IF YOU LIKE PIÑA COLADAS

"You are divorced, divorced, divorced."

(Thanks to Jeff Meyerson)

UPDATE: Here's a photo of women practicing safe surfing in Jordan.

(Thanks to thefly.)

Comments

[MOTW]

very good, judi!

This is a sad story, really.

[thefly]

The traditional manner is to yell "You are divorced divorced divorced"?????? What man wouldn't be scared to see a woman running at him yelling "We are married married married!"

[SteveB]

Sounds like the scene from Taxi where Latka ended his marriage to Simka:
"I break with thee. I break with thee. I break with thee." and then he turned around three times and spat on the floor.

[Tamara]

That is hilarious. Good job, Jeff!

[igloo]

Don't you just hate it when that happens.

[igloo]

"...they agreed to meet in the flesh..."
Interesting Middle Eastern Custom.

[julietine]

Ok, can someone explain the Piña Colada part???...

[Di]

Does that right hold true for women too?

"The rickshaw business is mine! You're divorced, divorced, divorced!"

[MOTW]

julietine - Pina Colada lyrics

[punky brewster]

And to think ... it could have ended so beautifully ...

So I waited with high hopes, then she walked in the place.
I knew her smile in an instant, I knew the curve of her face.
It was my own lovely lady, and she said, "Oh, it's you."
And we laughed for a moment, and I said, I never knew...

I'm thinking that god's trying to send them a sign and they're totally missing it ... poor love sick fools.

[Eleanor]

Don't you just hate it when that happens.

igloo - that's exactly what I thought! And I've always wondered about chat rooms, and if you could be hooking up with someone you already knew - ugh!

This is too funny - in a not-so-funny way - I hope they don't decide to punish the woman -

Good one, Jeff!

[julietine]

Thanks everyone..now I get it...nice lyrics...

[Sean]

I thought it sounded more like the sequal to that 50's song "I love him,I love him,I love him and where he goes I'll follow,I'll follow,I'll follow.."...."And now we are divorced,divorced, divorced and you are such a liar,a liar,a liar.."

[julietine]

Again,

this blog is such a fountain of information for me...

[igloo]

Laney,
*no humor below*
I doubt the woman in this instance will have much of a chance. Woman's Rights, as well as Human Rights, are not often respected in cases like this.
I agree it is, on first blush funny, but when you realize it is not in the US or Western Europe, the ha ha starts to fade.
*Sorry*

[thefly]

Things to do before you die:
27. Be in two places at one time
28. Own stock in Dr Pepper
29. Climb Everest
30. Tell the customer what I'm really thinking
31. Be mentioned on Daves Blog

Guess I can at least cross one thing off. Thanks Judi!

[George W]

Yeah igloo,they need the right to be tied up in litigation for two years or more while they spend all thier money on lawyers while they are forced to remain living together until a magistrate decides who gets to stay in the marital home..YeeHaw! I think they need some liberatin' over there in Jordan..I'm a fixin' to send in the Marines so they know what freedom is! Bring it on!

[kC]

In the old days of 'common law' marriages, (in Alabama) the couple just 'jumped' over a 'broom handle' to tie the knot!
In order to get a divorce, the woman picked up the broom and chased the groom out of the house!

[igloo]

Semper Fi!

[kC]

'Happy Birthday, Charles Dickens,(and to my grandpa, Joseph Monteith where ever he is today)'

[antiroach]

It was the best of blogs, it was the worst of blogs.

Please, Judi. May I have some more?

[Kafaleni]

I believe I've said this before, but he did what I would have done, except that, because of cultural differences, I can phone 0800 I-GET-HALF-OF-EVERYTHING and get myself a ball-busting divorce attorney. Unfortunately for the woman, in Muslim culture, she cannot ask for a divorce. The man can do what this guy did, and then he's free to go off in the world, while she is alone, unsupported and branded as a faithless woman.

This couple prove my point (made at another time) that the PC song has no basis in reality, as well as being a saccharine awful revolting BAD BAD BAD song!

[Gary]

Of course, the story was published in an Australian newspaper. Positives: they speak English (sort of). Negative: they think (according to the browser title bar) that it's July 2nd.

"You are a liar," Sanaa retorted before fainting, the agency said.

The fainting was a nice touch.

[slyeyes]

YOU'RE a liar?!?!

Being Muslim, wouldn't you think she could have left her veil, etc. on, silently though "Oh, crap!" to herself and left. He would have been none the wiser.

AND.... They were making wedding plans, so apparently a divorce would have been needed anyway.

[Bangi]

I dont think anyone's in trouble, really.
It's Jordan.

[Bangi]

Sly, in Jordan, the QUEEN wears skirts.

[Bangi]

Bet she regretted not wearin one tho.
teehee

[Dementia]

Move over "Newyork152" and "Shopgirl"! You have been replaced by the more throbing and reveting "Adnan" and "Sanaa" in the newly released mid east sequel to "You've Got Mail".

[Wondering]

Scat says that the couple was separated in the PC song. I always assumed they were still together and wondered, even at a young age, how they were so blase about the fact that they were each caught trying to cheat on each other. I just chalked it up to the 70s. In retrospect, I like that attitude better than the Jordanians

[slyeyes]

Bangi, The Queen wears skirts? I think we may have a language problem here, because I'm not following you.

Do the skirts include the veil and the queen is the only one who wears all of that?

[Jeff Meyerson]

Gary, in Australia like other British (and European) countries they put the month AFTER the day. Hence, 7/2 is the 7th of February. Voila!

Kat, we agree on the awfulness of the Rupert Holmes song. But the story brought it to mind so I did mention it when I sent it to Judi. Who knows, that may have been the deciding factor in getting it picked.

Wondering is right: the couple WAS together, just bored with each other and ready to cheat.

[Sean]

Being a seventh grader when that song came out,I used to make up different words to it built aroud the chorus:"If you like Penis alot-a.." Everytime I hear it I think the same thing.

[Tamara]

Sean: [in person, I would be saying this thru gritted teeth] My husband--a grown man--does that. A lot. Starts singing that song, then changes the words to:

If you like Penis Coladas!
And getting caught in the rain,
If you like making fun of ice cubes--

Right about then, I start pummeling him, so I don't know how the rest of his version goes. I'm sure it's delightful.

Sigh. See what I have to live with?!

[Sean]

Maybe he and I could be the backup singers on the next RBR tour! Too funny Tamara.

[MOTW]

And yet, Tamara, your life is fulfilled because you have a four year-old taking her entrance exam at the Sears Driving school and a sympathetic (not pathetic) bloglit who offers you chocolate in your moments of angst.

Seriously, take Dave's advice and use that creative talent to embarrass your children. Start while they're young and it seems funny to them. Then they'll be blind-sided when you do it in front of their classmates!

[Tamara]

Thanks for the link, MOTW! Sooo funny!*

*Sorry for the lack of wittiness. My husband took all the creative talent with him today.

[kibby F5™]

MeThinks there are places where the guy can text message the divorce announcement.

Ah, good times....

[Les Moonves]

At CBS, we've decided to bring the two of them to America and employ them as creative consultants on a new sitcom. It will be hilarious. Look for it in the fall.

[insomniac]

Adnan who called himself Bakr
Was really a bit of a fak'r
He said to Jamila, "Er,
You sound too familiar.
I hate my wife, please someone tak'r."

[Guin]

If only yelling, "You're divorced!" worked in the States! All those nasty divorce lawyers would be out of business.

[kibby F5™]

Hey! Been thinking of some new "Real World Reality" shows.

Like:
Survivor Baghdad! We round up the most obnoxious list of misfits possible and see how long they last outside the Green Zone.

Apprentice, North Korea! We invite The Donald to host his latest show in North Korea. And then leave him there - without his hair piece.

Last one Standing! A simple show consisting of celiberty "has beens" standing in the Austrialian desert. That's all.

Cast Asides! Five groups are taken to the Himalayas and forgotten by the TV crews. Interviews with Sherpas two months later should declare the winners - but then maybe not.

AND then there's a whole range of 'local' programming we could do....

[Divorce Lawyer]

Guin, Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!

[Eleanor]

kibby - The Donald does NOT wear a hairpiece - on Larry King he lifted up the front of his hair to show his hairline and on the Apprentice he was standing on top of a building in the wind and his hair blew all over!

Take it back!!!!

[Jeff Meyerson]

insomniac: excellent.

Eleanor, your crush is showing.

[Corn]

"What do you mean I'm still married? I did the traditional Islamic yelling at the top of my lungs and all that. It's over."

"Sir, we have multiple witnesses that distinctly heard you yell 'divorce' only twice."

[Uh-Oh]

Yes, it's a sad story ... irony is not always pleasant, William Sidney Porter's work notwithstanding ...

It's a sad song, too ... tho I have a feeling that this one ends a little more happily than the Jordanian one ...

(Dickensian lines)
Marley was blogged, to begin with.

r.e. Dave's "embarrassment" tactics of parenting ...

When I sing, my family just walks away, muttering ...

It's actually a penance thing.
Bless me Father, for I have sinned ...

Say three Our Fathers, Three Hail Marys, and listen to Uncle Omar sing the entire score from Music Man ...

Um ... Father? How about if I swim to Rome and scrub the floor of the Sistine Chapel on my bleeding knees?

[Arcane Jill]

Isn't The Pina Colada Song on the soundtrack from Shrek (1)?

[Tiko]

I remember the Afghan dating service, where all the pictures were women in Burka. Some were different colors.

[Giddy]

The traditional manner is to yell "You are divorced divorced divorced"

HA!!!!!!!!!!
I'd've been divorced YYYYYYYYYEARS ago if it were only this easy..