That’s a Lot of Bee’s Wax
Arab News
RENIYA, 15 October 2006 — A man who lost SR50 million ($13.3 million) of other people’s hard-earned money in the stock market has decided to pay them back with honey, the Al-Madinah newspaper reported yesterday. The man who owns an apiary, managed to persuade some of the people who trusted him with their investment to begin receiving 5-kilogram jars of premium Saudi honey valued at SR1,000 ($266). At that rate, the man will have to deliver 50,000 jars of said honey to pay back the principal investment.
Beware of Dumb Kids With Firecrackers
Arab News
AL-QUWEIQUA — Ha ha. A group of teens thought it would be hilarious to throw a huge string of firecrackers at the feet of a woman and her daughter who were walking together in the street, the Al-Riyadh daily reported yesterday. When the “fires began working” the woman and daughter were terrified and fled. Bystanders chased after the tricksters. Unfortunately the youths were faster on foot than the do-gooders. Fireworks are traditional fixtures of the Ramadan season, as is the occasional crowd of dumb, explosives-wielding kids.
Honey, Where Are My Razor Blades?
Arab News
ASIR — A medical team performed emergency surgery on a man who was admitted to a hospital here complaining of stomach pains, the Al-Watan daily reported yesterday. X-ray film images turned up a number of strangely familiar items in the patient’s stomach. Doctors opened the man up and discovered a trove of items not normally associated with eatables, including razor blades, keys, teaspoons, chunks of chewed-up plastic and even an entire ink pen. The man was admitted for psychological treatment.
