tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3218126438194693265.post6916173477936356028..comments2023-09-05T14:29:35.768+03:00Comments on green eggs&balalee6: The politics of car washingGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00100406799321367347noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3218126438194693265.post-40290506671426367392009-10-18T06:45:30.584+03:002009-10-18T06:45:30.584+03:00Kuwait's a very shallow country and it's d...Kuwait's a very shallow country and it's denizens amongst the world's most judgmental.<br /><br />I've always said Kuwait doesn't run on oil but rather rumors and gossiping.<br /><br />Guys in Kuwait, due to their lack of self-esteem often invest their money in loud and aggressive looking pickup trucks to make up for their lack of masculinity.<br /><br />Cars have become, quite literally a part of Kuwait's culture.<br /><br />One is judged in some cases primarily (and dare I say solely) on what car they drive and it's condition.<br /><br />Hence the obsession with 'looking good' not in your eyes but rather society's eyes.<br /><br />Look at the commentators right above mine, they compare a dusty looking car with a dirty looking person, an absurd and irrelevant comparison that simply reinforces what I've said.<br /><br />You would think that people would not forget that Kuwait is a desert and that water is scarcer than oil and should in my opinion be treated on a much higher scale then the remnants of plants and dinosaurs of ancient times past.<br /><br />I so agree with you on the house staff waking up early in the morning and washing the car, I feel the same pang of guilt when I see them cleaning my car and at the same time infuriated when I see others keeping the hose on or wasting large amounts of water.<br /><br />9ij it really gets to me, I'm a water freak, I can't stand to see a drop go to waste and I freak out to the point that I watch how much water I let out from my faucet sink.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3218126438194693265.post-31942218065066110762009-03-19T23:36:00.000+03:002009-03-19T23:36:00.000+03:00I remember when we washed your car after TWO YEARS...I remember when we washed your car after TWO YEARS! and peeled of the sale sticker! good times.hend.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00322196559907372946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3218126438194693265.post-13570381150312758962009-03-15T11:08:00.000+03:002009-03-15T11:08:00.000+03:00I agree with eshda2wa..I agree with eshda2wa..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3218126438194693265.post-1979331701673032252009-03-12T17:29:00.000+03:002009-03-12T17:29:00.000+03:00@ eshda3wa-good point, I've never thought about it...@ eshda3wa-good point, I've never thought about it that way.<BR/><BR/>Although I do have several shirts so if one of them is dirty I can wear another one easily. I only have one car and cleaning it takes time.Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00100406799321367347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3218126438194693265.post-62046039088237646822009-03-12T14:35:00.000+03:002009-03-12T14:35:00.000+03:00I fully agree with eshda3wa..I fully agree with eshda3wa..Glitterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16446784398191033291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3218126438194693265.post-33511652420279077942009-03-12T12:00:00.000+03:002009-03-12T12:00:00.000+03:00noif u wont go out in a dirty shirtwhy go out in a...no<BR/>if u wont go out in a dirty shirt<BR/>why go out in a dirty car.<BR/><BR/>their all part of ur imageeshda3wahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12767987556070203938noreply@blogger.com