Austin embarrassment

Dear God Dallas Austin's not the brightest spark is he?

Shouting his mouth off about his take on jail in UAE along with a quote on how his accommodation was and how long he expected to be there.........

“I wasn’t in prison, it was nothing like that,” he clarifies, adding that the facility where he was kept had plasma TVs and other creature comforts. “Knowing that I was gonna leave this place, I had one of the best experiences I could ever have.”

The Weasel still wonders why they went to the effort of trying him.

Rat a tat tat

Now personally the Weasel believes that anyone who stays in a downtown Diera hotel can expect to meet the odd rodent at pretty much any time, some may even have four legs, though almost all will have east European accents.
However to have 3 of the four footed variety in one room in a supposed 3 star hotel is downright grim.

While most in Dubai are aware of the enormous gulf between 3* and 4* hotels, for your visiting Brits this may not be quite so obvious.

This story today in 7 days tells the tale of a Brit family who have had their passports confiscated for failing to pay 3140 dhs to stay in a rat infested room and then being accused of putting the rats there themselves.

Now regardless of how long they stayed before our furry friends appeared or all the other reasons the hotel does not want to refund, do DTC have any idea of how this is going to play out back in the UK?

There already is a growing feeling that Dubai has had its day, that the building has ruined the beach and the traffic has killed getting around the town, Dubai bashers are appearing everywhere, expect a big run of stories mainly highlighting the construction around the Marina to break this autumn.

And to add to this will be the rat - passport confiscation story, (no-one in the UK media will differentiate between 3 and 4 or 5 star hotels), dragging the town through the mud, pretty much the thing the DTC is there to counteract.

The Omani rat planters must be chuckling as they head back to their new resorts springing up around Muscat.

"pssst oi Gov wanna buy a bit of Mumbai - going cheap"

According to Gulf news in a startling display of business acumen, a Dubai businessman has managed to shell out $10 million to buy a Russian consulate building in Mumbai from the outgoing consul, only to discover the Russian Weasel didn't actually own the building, nor even did the Russian government.

Glorious, and I bet that figure doesn't even include any bung that he paid to speed through the deal.

The land according to Weasel acquaintances, had it been for sale, was roughly half price. So once again someone from this region is led by his greedy nose into a complete scam that your Eastern European types are getting remarkably good at.

As for the Weasel's Russian namesake, he is probably sunning himself on the shore somewhere in Brazil.

An uplifting occasion

On a dull Saturday the Weasel came across this fabulous site totally dedicated to that most ubiquitous of Dubai landmarks, the crane.

The gloriously named "Hoist" even announces that this years crane conference is heading to, you guessed it, Dubai!

Can't wait.

Surprisingly Dubai didn't get "The popular Crane Safety conference", ah well maybe next year.

Bundle of laughs

Can't believe the Weasel only learned of this fabulous event via the ever excellent Pop bitch.

Another coup for the sandlands.
What are they thinking of, two random artist introductions:

"JIM DAVIDSON
Jim Davidson is firmly established as one of the country’s most popular entertainers in British showbusiness and one of the country’s funniest comedians."

Really

"Frank Carson
How would you describe comedy in its purest form? To put it quite simply, it’s a combination of a good joke, well told. Remind you of anything? Here’s a couple of clues: ‘It’s a cracker’ and ‘It’s the way I tell ‘em.” For some performers, ‘comedian’ is a job description. For Frank Carson, it’s his species."

Excuse me while I throw up.

Bobby Davro?? At least he doesn't claim to be the funniest man in Britain

The Weasel was going to put Ronnie - one joke - Corbett's speil here but frankly it is so long winded he can't be arsed, you can read them all if you must.

So as well as have-been bands we now have a crowd of have-been comedians tryinig to cover the cost of their divorces/tax arrears by bringing their own inimitable style to Dubai.

Quite how the authorities intend to treat swearing intrigues the Weasel, with people being jailed or fined for bawling out an Emarr minion some of these acts are going to be struggling for material.

The racism however will fit perfectly with Dubai though so maybe it isn't that surprising.

Naturally despite the lamentable headliners boredom will drive the Weasel to attend if only to heckle from the sidelines.

When a child is born

There seems to be a bit of a story/rumour developing regarding a newly born baby in the American hospital, a twat in a hat and a possible marriage of necessity. There is interest from the Uk red tops but little evidence has yet emerged.

The baby is definitely real, an acquaintance of the Weasel was giving birth in the next room, the Sun reporter was there hanging out waiting (in vain) for the millinered one to appear.

The Weasel is unclear sure about this one, it doesn't quite ring true but there definitely seems to be some evidence and knowing the archaic laws regarding unmarried mothers it might even have a basis in fact.