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Once Iran to You
Posted: 07 Dec 2007, 16:06
by EvilBastard
I'm going off on my holidays in 10 days - 3 weeks in sunny Iran, so my return is not guaranteed!
I've got a stack of weeds inherited from BananaMan, so if anyone wants them before the festive period please tell me soon so I can get them out the door.
Christmas and New Year without a drink is going to be interesting, but I'm sure I'll manage. Anyone want anything brought back - manuals on revolutionary warfare, a Republican Guard Action Man, or the latest edition of Islamic Playboy ("Miss December - check out those ankles!"), let me know and I'll see what can be done.
Posted: 07 Dec 2007, 16:14
by 6FeetOver
...a bit like a holiday in Cambodia, innit?
Are you serious? No offense intended, but I don't understand...
Keep safe, M!
Posted: 07 Dec 2007, 16:30
by eotunun
You want to see working bathrooms for a change, right?
Come back in one piece!
Posted: 07 Dec 2007, 16:34
by EvilBastard
SINsister wrote:...a bit like a holiday in Cambodia, innit?
Are you serious? No offense intended, but I don't understand...
Keep safe, M!
Less Holiday in Cambodia than Rock the Casbah, I'm hoping. No offense taken - I just want to go and see the place before someone does something stupid (like start a war with it) and levels 5,000-odd years of history. And I hear there's some fairly impressive gravity on the walls of the former US embassy in Tehran (now called the US Den of Espionage), and I'm a big fan of modern art.
Seriously, though - it's going to be a doddle. No worries
Posted: 07 Dec 2007, 16:54
by Obviousman
EvilBastard wrote:And I hear there's some fairly impressive gravity on the walls of the former US embassy in Tehran
Better make sure not to be kept stuck to it then!
Have fun, impressive choice, the least I can say
Posted: 07 Dec 2007, 18:23
by silentNate
I'm jealous- I'd be curious to go there
Posted: 07 Dec 2007, 18:33
by boudicca
Me too, maybe I'm daft but I think it would be ace. Enjoy...
Posted: 07 Dec 2007, 18:34
by James Blast
I wouldn't be caught drunk there
Posted: 07 Dec 2007, 18:39
by Obviousman
James Blast wrote:I wouldn't be caught drunk there
That's a good idea, don't really think being drunk was very popular in Iran the last millennium
Posted: 07 Dec 2007, 18:39
by silentNate
James Blast wrote:I wouldn't be caught drunk there
When I was a child my father took us to Turkey when there was a military curfew on. He got drunk and missed the curfew. The soldiers kept him awake and against a wall at gunpoint til dawn and then let him go...
Its no wonder he no longer drinks
Posted: 07 Dec 2007, 19:10
by Ozpat
Have a nice trip and enjoy....
Just do no get pished too much....nor destroy.
Posted: 07 Dec 2007, 19:35
by EvilBastard
Obviousman wrote:James Blast wrote:I wouldn't be caught drunk there
That's a good idea, don't really think being drunk was very popular in Iran the last millennium
On the upside, getting caught with less than 20lbs of opium on the Iran/Afghan border isn't a death sentence (any more)
Posted: 07 Dec 2007, 20:25
by Bartek
have a nice holiday. back in one piece
Posted: 07 Dec 2007, 21:48
by taylor
If you need a Cruise missile is the right place, choose Cancun
is better, trust me
Posted: 07 Dec 2007, 21:58
by psichonaut
@ EB can you buy a floor-mat for me?
i love "nain"
Posted: 07 Dec 2007, 22:37
by EvilBastard
psichonaut wrote:@ EB can you buy a floor-mat for me?
i love "nain"
Sure - what kind of floor-mat?
Nain Inch Nails?
Posted: 07 Dec 2007, 22:39
by psichonaut
Posted: 08 Dec 2007, 00:21
by James Blast
it had to be done
Posted: 08 Dec 2007, 01:44
by 6FeetOver
Tsk, tsk, Mistah Blast.
Posted: 08 Dec 2007, 02:00
by EvilBastard
James Blast wrote:
it had to be done
Weak, Mr. Blast - very fcukin weak...
...
Posted: 08 Dec 2007, 03:11
by mh
Hey, enjoy the Middle East! Reputation shmeputation, it's a cool part of the world, and an opportunity to live in a totally different culture for a bit!
I was there during Ramadan this year, and it was great, so it'll be OK for you!
Posted: 08 Dec 2007, 04:02
by EvilBastard
mh wrote:Hey, enjoy the Middle East! Reputation shmeputation, it's a cool part of the world, and an opportunity to live in a totally different culture for a bit!
I was there during Ramadan this year, and it was great, so it'll be OK for you!
It rocks, doesn't it? Glad you enjoyed Jordan as much as I did - it was the first trip I made there and I caught the ME bug baaaaaaaaaaaaad. Tried to get to Lebanon last year but the Israelis got there before me, so went to Syria instead. Been trying to go to Iran for 3 years but something always gets in the way. Always fun explaining to the immigration chaps at Kennedy (at Heathrow they don't give a monkey's) why I went - last year they went through my bags with a fine toothcomb, didn't care about the knock-off computer software (Under Ash and Special Force), dodgy carpets, Hizb'Allah flags or pictures of Hamid Nasrallah, but they were rather taken with the 10 cartons of duty-free fags in the bottom of my bag. "But they're all duty free!" Yes, sir, but you're only allowed to bring in 200 of them, you'll have to pay duty on the rest. $20 for 9 cartons, still cheap as chips. Lovely.
Posted: 08 Dec 2007, 10:30
by mh
I'm not allowed into Syria.
Worth it though to have the Israeli stamp in my passport.
Posted: 08 Dec 2007, 10:51
by markfiend
Sounds fantastic. Colour me jealous
Posted: 08 Dec 2007, 13:32
by Big Si
Have a great one!
Although i've heard from my mate in the Navy who's off to the Gulf in the New Year, he advises that there's a build up going on, and his mate in the Royal Marines says Afghanistan is stocked up, ready and waiting for the word to go in
