{"id":30680,"date":"2014-01-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/30680\/our-top-five-favorite-usactlebanese-tweets"},"modified":"2023-08-30T07:10:49","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T07:10:49","slug":"our-top-five-favorite-usactlebanese-tweets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/30680\/our-top-five-favorite-usactlebanese-tweets\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Top Five Favorite #USActLebanese Tweets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The US Embassy in Beirut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.com.lb\/News\/Lebanon-News\/2014\/Jan-06\/243231-us-embassy-warns-citizens-of-possible-terrorist-attacks.ashx#axzz2pbk6xwF2\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">released a statement<\/a> on Sunday warning American citizens to &#8220;avoid hotels, western-style shopping centers, including western-style grocery chain stores, and any public or social events where U.S. citizens normally congregate, as these sites are likely targets for terrorist attacks for at least the near term.&#8221; It also reiterated the message in a series of Tweets later that day.  <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>&#038; avoid hotels, western-style shopping centers, incl western-style grocery chains &#038; public\/social events where US citz normally congregate<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 U.S. Embassy Beirut (@usembassybeirut) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usembassybeirut\/statuses\/419821427445874688\">January 5, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>  <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  In response, Lebanese funnyman and diligent manufacturer of wit Karl Sharro (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KarlreMarks\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">@KarlreMarks<\/a>) decided to spice things up a bit and help Americans act more Lebanese using the hashtag #USactlebanese. Here&#8217;s some of our favorite suggestions: <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Put your life in the hands of an antenna stuck on a piece of plastic and pretend you believe it can detect a bomb <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23USactLebanese&#038;src=hash\">#USactLebanese<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23lebanon&#038;src=hash\">#lebanon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Maria El Solh (@maria_elsolh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maria_elsolh\/statuses\/419979237974478848\">January 5, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>  <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>When you meet someone new, ask a series of increasingly more direct questions that will reveal their religious background. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23USactLebanese&#038;src=hash\">#USactLebanese<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 William Lafi Youmans (@wyoumans) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wyoumans\/statuses\/419837109705662464\">January 5, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>  <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23USactLebanese&#038;src=hash\">#USactLebanese<\/a> smoke everywhere, in a pub, in a hospital, in an elevator, in your kids bedroom&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ghassan Bendali (@ghassanb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ghassanb\/statuses\/419856519367118849\">January 5, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>  <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>say that you live in Beirut even though you live miles away from Beirut. Even the US embassy itself does that. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23USactLebanese&#038;src=hash\">#USactLebanese<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Karl Sharro (@KarlreMarks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KarlreMarks\/statuses\/419836208689053696\">January 5, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>  <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Wear a kuffiyeh, a frown on your face, &#038; smoke Cedars in public. 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