Monday, February 8, 2010

Must Be Zeb Envy

Double Tapper reports that Pakistani diplomat Miangul Akbar Zeb has been rejected as ambassador to both the UAE and Bahrain because his name, in Arabic, means "Biggest Dick" (H/T: Theo Spark).

7 comments:

RebeccaH said...

It can't be that big a disappointment to him. Read into that what you will.

Paco said...

Something he'd probably brag about, actually.

Michael Lonie said...

That's his name. What his physical characteristics are like we don't know.

He was most recently turned down for the post of ambassador to the Wahhabist Entity, because of the Arabic translation of his name. that's the third Arab country that has rejected him for that reason. Why do the Pakistanis keep trying to appoint him to an Arab country? Does the guy in charge of appointments have it in for him, so that he wants to humiliate the poor guy continually? Why not send him to, say, Switzerland or France?

I wonder if there is a Detective Paco story in here somewhere?

Tommy Shanks said...

I think the Pakistanis are trying to send a message that they're the big boys in the neighborhood.

Paco said...

Does the guy in charge of appointments have it in for him, so that he wants to humiliate the poor guy continually?

Hey, I hadn't thought of that. Maybe the government is trying to force him to retire.

Boy on a bike said...

And is his wife Intercontinentia Buttocks?

Michael Lonie said...

Perhaps her name means "Great big...tracts of land" in Arabic.