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Picture Of The Day: Egyptian Fuel Tanker In Hilarious Arabic Fail

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The Huffington Post UK   Andrea Mann First Posted: 8/02/2012 10:30 Updated: 8/02/2012 10:51

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Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. Or as they say in Arabic: oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.

This photo appeared on the Facebook wall of Sahil Anand, who uploaded it with the caption: "A contract company out here was asked to stencil on the side of a fuel tanker: 'Diesel Fuel' in Arabic and 'No Smoking' in Arabic. This is what came back..."

Oh dear.

Anand lives in Dubai, but as he explains to Huffington Post UK: "The photo was sent to me by a client of mine who's based in Egypt. I keep complaining about the daily battles I have working in the UAE - and after that picture he made my work look like a piece of cake."

A piece of cake, indeed. Wait - anyone know what the Arabic/Arbic is for that?


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Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. Or as they say in Arabic: oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. This photo appeared on the Facebook wall of Sahil Anand, who uploaded it with the caption: "A contract company out h...
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. Or as they say in Arabic: oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. This photo appeared on the Facebook wall of Sahil Anand, who uploaded it with the caption: "A contract company out h...
 
 
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threenorns
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02:26 PM on 05/07/2013
i smell fauxtography: the "arbic" is too obvious but what is "nosmoking"?
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SSG Jughead
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09:59 PM on 09/10/2012
punctuation is the name of the games
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SSG Jughead
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10:00 PM on 09/10/2012
spelling counts also!
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Ron Hinchley
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06:18 AM on 02/12/2012
Those vertical welds every meter don't look funny, they dangerous. I cannot imagine where it was made.
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SylviaHaik
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10:39 AM on 02/11/2012
I cannot understand the preoccupation with the picture being genuine or not. It is funny. This is the beauty of the English language. It can be manupilated to raise a laugh. The nurse in the maternity ward telephoned the patient's home to report that the birth was being delayed as complications had arisen. The nurse asked the man at the other end "Is this her first child?". "No" he answers, "This is her husband!"
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chrisctpaul
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12:26 AM on 02/11/2012
Funny stuff. I think it is genuine, on Facebook there is actually 2 different images being circulated. The photos show the same trailer with different angles, the other image had a guy standing in front of the trailer.
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daveyb0927
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09:55 PM on 02/10/2012
Reminds me of the story of a bilingual sign in Wales. The Welsh supposed translation actually reads "there is no one here to take your call at the moment, would you please leave a message after the tone".
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Said Essoulami
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09:30 PM on 02/09/2012
I have commented on the photo which was intended for facebook.
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Said Essoulami
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09:20 PM on 02/09/2012
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/02/06/arabic-fuel-tanker-fail_n_1256624.html This is the source of the picture. It looks genuine.
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boothybunch
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08:52 PM on 02/09/2012
That photo is a fake. But even the spoofer didn't spell arabic in the first line correctly.

The second line isn't even level to the red stripe.

GET A PROPER STORY
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MJinCanada
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02:32 AM on 02/11/2012
If you don't believe this stuff happens, look up http://www.cakewrecks.com/
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Regina Braden
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06:35 PM on 02/09/2012
I work for a company that does vinyl graphics like the one on the tanker truck and your suppost to write down exactly how you want the graphic so in his defence if it said "Diesel Fuel in Arabic and No Smoking in Arabic" on the order then thats what would be put on it. It is suppose to be EXACTLY how you want it to look.
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Powderfinger
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11:29 PM on 02/09/2012
Except they left off the quotation marks... another rule followed by sign makers everywhere!

"Fresh Fruit" Ahead, "On Sale" Now, etc. What you give us is what you get!
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The truth is out there
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11:06 AM on 02/09/2012
This is about the same level of stupidity encounterd when dealing with Anti Wind Turbine Protestors !!... Belive me I am NOT joking either !!!..
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felstophoto0607
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09:54 AM on 02/09/2012
That's a bit like Captain Mainwaring saying, "Don't give him your name, Pike"! When it was demanded by a captured Nazi U-Boat comander in an episode of Dad's Army.
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oobuc5
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08:34 AM on 02/09/2012
I think he went to the same skool as me !
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Twells3
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06:02 AM on 02/09/2012
instead of looking too deeply into this, why not just see it for what itis, it's funny...... for a change.
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