things that get me are the headaches from lack of Tea in the morning and the first few days while your stomach is adjusting. Might also be worth mentioning its a lot easier for us folk in the UK, imagine working in the desert at +40 without drink!....oh I better also change my avatar! You are allowed to swill your mouth out as long as you don't swallow it though aren't you? It's good if you can do it but there's no way I could do that... Unless I was being paid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 Ramadhan Mubarak all What's 'mubarak' mean then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purity14 Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 You are allowed to swill your mouth out as long as you don't swallow it though aren't you? It's good if you can do it but there's no way I could do that... Unless I was being paid. Could you swill your mouth with nandos chicken, so long as you spit it out afterwards? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 Could you swill your mouth with nandos chicken, so long as you spit it out afterwards? Or sit in a bin in a McDonalds with your mouth open so you'll be eating by "accident". Is that in the rules per chance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamuraiFlash Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 What's 'mubarak' mean then? Mubarak translated into English means congratualtions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 I'm in Kuwait for 12-hours and if I eat anything in public then it's a 100KD (230 quid) fine and a possible 3-month jail sentence. Similar in Saudi, they'll arrest you and most probably deport you after locking you up for a while. Beatings and lashes if you don't work for a company that has good connections. We used to have to cram into a server room with packed lunches and lock the door. What pissed me off was all the Saudi's in the office would come into work around 11am because they'd been up all night eating and partying. Central Riyadh was absolute mayhem after sunset. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Supra-T Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 They treat the foreigners like Brits treat the poles/eastern Europeans mate, what are you complaining about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraAyf Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 They treat the foreigners like Brits treat the poles/eastern Europeans mate, what are you complaining about? I would like to say you're correct but you're not old boy. The Polish and Eastern EU/EC contingent have a great life by comparison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 They treat the foreigners like Brits treat the poles/eastern Europeans mate, what are you complaining about? If the Brits did I very much doubt anyone would go further than France ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Supra-T Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 I would like to say you're correct but you're not old boy. The Polish and Eastern EU/EC contingent have a great life by comparison. Yup, you're right, I'd love to be able to unblock your drain pipes, most importantly who doesn't like sticking their hands into a toilet bowl to clean it/unblock it! Lucky poles!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Supra-T Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 If the Brits did I very much doubt anyone would go further than France ! Believe me they do, they just get better money here than anywhere else in the eu because we like paying a lot of money on labour... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraAyf Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 Yup, you're right, I'd love to be able to unblock your drain pipes, most importantly who doesn't like sticking their hands into a toilet bowl to clean it/unblock it! Lucky poles!!! The Polish guys take a good number of the jobs which the lazy Brits won't take - good on them IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 The Polish guys take a good number of the jobs which the lazy Brits won't take - good on them IMO. Here we go again, even I'm trying to keep things civil and trying to understand other cultures and religions and then we get an anti-brit comment...............makes me wonder who is really racist around here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purity14 Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 If anything it was the Feminazi crowd that took all our jobs. Or "Tuk argh Jerrbs" re:southpark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 If anything it was the Feminazi crowd that took all our jobs. Where they Polish then ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purity14 Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 Where they Polish then ? No, standard issue British women, but I liked your joke.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraAyf Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 Here we go again, even I'm trying to keep things civil and trying to understand other cultures and religions and then we get an anti-brit comment...............makes me wonder who is really racist around here and that's coming from a Brit, i.e. me, who can trace his lines a good few hundred years back in this country. Paul mate - I just hate lazy people and if that applies to the Brits more than some of the minorities then so be it;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 and that's coming from a Brit, i.e. me, who can trace his lines a good few hundred years back in this country. Paul mate - I just hate lazy people and if that applies to the Brits more than some of the minorities then so be it;) Same here mate but as with all cultures there are lazy and hard working ones. The answer is in you reply, 'minorities', of course there are seemingly more lazy bone idle Brits because there are more of them. I don't think anyone should generalise, there are a load of eastern europeans that are equally as lazy and also many that come over here that are crooks, it's not unique to us Brits to have lazy buggers in our society Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 The argument "immigrants do the jobs lazy Brits don't want to do" beggars belief. A life on benefits shouldn't be an option for anyone able to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 Here we go again, even I'm trying to keep things civil and trying to understand other cultures and religions and then we get an anti-brit comment...............makes me wonder who is really racist around here I was just about to congratulate you actually - 3 pages and you've been very well behaved! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 I was just about to congratulate you actually - 3 pages and you've been very well behaved! LOL, he started it I'm seriously interested in others and what they follow in their lives but will also stand up for us Brits as it seems all too easy to knock us without the 'R' word being used;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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