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Sharfaz, ahh bless you. It has to rhyme! Dubai and Sharjah do not rhyme with snail.
My fav is: 'We're in Barney!' i.e. Barney Rubble - Trouble!
My fav is: 'We're in Barney!' i.e. Barney Rubble - Trouble!
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Green community - Environmental Lunacy
the creek - Bubble n squeek
Emirates Towers - Bunch of Flowers
Dubailand - dodgey and underhand
the creek - Bubble n squeek
Emirates Towers - Bunch of Flowers
Dubailand - dodgey and underhand
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Mateyboy wrote:Dubai marina - rusty cortina - is that a goodun?
sounds good to me mate
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That sounds more like 'specialist' cockney slang. Well out of my league chap. Dont call me marvin! 
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Mateyboy wrote:That sounds more like 'specialist' cockney slang. Well out of my league chap. Dont call me marvin!
Marvin is a much better name than Hank
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KARAMA - Karma or Lama
AL AIN - Pain
AJMAN - Pan
FUJEIRAH - Fudge
SHARJAH - Jar? (not sure on this one! del?)
AL AIN - Pain
AJMAN - Pan
FUJEIRAH - Fudge
SHARJAH - Jar? (not sure on this one! del?)
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sharfraz wrote:Al Ain - Alien
You haven't quite got the grasp of this have you?
Al Awir - Queer
Fibber McGee - Free
York Hotel - Smell
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sharfraz wrote:this time
abudhabi - baby
Sharfraz, dear boy.
Think of a word that rhymes with Dhabi.....let's say Flabby.
Now what other word can we put with flabby that says something about Abu Dhabi?
How about Getting Flabby....Abu Dhabi??????
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