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2005-08-29 Arabia

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Posted by Steve 2005-08-29 10:47|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Americans in Yemen have been warned to be careful where they travel in the country.

Okay, sure. I'll remember that when I'm in town...

Posted by tu3031 2005-08-29 11:24|| 2005-08-29 11:24|| Front Page Top

#2 What American in his right mind would be in Yemen?

Posted by Ebbuth Ebbomonter8999 2005-08-29 11:31|| 2005-08-29 11:31|| Front Page Top

#3 The Lovin' Spoonful said it best:

Hot town, summer in the city
Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty
Been down, isn't it a pity
Doesn't seem to be a shadow in the city

All around, people looking half dead
Walking on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head

But at night it's a different world
Go out and find a girl
Come-on come-on and dance all night
Despite the heat it'll be alright

And babe, don't you know it's a pity
That the days can't be like the nights
In the summer, in the city
In the summer, in the city

Cool town, evening in the city
Dressing so fine and looking so pretty
Cool cat, looking for a kitty
Gonna look in every corner of the city
Till I'm wheezing like a bus stop
Running up the stairs, gonna meet you on the rooftop

But at night it's a different world
Go out and find a girl
Come-on come-on and dance all night
Despite the heat it'll be alright

And babe, don't you know it's a pity
That the days can't be like the nights
In the summer, in the city
In the summer, in the city

Hot town, summer in the city
Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty
Been down, isn't it a pity
Doesn't seem to be a shadow in the city

All around, people looking half dead
Walking on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head

But at night it's a different world
Go out and find a girl
Come-on come-on and dance all night
Despite the heat it'll be alright

And babe, don't you know it's a pity
That the days can't be like the nights
In the summer, in the city
In the summer, in the city

Posted by mojo">mojo 2005-08-29 14:12|| 2005-08-29 14:12|| Front Page Top

#4 Mojo, don't tell anyone but I use an instrumental cover of that when Ima forced to read Tar Beach to yuts in an emergency situation.

Posted by Shipman 2005-08-29 15:53|| 2005-08-29 15:53|| Front Page Top

#5 What American in his right mind would be in Yemen?

For a while there, just after the two Yemens re-united, the Multi-nationals were excited about the opportunity to open a new market (the last such opportunity had been when the Iron Curtain came down for Eastern Europe and then Russia). They sent in small teams of Marketing and Product Development specialists to quantify things -- for the U.S.-based companies these were mostly Amis. I've no idea if they are still there, this was in the mid-'90s, but certainly there will be American military and diplomatic people there even now.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-08-29 21:29|| 2005-08-29 21:29|| Front Page Top

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