Iraqis offer tips to those in US without power.

**Zilog B** · 08-15-03, 02:21 PM

Oh the irony

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...lackout_iraq_1

_ SLEEP ON THE ROOF. Without power — and hence without air conditioning — Iraqis have taken to climbing up stairs in the hot nights. Some install metal bed frames on rooftops, while others simply stretch out on thin mattresses. "It's cooler there," said Hadia Zeydan Khalaf, 38.

_ SIT IN THE SHADE. Many Iraqis head outside when the power's off. "We sit in the shade," said George Ruweid, 27, playing cards with friends on the sidewalk. Of the U.S. blackout, he said: "I hope it lasts for 20 years. Let them feel our suffering."

_ HEAD FOR THE WATER. "We go to the river, just like in the old days," said Saleh Moayet, 53.

_ SHOWER FREQUENTLY. "I take showers all day," said Raed Ali, 33.

_ BUY BLOCKS OF ICE. Mohammed Abdul Zahara, 24, sells about 20 a day from a roadside table.

_ GET A GENERATOR. Abbas Abdul al-Amir, 53, has one of a long row of shops selling generators in Baghdad's Karadah shopping street. When the power goes out, sales go up, he said.

_ CALL IN THE IRAQIS. Some suggested the Americans ask the Iraqis how to get the power going again. "Let them take experts from Iraq," said Alaa Hussein, 32, waiting in a long line for gas because there was no electricity for the pumps. "Our experts have a lot of experience in these matters."

**Jamie_R** · 08-15-03, 02:22 PM

I knew we should'a just nuked em

**Brk** · 08-15-03, 05:52 PM

Why thanks for those tips, Iraq! I would have donned fifty wool sweaters and slept in a sealed iron box otherwise.

The best part is the final tip..."Call in the Iraqis." LOLOL...translate that into, "GET US THE HELL OUT OF IRAQ!"

**zooner** · 08-16-03, 05:46 AM

Originally posted by Claude_Ballz
I knew we should'a just nuked em

**Jamie_R** · 08-16-03, 06:04 AM

.. it was a JOKE

**zooner** · 08-16-03, 06:33 AM

I'm very sorry.

a while back i walked by some people at work and they were basically saying the same thing about afganistan.

it really disturbed me on a very primal level because I truely believe a lot of people feel that way.