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< p class = "blog-post-meta" > < time datetime = "2016-09-15T14:10:48+03:00" > Thu Sep 15, 2016< / time > by Alan Orth in
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< p > I can’ t even read Arabic but I’ m pretty sure that billboard is telling people to < em > put their fucking phones down while driving< / em > . It’ s like an epidemic here. I’ ve never seen people look less at the road while driving than here in Amman.< / p >
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< p class = "blog-post-meta" > < time datetime = "2016-09-14T09:36:00+03:00" > Wed Sep 14, 2016< / time > by Alan Orth in
< i class = "fa fa-tag" aria-hidden = "true" > < / i > < a href = "/tags/eid" rel = "tag" > Eid< / a > , < a href = "/tags/sheep" rel = "tag" > Sheep< / a > , < a href = "/tags/amman" rel = "tag" > Amman< / a >
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< p > As Muslims around the world are busy wishing each other a blessed < a href = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eid_al-Adha" > Eid al-Adha< / a > , some poor bastard has to clean up this lazily discarded sheep carcass from my local dumpster (note the entrails spilled below). Keep it classy, Jordan.< / p >
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< p class = "blog-post-meta" > < time datetime = "2016-09-07T19:32:36+03:00" > Wed Sep 07, 2016< / time > by Alan Orth in
< i class = "fa fa-tag" aria-hidden = "true" > < / i > < a href = "/tags/mosque" rel = "tag" > Mosque< / a > , < a href = "/tags/noise" rel = "tag" > Noise< / a > , < a href = "/tags/amman" rel = "tag" > Amman< / a >
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< p > The irony is rich with this one, because this mosque has a sound system from another planet. If I wasn’ t worried about my personal safety I’ d put up a sign right next to it saying: < em > Please mute your mosque, there is a sleeping Alan 50m away< / em > .< / p >
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