Posted in LMAO, Sidewalk Lyrics on Jul 4th, 2011 13 Comments »
In a taxi, in the southern Iranian province of Khuzestan: It was a hot, humid day. A typical summer day in Khuzestan, where it gets so hot that you can barely muster enough energy to breathe. When the streets are practically empty, lest for those unfortunate creatures whose errands or jobs or curiosity gets the [...]
Posted in LMAO, Nincompoops, The Illusionist on May 9th, 2011 5 Comments »
In 2009, when the Iranian elections were in national – and international – spotlight, during the TV debate between Mousavi and Ahmaidnejad,which kept us Iranians, all over the globe glued to our TV (or monitor) screens, something funny happened. Mir Hossein Mousavi, the soft spoken, apprehensive opposition candidate said on live TV: “this government is [...]
Posted in Islamic Nazis of Iran, LMAO, Nincompoops on Feb 23rd, 2011 8 Comments »
FarceNews, the ultra orthodox Ahmadinejad news outlet has a very interesting article today. This is the same source that has been printing article after article about the “basiji” and “martyr” Sane’ Jaleh. Among their other headlines today: “the sedition of 2009 has made violent crime and human trafficking skyrocket.” I thought it would be wise [...]
Posted in Bahram Radan, LMAO, Nincompoops on Feb 9th, 2011 7 Comments »
Maybe the Power Rangers will be next? Ever heard of the Power Balance Bands and bracelets? According to the company’s website “Power Balance is based on the idea of optimizing the body’s natural energy flow, similar to concepts behind many Eastern philosophies. The hologram in Power Balance is designed to respond to the natural energy field [...]
Posted in chert o pert, Iranian Movies, LMAO, Nincompoops on Feb 9th, 2011 2 Comments »
And even there he has to start a big fight. Farzand-e Sobh [Child of Dawn] is a biopic on the life & times of Ayatollah Khomeini that has been in the making by Iranian director Behrouz Afkhami since 2003. He originally began the project at the request of the Khomeini Memorial Foundation. They had been [...]
Posted in Ahmadionomics, LMAO on Nov 23rd, 2010 16 Comments »
My first conversation at the United Nations: Chief: your name … where are you from? Pedestrian: I’m Iranian, though my name, it’s not a Persian word. Chief: Aaaah! That beautiful place, Iran! I used to visit over the mountains when I was stationed in Iraq. Such a beautiful place, such amazing food! Pedestrian: Yes, I certainly [...]
Posted in Dictateur Sanguinaire, LMAO, Prince John, Serious A** Kicking on Jul 15th, 2010 6 Comments »
Welcome to the “Followers of the Leader” Social Networking Site Looks like his excellency the octopus was on to something! Tabnak [the site affiliated with "pragmatic conservative" and presidential nominee Mohsen Rezaie] reports that the first “social networking site dedicated to the lovers of the supreme leader” has been launched. You can check it out here (the [...]
Posted in LMAO, People with brains, Prince John on Jul 15th, 2010 6 Comments »
By now, the world cup has come and gone and the real victor, aside from Spain and Coca Cola … was Paul the Octopus. I’m sure you’ve all heard and read extensively on Paul, so I will not waste your time talking about this awesome Octopus. What I do want to talk about is the awesome [...]
Posted in Digory Kirke, LMAO, Nincompoops on May 11th, 2010 3 Comments »
According to RajaNews, the pro-government news site, “unknown sources” in the province of Esfahan have released a video game titled “War with sedition leaders” where war planes get to shoot Mousavi, Karoubi and Khatami running on the ground. The partners in crime, in turn, get to shoot at the airplanes with guns … I’d say [...]
Posted in Generation-Go-Fuck-Yourself, LMAO, Nincompoops, pissed off on Apr 23rd, 2010 11 Comments »
Entrance to the school of engineering at the University of Tehran. ———————————————– You may all know of boobquake by now (which has 100,000 participants on facebook), but not many have heard of Fanni Pleasure Island. ٍEarlier in the week, the students at the School of Engineering at the University of Tehran were confronted with a [...]
Posted in Islamic Nazis of Iran, LMAO, Nincompoops on Mar 29th, 2010 4 Comments »
In Iran, if you ever want access to any of the millions of banned websites (everything from porn to the Huffington Post to websites of reformists and moderate conservatives) you will always be greeted with this welcome message: Dear Subscriber Access to this site is not possible. In the event that this site has been [...]
Posted in Generation-Go-Fuck-Yourself, LMAO, Sidewalk Lyrics on Mar 26th, 2010 7 Comments »
I’ve been meaning to post this for some time now. BaroBax is one of Iran’s most famous bands right now (their site needs some English editing, calling them “an alternative video and music producer”) …And irrespective of how you feel about their music, they are part of the crowd inside Iran (they have recently left) [...]
Posted in LMAO, Nincompoops on Feb 15th, 2010 No Comments »
Since it seems that today is a day of crazy, this bit of news seems worthy of a mention. Kalleh is an Iranian dairy company. For years, it was rumored that Nateq Nouri was behind it, but as far as I know, these rumors were never verified. (browsing their website, you can see that for [...]
Posted in LMAO, Nincompoops on Jan 22nd, 2010 6 Comments »
Stuff like this makes me not mind the terrible censorship and restrictions on IRIB so much … This is the reason IRIB will always come out on top: the Iranian satellite channels have no originality (even compared to Ahmadinejad infested IRIB). They are just bad copies of their – more ludicrous – American counterparts.
Posted in Islamic Nazis of Iran, LMAO, Nincompoops on Jan 20th, 2010 5 Comments »
Ferdowsi is a monumental 10th century Persian poet. His Shahnameh (Book of Kings, translated into English by Dick Davis) is a national epic read and revered across Iran. Now the wife of imprisoned journalist, Bahman Ahmadi reports that one of the charges for which he will have to serve an eight year prison sentence is, [...]
Posted in Generation-Go-Fuck-Yourself, Kids, LMAO on Dec 2nd, 2009 8 Comments »
Rozeh Khani is a form of religious music. In fact, some of our most prominent musicians in past centuries have started out with rozeh khani or were from rozeh khan families (e.g. Aref Ghazvini). It is performed in religious mourning rituals, especially Ashura – for the death of Shi’a imams. And tells the story of [...]
Posted in LMAO, Word on the Street on Nov 5th, 2009 3 Comments »
Tavasol.com is a site where you leave your prayer. I’m trying to figure out who the site belongs to, it seems to have a very religious theme, but there are some really funny prayers in there. Including this one: “dear god, [please help] this girlfriend of mine have her period so I can rest assured [...]