The Castaration of Mahmoud Abbas
';Who said Arabs don’t have a sense of humor?
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas underwent an unannounced heart test at a Jordanian hospital on Thursday, adding new uncertainty to already troubled peace talks.
Aides to Abbas, 73, said he was doing well after a catheterization procedure they described as successful, and that he was expected to leave Jordan Hospital later in the day. Abbas is due to return to the West Bank on Friday, they said, adding that they expect him to return to work immediately after his arrival.
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Palestinian officials initially said Abbas underwent an angioplasty, a treatment to help open blocked arteries. But later, they said the procedure was only a catheterization to check for blockage. The Arabic word “castara” is used to describe both procedures.
One castaration coming up.
And speaking of a sense of humor..
Saeb Erekat, a top aide to Abbas, said he spoke to the Palestinian leader from the West Bank on Thursday afternoon. “He’s doing very very well. He’s in very high spirits. He even joked to me,” Erekat said.
Wow. That is impressive.
An Australian immigrant to Israel, Aussie Dave has been blogging since early 2003.
May 2nd, 2008 at 2:38 am
Hard to imagine that with a face like that he could tell jokes. Maybe you could have a competition to find Abbas’s best jokes?
Here’s one to start the ball rolling.
A guy goes to his doctor and says, “Doc, I want to be castrated.”
The doctor asks, “are you really sure?”
The guy says, “sure, I’ve thought about it a lot, I know all about the drawbacks and advantages, and I’ve decided I really do want to be castrated.”
The doctor contacts the hospital and arranges for the guy to be admitted to undergo surgery. The operation goes well and as the guy comes around from the anesthetic he sees another man in the bed next to his eating grapes and reading a newspaper.
“Hi”, he says to the man eating grapes, “what are you in here for?”
“Nothing serious”, he replies, “I just got circumcised.”
“Damn!” exclaims the guy, “that was the word I was looking for!”
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:54 am
3 stents went in. I saw the report in the Jerusalem Post earlier today. Stents are used to open arteries. Otherwise, Abbas would have been a candidate for a triple bypass.
Meanwhile, who knew Abbas even had a heart?