Sentences we heard on our trip to Palestine

Check out these sentences we heard on our trip to Palestine.  These guys were hillarious.  It was 3 out of the 4 of them’s first time out of the country.  I also posted the video we made to help promote more understanding for the Middle East (posted below).

“Jet lag is when your feet hurt, right?” KO

“I do not fall asleep on moving objects.” AE (5 minutes later he’s fast asleep on the airplane)

“It’s dark, let’s go.” YFK

“I don’t like musical instruments anymore. I play them, I just don’t like them.” AE

“You missed out on Iron Man.” AE to Beno because he had been in the Middle East for a year.

“I’m sorry I don’t say anything funny.” AF

“Finally someone who speaks Illuga Adam.” JP

“I feel like the president.” AE (his response to being driven around in bullet proof vans by Consulate guards into the West Bank)

“Everyone’s good for something.” NS

“It means whatever that means.” AB (trying to explain an Arabic word)

“I’ve nothing in my head.” JP

“The stinkier the better.” YFK

“Let’s eat your empty head.” AB (Two sentences that weren’t supposed to come together)

“Meeting Canadians in England is different, they drink different water.” AB

“I am talking about….what?” NS

“Are you seeing the glass half full or half empty?” JP AE’s response, “I’m seeing the glass half and half.”

“Dude! It’s Evanescence. That’s so cool.” AF “I didn’t expect Evanescence in the Middle East.”

“I don’t like birds. They should be flying.” YFK

“If we don’t hurry up, we’re not going to make it to the Garden of Gethsemane.” Sis Seely

“That’s a frog!” KS

“He invites himself by himself.” NS about Omar

“Uskut! You know what that means? SHUT UP!” JP

“No one can take me seriously in pink socks.” AE (referring to how his clothes came back from the hotel laundry.)

“We look like those people who are on pictures for NGO’s…oh wait…we are.” AB

“I am not after the cute look.” AE (still about his pink socks)

“We’re girls, we’re unmarried. It’s ok.” AF

“You have an equal chance of getting blown up as you do getting hit by a car!” Consulate intern guy

“I want something cold. I’m going to the yummy corner.” KO

“How do you say check point in Arabic?” AF …”Annoying.” AE

“I can talk to my family but I can’t talk to my tennis racket!” JP (speaking of things he misses from home)

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