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McDonald's is changing its fries soon

Hurry everyone; go to your nearest Mc Donald's and stock up on the fries. I tried all kind of fries but nothing tastes as good as the Mc Donald's fries. It is slightly crispy outside and soft inside. You can take a single piece of fry and break it with a distinct snap to it. You can see the vapors float up from the two broken pieces. The taste is also better. I have been told by an expert cook that animal fat is used with the fries and the proof is when the fries cool down they are still crispy and not soggy like all the other fries. According to my expert friend, only food cooked with animal fat can do that.

Mc Donald's just announced that they will be changing their frying oils but did not announce when. You can read more here.

I think I am going to buy a few hundred kilos of McD fries and cryogenically preserve them, and then when they stop producing the classic fries, I can resell it for a higher price to my nostalgic customers or on ebay.

iPhone Humor

Introducing the iPhone Shuffle.

I have my iPhone with me.

:-)

I'm Rich! I'm Rich!

Chad Hurley, co-founder of the popular Internet video sharing web site YouTube, said that the company is working on a plan for users who upload videos to be paid for their contributions. More here.

I started posting stuff on YouTube over 10 months ago. I posted videos that I got from my mobile camera and clips that friends sent over to me. A few I posted on this blog and others I kept on YouTube. Now the YouTube benevolent owners want to send some dollars over to me. Thank you very much Mr. Chad. The YouTube team still did not finalize the plan yet but if you want to make me richer, check out my YouTube posts by clicking on the pretty YouTube mosaic on the top left.

One thing I noticed, three days ago I put up a video of a lady rolling cigars, and in the first 3 hours it got around 270 views. My most viewed video is Saddam Hussein's sentencing with 48,087 views.

What does this tell me? That I should post more girl clips, and recent political events. That's stuff I usually try to avoid posting about.

Oh well I might not get rich as fast as I thought.

The Twilight Zone

For all of you who remember the Twilight Zone, here is a treat for you. Most of the original black and white series can be found here.

WARNING: If you are easily scared, spooked or have psychological problems, don't watch the Twilight Zone, it will scare the heck out of you.

Sharks and Stingray

Here is a little clip I took at the Kuwait Scientific Center a long time ago.





If you have not gone to the Scientic Center at the end of the Gulf Road, go today. It is a lovely day and you will not regret it.

Here is a little map to help you out.

Supersized Ghoozi Feast

Ghoozi is lamb with scented rice served at Arab feasts such as wedding and other distinguished occasions. It is usually served on large trays of rice with the roasted lamb on top and guests share from the same tray. The ghoozi here is on the largest tray I ever saw. This feast appears to be in Saudi Arabia.

Something Old, Something New, Something MBC2

I was watching MBC2 and I saw this movie and I could not remember the name. I racked my brain, but no name pops up. I was fiddling with the remote and hit the [i] button, and the name appeared with the channel info. I hit the [i] button again and a little brief about the movie showed also over the channel info.

This might be old to the techies out there, but it is new to me. Very cool.

Swearing

Do you start swearing if things don't go your way? If someone cuts you off while driving and nearly pushes you off the road, do you start bleeping loudly to yourself and anyone within earshot?

What if it was a life threatening situation like your parachute not opening the way it should?

Here is a Russian parachutist whose parachute got tangled, he started swearing at it in Russian (sorry, I won't translate and have my blog blocked).

Don't play the video if you have Russian speaking people around you.

Office Tea

In most Kuwaiti offices, someone is employed to serve tea and coffee to the employees so that their caffeine level is raised sky high and makes them buzz all day at maximum efficiency. That person is called a farash or Tea boy. A lot of farash's are jealously guarded by their respective departments because they know how to do the coffee just right, or cook the tea to a millisecond precision and add the exact proportions of milk to it. Other farash's that are not so talented, make you hate your morning.

Here is a little movie of our Farash doing his magic: