Trivia Time

Question: Which is  the odd one out from the following?

Dorktator Assad, Damascus, Golan Heights, musical knickers

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Answer: The Golan Heights. The rest belong to Syria.

Regarding those musical knickers..

Just off the crowded central market in Old Damascus, a sales assistant called Mahmoud is giving me my first introduction into an unusual Syrian speciality – musical knickers.

The garments come in many different shapes and colours, and play little tunes – or other extraneous noises like telephone ringtones – all made by small electronic devices hidden in the lining.

Singing underwear isn’t the only item on sale at the “Fatin Shop for Ladies Indoor Clothing”, where Mahmoud is proudly showing off his product lines.

He’s got knickers with flashing fairy lights, others that glow in the dark, a bra-and-knickers set shaped like manicured women’s hands enveloping the wearer’s crotch and breasts.

In a slightly higher price range, he’s got remote-controlled bras and knickers, designed to spring open and fall to the floor with a clap of the hands or a press of a button.

Lingerie that opens up and falls to the ground when triggered by loud noises? It certainly puts this into perspective. And I’m also thinking that the Syrian men should be thanking us for incidents like this.

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