Gilt, frankincense and myrrh
Forget mosque alarm clocks, this year's Arabian Christmas present-par-excellence is a portable electric incense burner that plugs into your car charger.
Never again suffer from charcoal burns on the fabric of your sheikhmobile! Smoulder your frankincense with the clean, mystical force of "electricity", and breathe in the sweet-scented resinous fumes as you rocket at 200kmph up the hard shoulder of Sheikh Zayed road, past the gridlock of slow, stupid people actually attempting to drive within the road rules.
Available in white, pale pink or green china, the electric burner features a beautifully machine-painted design of gilded roses. For maximum convenience, it also comes with its own adhesive footprint to quickly stick to any dashboard. Buy now while stocks last - in Deira souq, for fifteen dirhams.
This hot - literally! - item is sure to be rocketing off the shelves.
Never again suffer from charcoal burns on the fabric of your sheikhmobile! Smoulder your frankincense with the clean, mystical force of "electricity", and breathe in the sweet-scented resinous fumes as you rocket at 200kmph up the hard shoulder of Sheikh Zayed road, past the gridlock of slow, stupid people actually attempting to drive within the road rules.
Available in white, pale pink or green china, the electric burner features a beautifully machine-painted design of gilded roses. For maximum convenience, it also comes with its own adhesive footprint to quickly stick to any dashboard. Buy now while stocks last - in Deira souq, for fifteen dirhams.
This hot - literally! - item is sure to be rocketing off the shelves.
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Why anon@5.59 's comment still here undeleted ? Seems like SD is away.
-lodesconocido
you cheeky b*st*rd :)
Was it you that flashed me on the hardshoulder yesterday? ;)
wow .... anon @ 5:59
who pissed on your shawerma??
hey SD - this is too funny - we saw the very same item for sale in a souk in Muscat over the weekend, and J was tempted to buy one just for fun!
Luckily, I managed to "dissuade" her. Since we arrived home from Oman with about a ton of frankincense, I haven't been able to see across our lounge because of all the aromatic smoke!
Imagine a car full of smoke - another excuse to give as a cause for an accident!
SD.....we have had these for over 20 years......where have you been? AND btw, they only cost 4 dirhams in Satwa...I know, I know, you were just testing to see if we could get you a better price elsewhere....mine is red & black velvet and has a loose wire hanging out, so the zap I get when plugging it in just adds to the ecstatic feel of the whole scenario.
Here's anon@5.59's comment, edited to make it a little less likely to flag obscenity filters:
Anonymous said...
f*** u b****!
dont be jealous cause u dont have an sheikhmobile !
b**** go die and suck osama
Not sure quite how how I would pleasure osama if I was already dead, but such an orginal suggestion is appreciated.
I bet your are pleasing the big O already....he is probably one of us.....yikes
nuff said
Actually shouldnt it be "a" sheikhmobile as opposed to "an" sheikhmobile.
And I think he is letting you know that if in fact you would suck Ossama you would die as various members of his family have suffered this experience.
Hey SD, are you "jealous cause u dont have an sheikhmobile"? (anon@05:59's very limited and unintelligent vocab did make me titter this morning.)
Anyway, I cringe at the very thought of gas prices for one of those tanks. Much better things to do with one's money.
As for me, I'm off to put my dirhams to better use and buy a mobile incense burner thingy from Satwa. The Echo could use some frankincense.
Nah, not jealous. If I was into cars, I could spend a higher proportion of my salary on one, as it is I just rent the cheapest thing going and spend the money saved on chocolate.
When some friends visited, we rented a 4WD to go off road/Hatta Springs etc, and the only car available was a white Landcruiser, which was quite funny. It didn't have blacked-out windows though :(
chocolate...gooooood.
sheikhmobile...baaaad.
Seems like Sorry Dubai is up and running again. Looks a bit different though.....
Were people getting out of your way when you drove the tank, SD? I shudder whenever one of the White Landcruisers get anywhere near me. Maniac drivers, all of them. Is it the car that inspires the drivers or do all the mad drivers seek the same car - perhaps as a way to identify each other?
anonymous @ 15:41, yes, some time recently someone from germany appears to have registered it and filled it with foul mouthed-profanity.
Off topic but interesting.
"SUV safety concerns are compounded by a perception among some consumers that SUVs are safer for their drivers than standard autos; this perception is generally incorrect. Many consumers feel safer in SUVs simply because their ride height makes [their passengers] higher and dominate and look down.That you can look down is psychologically a very powerful notion. This and the massive size and weight of SUVs may lead to consumers' false perception of safety." - wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SUV
this is a very old product i bought it from the souq looong time ago.
I agree with Ballshi* , this is a very old product, I had bought one in the early 90's from Satwa at the everything 10/20 stores.
Hurricane
thats right many people who own shops they only provide jobs for good looking girls in order to attract people and to gain more profit ..
this is maybe now may be available in a big shop.... look like ppl like me only shop at souq
hmm.. is it just me or is Xmas being celebrated this year in Dubai with all its glory? I thought a few years ago it was "banned" or asked to be toned down and this time its in Full Bloom!?! I hope they are consistent this time.
hmm.. is it just me or is Xmas being celebrated this year in Dubai with all its glory?
You're definitely not the only one, see here.
It is really odd and disconcerting, even for us non-muslims. It suggests they must really have been holding back before.
Dear SD,
I am sure that it was not your intention... but the posting indeed may sound like an unfair generalization, and some might find it racist.
So I just wanted to emphasize that reckless driving is not the monopoly of any nationality or ethinicity.
In fact, I'm tired of seeing 'european-looking' people driving their porsches very dangerously, south-asians ignoring basic rules of safety, and so on.
What's the solution?
Take 4wds,sports cars and any car with bhp>150 away from locals
Take sports cars and pick-ups away from westerners
Take all cars away from indians
Take old, battered beamers and mercs away from non-gcc arabs
Take licences away from people with trigger fingers on high-beams
and tail-gating habits
always stop cars with tinting..the owner has something to hide, even if 'psycho'logical
problem solved
I am sure that it was not your intention... but the posting indeed may sound like an unfair generalization
Let's just say that rarely - if ever - I have seen a vehicle going up the hard shoulder that isn't a 4WD, usually something prestige like a Landcruiser/Lexus type thing. I don't think I've ever seen a Nissan Sunny trying it.
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