MAKKAH, 7 October 2006 — A husband, who could probably use an anger management course and a little perspective on life, threatened to divorce his wife if she ever dared to accidentally drop the dish of ‘ful’ (mashed beans), the daily Al-Madinah reported. The husband, hungry from his fasting, just couldn’t bare the idea that his wife is only human and accidentally dropped the bowl of ful on the ground, shattering the dish. In another example of people who take their mashed beans a little too seriously: a family driver was beaten by his sponsor because he didn’t get to the ful vendor in time to pick up the traditional Ramadan dish before iftar (fast breaking). The driver suffered minor injuries and went to the police station to file a complaint. Hopefully the sponsor will have to spend some time in a jail cell, deprived of his precious mashed beans.
