May 13, 2007

Squirt Attack

As I finished my meal at Beit al Mandy in Sharjah I went to the bathroom to wash my hands. All of a sudden I heard a squirting noise and felt something moist smelling good. It scared the hell out of me seeing as I was alone and had no idea where that came from!

As I looked up I noticed this little device on the wall. Being from Sweden where we do not have what seems to be a timed room refreshener, timed to squirt every 20 minutes, I felt like a country girl arriving in the city for the first time! Well you learn something new everyday, ey?

15 comments:

Destitute Rebel said...

Lol, honestly you havent seen these before? And I thought Sweden was a modern country. As you said you learns something new everyday.

Radha said...

Hahaha! I've seen a lot of these before but in toilets....never in the dining area of a restaurant.

Anonymous said...

lolz

holly man.. dint know that you get scared of these things too :P

these are very common even here in pakistan..

secretdubai said...

I've never seen one in Dubai. But I imagine these might fall foul of health and safety laws in Europe, eg if someone was allergic to it. I can imagine a whole load of McLawsuits ;)

I wonder if you can buy them for personal use though? I would love a rose scented one in my flat.

Imaan On Ice said...

mmm many great new posts, makes me miss UAE... Love //Imaan

Shaykhspeara Sha'ira said...

D Reb I an serious, I have never seen an automated one before lol

Radha, well I reckon they belong in the toilets! lol

SD, I never saw them in Dubai either just in Sharjah. I thikn you're right, they are so strict here about scents and allergy so it is probably forbidden.
Yeah one at home wouldn't be too bad though I would want a jasmin flavoured one!

Salaam Imaan! And many more to come :) enjoy tjejen!

Diligent Candy said...

LOL! I have even seen ones with an automatic fan that goes off for circulation - very spooky...

Shaykhspeara Sha'ira said...

lol well next time I go I will be prepared for the fan!

Anonymous said...

Secretdubai : There's lots around since at least 2 years. and yes you can buy them ..... we have one our office ...shopping malls use vanilla scented ones- seemingly vanilla makes people want to pamper themselves.

Shakespearah: Was driving through sharjah and came across bait al mandy...couldn't help smiling thinking about your earlier post.

Anonymous said...

i saw them in HK for the first time... was surprised, but they're not really scary SS. =P

Umar said...

we had those in the washroom at work too.

it took me a while to figure out what the squirting sound was.

Omani Jewel said...

heheheh i know what u mean i have that happening to me too sqish squirt,,,

Shaykhspeara Sha'ira said...

My dear fellow bloggers! Where do I start :)

Usama, welcome! I don't believe I have seen you here before? Well I am happy to spread smiles, besides, food is always a reason to smile lol

Boo! they gave me a boo! literally in both urdu and english! lolll gosh how lame is that? Yaar I had to.

Umar long time no see! lol well I am glad I am not the only one who doesn't belong to the "we love squirt refreshners" club!

Jawahir, good to see you! well atleast we can all laugh and joke about it!

Anonymous said...

Shakespearah: Yes Ihave been here before. At times I'm logged in so you'd see Ozzy4friends insted of Usama.

Shaykhspeara Sha'ira said...

Ohh so you're ozzy4! cool :)