{"id":48291,"date":"2017-05-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/48291\/9-stupid-questions-lebanese-people-always-get-asked"},"modified":"2017-05-03T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-03T00:00:00","slug":"9-stupid-questions-lebanese-people-always-get-asked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/48291\/9-stupid-questions-lebanese-people-always-get-asked\/","title":{"rendered":"9 Stupid Questions Lebanese People Always Get Asked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><big>Your teachers used to say that there are no stupid questions, but these are pretty bad.<\/big><\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img1.beirut.com\/GetImage3\/qs\/article\/48291\/690x300\" width=\"100%\"><\/p>\n<p>  <b><big><Big>1. Is that next to &#8220;the Iraq&#8221;?<\/big><\/big><\/b><\/p>\n<p>  <big>Oh, white people.<\/big><\/p>\n<p>  <Big><Big><b>2. Is it safe to live there?<\/big><\/big><\/b><\/p>\n<p>  <Big>Noooo, I just get by on prayers and magic. Read the fucking news please.<\/big><\/p>\n<p>  <Big><Big><b>3. Why don\u2019t you move?<\/big><\/big><\/b><\/p>\n<p>  <big>Lol okay, I\u2019ll just move then. Hand me my useless passport please!<\/big><\/p>\n<p>  <Big><Big><b>4. Can you wear shorts?<\/big><\/big><\/b><\/p>\n<p>  <big>Only when the church elders give us the green light.<\/big><\/p>\n<p>  <Big><Big><b>5. Do you have hash?<\/big><\/big><\/b><\/p>\n<p>  <Big>Well, yeah. I guess that\u2019s not such a stupid one after all.<\/big><\/p>\n<p>  <Big><Big><b>6. Have you ever been in a car bomb?<\/big><\/big><\/b><\/p>\n<p>  <Big>Yes, but this conversation is far more painful.<\/big><\/p>\n<p>  <Big><Big><b>7. How come everyone drinks so much?<\/big><\/big><\/b><\/p>\n<p>  <big>Because we have car bombs.<\/big><\/p>\n<p>  <Big><Big><b>8. 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Why don\u2019t the Lebanese people just revolt and get rid of their politicians?<\/big><\/big><\/b><\/p>\n<p>  <big>Because it would cut into our arguile and vodka time.<\/big><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><big>Your teachers used to say that there are no stupid questions, but these are pretty bad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":412429,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","_preview_accessed":0,"_lftp_listicle_injection":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"media-embed-type":[],"class_list":["post-48291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-listomania"],"authorship":[102],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.5 (Yoast SEO v28.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>9 Stupid Questions Lebanese People Always Get 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