DAMMAM, 19 August 2007 — A Saudi groom trusted a shoe seller way too much, according to yesterday’s Al-Madinah newspaper. Instead of trying on the shoes he bought for his wedding — or even checking the box handed to him by the vendor — the groom decided it would be OK to wait until moments before the wedding before putting on his fancy footwear. Lo and behold, the shoes fit. Unfortunately, the vendor put two right-foot shoes in the box. Lucky for the groom, one of his friends had the same shoe size. The groom had no other reasonable choice than to borrow his buddy’s shoes for the nuptials.
Dammam-Bound Rat Causes Flight Delay
Arab News
ABHA — A rat running between seats — First Class seats! — aboard Saudi flight 1692 from Abha to Dammam caused a one-hour delay, Asharq Al-Awsat reported yesterday. While the plane was en queue for takeoff, a Saudi woman saw the rodent scurrying among the seats and alerted the flight attendants who alerted the captain who ordered all 480 passengers off the plane to search for the rat. The flight attendant called the airport fire department for help, but a one-hour search failed to turn up the furry little stowaway. The captain ordered the flight to resume, and one rodent got a free ride to the east coast.
