{"id":44597,"date":"2015-11-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/44597\/why-the-hell-are-we-making-a-huge-manouche"},"modified":"2023-08-11T04:38:35","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T04:38:35","slug":"why-the-hell-are-we-making-a-huge-manouche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/44597\/why-the-hell-are-we-making-a-huge-manouche\/","title":{"rendered":"Why The Hell Are We Making A Huge Man&#8217;ouche?"},"content":{"rendered":" <big>In typical Lebanese fashion, we have once again managed to ignore all that is important by focusing on something silly. Think back to when our government was falling apart and we chose to wage cyber war on Mia Khalifeh. Or when our government was falling apart and we chose to focus on a topless olympic skier.<br \/>  <br \/>  Over and over, we have ignored the definite signs of war, we have ignored a trash crisis, we have ignored human rights violations and refugee crises, we have ignored our failing state; but we have a really, really big man\u2019ouche to make up for it. <br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/44597-250x188.png\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  The world record-breaking man\u2019ouche stretched over 32 meters long and blah blah blah. Who gives a shit? Unless we&#8217;re going to use this dumb oversized sandwich to clothe and feed our rapidly increasing population of impoverished children &#8211; it doesn\u2019t matter. <br \/>  <br \/>  This is like putting a ribbon on a piece of shit and calling it a gift. A large man\u2019ouche and a world record does not a country make. <br \/>  <br \/>  We already have a huge plate of hummus, a massive vat of tabbouleh, a huge sandwich or something &#8211; and now we have a huge man\u2019ouche. To those who think I should lighten up, I tell you to shut the fuck up. We can\u2019t lighten up in the face of war, unemployment, chaos, and hunger. We don\u2019t deserve a huge man\u2019ouche; fuck, we don\u2019t even deserve a small man\u2019ouche. Let\u2019s ban all man\u2019ouches until we get our shit together and start operating as a real, functioning country. <br \/>  <br \/>  And while we&#8217;re at it, let&#8217;s stop giving a fuck that the First Lady of Argentina is Lebanese, because really &#8211; who cares?<\/big><br \/>  <br \/>  [Images taken from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SocrateCatering\/photos\/pcb.10153794636252495\/10153794636027495\/?type=3&#038;theater\" target=\"\u201c_new\u201d\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.]    <figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" data-id=\"415363\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/44597-250x188.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-415363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/44597-250x188.png 250w, 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