{"id":56446,"date":"2018-10-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/56446\/7-lebanese-competitions-that-happen-on-the-daily"},"modified":"2018-10-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-10-08T00:00:00","slug":"7-lebanese-competitions-that-happen-on-the-daily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/56446\/7-lebanese-competitions-that-happen-on-the-daily\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Lebanese Competitions That Happen On The Daily"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the most part, we Lebanese are always busy trying to one-up each other and trying to make a competition out of literally everything. Don\u2019t know what I\u2019m talking about? Let me elaborate:<\/p>\n<p>  <b> 1- You simply cannot tell your mom you\u2019re tired <\/b><\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/l46Co9ioieLMCeyQM\/giphy.gif\"width=\"70%\"><\/p>\n<p>  This is about to get ugly. If you expect your mom to<br \/>  comfort you and help you relax, think again. You&#8217;ll quickly be met with, \u201cMen shou ta3ben(e) smallah? Shou 3mlt(e) aslan?\u201d; she will then proceed to mention every single thing she\u2019s done that day: work, chores, cooking, and trust me, the 15 hours of labor AND the fact that you permanently ruined her body will get dragged into this.<\/p>\n<p>  <b> 2- Cars at a red light in Beirut <\/b><\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/10KL1QSQNsyEZa\/giphy.gif\"width=\"70%\"><\/p>\n<p>  You reach a red light and stop at a reasonable distance from the intersection, the car next to you suddenly inches closer and closer. You can\u2019t explain it, but you get defensive and<br \/>  you move a few inches forward as well. The next thing you know you\u2019re in a competition over who takes off first when the light turns green.<\/p>\n<p>  <b> 3- Two tantes talking about their sons <\/b><\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/xT1R9AoEKCQQaZS6oU\/giphy.gif\"width=\"70%\"><\/p>\n<p>  Tante 1: \u201c3a fekra, ana ibne mo7ameh\u201d<\/p>\n<p>  Tante 2: \u201cmahdoome l mo7amet, ma ishba shi. Ana walla ibneh mhandes yo2borne\u201d<\/p>\n<p>  T1: \u201ceh ma ana ibne hl2 5allas tobb kamen gher l mo7amet, sar daktoor kamen allah yi7meh\u201d<\/p>\n<p>  T2: \u201cah walla? Mne7. L mo7amet hayde hek hiweye 3nd ibneh aslan, 3m yfta7 business hala2 kamen\u201d<\/p>\n<p>  <b> 4- Name Dropping your connections <\/b><\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/31.media.tumblr.com\/0e1614dc162661d13d8240069fcd5fa5\/tumblr_n9wofvRczq1qzh561o1_250.gif\"width=\"70%\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/37.media.tumblr.com\/1a61a7651b7ba95d5842aa1e5b18b406\/tumblr_n9wofvRczq1qzh561o2_250.gif\"width=\"70%\"><\/p>\n<p>  If name dropping was a sport, the gold medal is ours. People bring up who they know and what connections they have at the most random times. What\u2019s worse is that the other person starts to name drop as well until one of them turns out to be Obama\u2019s cousin twice removed.<\/p>\n<p>  <b> 5- Two pre-meds on who studied less <\/b><\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/phGElmSM4P0sg\/giphy.gif\"width=\"70%\"><\/p>\n<p>  Pre-med 1: \u201cbro manne jehez lal fa7es, ma 5allasit gher nos l material\u201d<\/p>\n<p>  Pre-med 2: \u201c3l aleeli 5allasit l nos, ana ma 2reeton 7atta\u201d<\/p>\n<p>  P1: \u201ceh ma ana ma 5allaston 5allaston, bs azde inno ata3t 3lyon 3l saree3\u201d<\/p>\n<p>  P2: \u201cana aslan nseet inno 3inna fa7es\u201d<\/p>\n<p>  Spoiler alert: they both end up with a 93%.<\/p>\n<p>  <b> 6- The infamous bill fight <\/b><\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/5nuTrpSpa1gSQ\/giphy.gif\"width=\"70%\"><\/p>\n<p>  A moment of intense silence falls upon the restaurant the second the bill hits the table. A tiny drop of sweat rolls down the waiter\u2019s forehead. Both people reach out for the bill at the same time and the yelling commences. \u201cWalla ma bi2bal\u201d \u201cw7yet wlede ma 7a 5alleeke tdfa3i\u201d \u2026Have Lebanese people not heard of \u2018you can get it this time, I\u2019ll get the next\u2019 concept?Or maybe just split it?<\/p>\n<p>  <b> 7- Whose beau spends more money on them <\/b><\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/g3JWdkPjo4sAo\/giphy.gif\"width=\"70%\"><\/p>\n<p>  \u201cHayete 5ateebe jable ta2em dahab bi3a22id\u201d<\/p>\n<p>  \u201cYii cute. Ana jawze jable siyyara jdeede\u201d<\/p>\n<p>  \u201cAnh. Mabrook. Ana 5ateebe e5idne vacation 3a Greece\u201d<\/p>\n<p>  You know\u2026 because money and gifts are the most genuine expression of love and respect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the most part, we Lebanese are always busy trying to one-up each other and trying to make a competition out of literally everything.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":442869,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_preview_accessed":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"media-embed-type":[],"class_list":["post-56446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-listomania"],"authorship":[46],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>7 Lebanese Competitions That Happen On The Daily<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"For 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