“Like Living in Beirut”

“Like Living in Beirut”

Posted on June 26th, 2009 Jad Aoun 4 comments

Paris may have her catch phrases but the lead singer of the Indie music group, Doves, has developed his own:

"We had a great time there but it was like living in Beirut for five days," lead singer Jimi Goodwin told Tim Lovejoy’s channelbee.com.

What is that supposed to mean? OK, we get it, it was bad, destructive, damaging, …. I can go on and on. Interestingly, the article doesn’t go on. That’s the end of the news line – what the hell is that supposed to mean?

So is that now the level we have reached in the English language? "It so Beirut" or "How Beirut" or "You’ve pulled a Beirut". Sorry Jimi, you are going to need to work harder than that. You’ll have a LLB Certificate sent to you shortly.

Oh, and speaking of Paris Hilton, she will apparently be making a stopover in the "Paris of the Middle East" thanks to an invite from The Crystal Group. I can’t control my excitement! (Seriously, I can’t wait for her to leave Dubai so that frontpages of newspapers can return to normal news).

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4 responses to ““Like Living in Beirut””
- Steve June 26th, 2009 at 17:57
  
  Jad, I hate saying this but I have used that term as well. It comes from watching the motel-to-motel rocket shots 25 years ago, with cement crumbling and rumors of death. Thank God, things have taken the turn they have taken, however. It would appear that tourism is once again in a boom there – to a most deserving and gorgeous city. I haerd it could be “The Portland of the Middle east!”
  
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  - Jad Aoun June 26th, 2009 at 21:54
    
    LOL. Steve, you can send me your address and I’ll be sure to send you one of my certificates.
    
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- nicolien June 27th, 2009 at 10:48
  
  First I thought it said “We had a great time there, it was like living in Beirut for five days,” referring to the hyped up Beirut nightlife / summers etc. But no, it’s “Beirut = bad” as well.
  Ah well, good thing you are sending a certificate!
  
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  - Jad Aoun June 27th, 2009 at 18:10
    
    I thought the exact same thing when I first read the article – I should have made it clearer in my post. Well, let’s see if we get a response back this time.
    
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