I may have told this story before, but I have a friend who immigrated from Egypt.
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A few months after arriving he informed me he was planning on going to Ikea on Boxing day. I half jokingly said "you're braver than me." He gave me a confused look and said "why?" I mentioned the crowds were bound to be insane.
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He scoffed and said "all I have to do is pull out my phone and start speaking into it in Arabic and they will get out of my way."
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A few months after arriving he informed me he was planning on going to Ikea on Boxing day. I half jokingly said "you're braver than me." He gave me a confused look and said "why?" I mentioned the crowds were bound to be insane.
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He scoffed and said "all I have to do is pull out my phone and start speaking into it in Arabic and they will get out of my way."