http://xrdarabia.org/2009/06/30/missing-the-point-of-marriage/ Informed comment and commentary about Saudi Arabia, reform, and its relations with the US Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:41:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://xrdarabia.org/2009/06/30/missing-the-point-of-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-21719 John Burgess Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:03:21 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=7981#comment-21719 There's a wonderful northern English expression, 'There's nowt (naught) so queer as folk', that fits rather aptly. There’s a wonderful northern English expression, ‘There’s nowt (naught) so queer as folk’, that fits rather aptly.

]]> http://xrdarabia.org/2009/06/30/missing-the-point-of-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-21718 Michel Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:03:49 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=7981#comment-21718 It would make me laugh if it was not so sad; are we talking about adults here ? It would make me laugh if it was not so sad; are we talking about adults here ?

]]> http://xrdarabia.org/2009/06/30/missing-the-point-of-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-21713 M Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:32:03 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=7981#comment-21713 I was laughing my head off when I heard this story on the radio yesterday. Like the Arabic proverb goes: "The worst calamities make you laugh". The radio report also mentioned that the poor woman financed most of the trip's cost herself. I was laughing my head off when I heard this story on the radio yesterday. Like the Arabic proverb goes: “The worst calamities make you laugh”. The radio report also mentioned that the poor woman financed most of the trip’s cost herself.

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