{"id":60474,"date":"2020-07-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/60474\/12-things-more-reliable-than-lebanese-politicians"},"modified":"2020-07-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T00:00:00","slug":"12-things-more-reliable-than-lebanese-politicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/60474\/12-things-more-reliable-than-lebanese-politicians\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Things More Reliable Than Lebanese Politicians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You have a better chance at one of these things happening:<\/p>\n<p>  <B>1. The DSL repair man saying he\u2019ll come by in \u201cshi se3a\u201d<\/B><\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/fZVYBAM9wtRrLd3q6O\/giphy.gif\"width=\"60%\"><\/p>\n<p>  <B>2. Lebanese influencers who say \u201cI love this product\u201d<\/B><\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/l0MYw9nh8qcoIyCju\/giphy.gif\"width=\"60%\"><\/p>\n<p>  <B>3. Lebanon\u2019s electricity<\/B><\/p>\n<p>  <B>4. The railway that collapsed in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/58366\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Mar Mikhael last week<\/a><\/B><\/p>\n<p>  <B>5. Your next Tinder match<\/B><\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/CXcpBKXu4Ucq4\/giphy.gif\"width=\"60%\"><\/p>\n<p>  <B>6. Beirut\u2019s infrastructure<\/B><\/p>\n<p>  <B>7. Taking a cruise on the Titanic<\/B><\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media0.giphy.com\/media\/OJw4CDbtu0jde\/source.gif\"width=\"60%\"><\/p>\n<p>  <B>8. Lebanese laws protecting women<\/B><\/p>\n<p>  <B>9. A Lebanese cab drivers ability to pick up a passenger without causing 3 accidents<\/B><\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media1.tenor.com\/images\/419e4aa243f1157e2925503e3f4b558a\/tenor.gif\"width=\"60%\"><\/p>\n<p>  <B>10. The delivery guy who says \u201csar wasil\u201d<\/B><\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/88iG1NEJi6viu5eJSk\/giphy.gif\"width=\"60%\"><\/p>\n<p>  <B>11. Nadim Nassib Njeim <i>NOT<\/i> saying something sexist<\/B><\/p>\n<p>  <B>12. Taylor Swift\u2019s relationships<\/B><\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media1.tenor.com\/images\/ba3d706d4b0ee93d1dce8131bc6ba39f\/tenor.gif\"width=\"60%\"><\/p>\n<p>  <b><i>Editorial Purpose:<\/b> We are sharing this piece of content to garner a few laughs and bond over the many things we have in common. <i><\/p>\n<p>  More like this: <\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/60350\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">18 Things Your &#8220;Za3eem&#8221; Has That You Probably Don&#8217;t<\/a>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You have a better chance at one of these things 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