Mall Rat

People in Dubai say the strangest things. Read Time Out’s selection of the most peculiar snippets of conversation we’ve heard in Dubai. 10 Comments

Have you ever been walking past somebody in a shopping mall and been baffled by a snippet of overheard conversation? The sort of thing that makes you want to go back and ask complete strangers what it is they mean.

It happens to us here at Time Out Towers all the time. Maybe it’s just the company we keep, or maybe the world truly is becoming a confusing place, but we’re always overhearing bizarre banter in malls, offices, clubs and restaurants in Dubai.

Leave a comment in the space provided below and keep us updated of the strangest things you’ve heard and the wackiest things you’ve said. We will feature the highlights in the magazine every week.

By Will Milner
Time Out Dubai, 11 December 2008
Posted by: Marie on 08 Jan ' 09 at 12:52

"I used to have the biggest crush on Bugs Bunny"

Posted by: Mi Heeyar Nao on 19 Dec ' 08 at 17:41

Do ducks have gills?

Posted by: Ahmer on 17 Dec ' 08 at 13:00

"Ice cream is too cold"

Posted by: Dina on 15 Dec ' 08 at 08:33

"I would definitely lay an egg. Why can't we do that?"

Posted by: Debs on 15 Dec ' 08 at 08:22

"Is a shark a fish?"

Posted by: Debs on 15 Dec ' 08 at 08:21

"Is a shark a fish?"

Posted by: Asad on 15 Dec ' 08 at 08:20

"Now we know how big a giraffe’s head is."

Posted by: Sheeba on 15 Dec ' 08 at 08:18

"Is a helicopter a vehicle?"

Posted by: Paul on 15 Dec ' 08 at 08:17

"What’s a Dalek?"

"You’ll have seen them on the Kit Kat advert."

"I don’t like Kit Kats."

Posted by: Claire on 15 Dec ' 08 at 08:16

"I’m a first time voter." "How will you be voting?" "The same way everybody else does it."

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