Sunday 5 October 2008

Dear Driver,


Dear Driver,

You are kindly asked to fasten your seat belt, mute the sound on your computer especially if you are in public, or use earphones with moderate to low volume. We are Your Gateway to Egypt .

I told you to mute or lower the volume. We consulted our best psychologists and they all agreed (of course) to our idea of including sound on this webpage. We thought it might harm your beain cells if you did not hear noise while reading about traffic.

As you can see, everything in the new traffic law is for your safety and happiness, especially the one regarding not allowing "acts of public indecencies" in your car. It says 'do not allow' and not 'do not perform' ;) hehee.

We added only two new terms to the existing traffic law in order to be able to name it New Traffic Law. The new terms were inspired by your generosity. You area asked to buy a first-aid kit and a triangle warning sign. By doing so, you will not only help the West understand that we don't ride camels any more but also contribute to the welfare of your fellow Egyptians who imported triangles and kits. We know that most triangles on the market do not reflect light at all. We are not perfectionists, so do not be one.

As for the wisdom behind raising the fine and not trying to enforce the existing one, we would like to explain to you the threefold wisdom behind this. First, raising the fines gives you and all our dear citizens something to talk about after the issue of skyrocketing prices has lost its appeal. Secondly, this decision goes back to the same principle of trusting your financial cooperation spirit. Thirdly, many people will try to avoid getting fined by staying at home and, therefore, the Egyptian family will regain its stability and strong ties.

Because we care for your sanity, we strongly advise you not to surf through the website. If you insist, we encourage you to read in Arabic or French depending on which one you do not understand at all.

Thank you for being such a passive citizen,

Egypt State Information Service

Coming up: Areas surrounded by the green belt of Cairo will be subject to 'clean air' tax.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh-oh... ! You're becoming openly critical of a State body ! Aren't you afraid the cops might trace that ? That was very funny. So surprising (and yet, logical) that they chose to include the honking on the page :)))

I love the unexplicit "acts of public indecency"...

Annie said...

Oh, good one. Love it - wickedly funny. FYI, the link to the government page doesn't work anymore - at least not for me.

Excellent, mocking stuff.