I would've taken a picture of the damage, then left a note on the car explaining what happened, with your insurance info and contact details. Someone did that to me recently and I called back and told her not to worry about it. The fact that she was honest was what counted for me. Minor scrapes and bumps don't register when you're driving a beat-up junker. I have to admit I also did a hit-and-run a long time ago, and it also makes me feel awful to this day. Which is why I've resolved never to do it again. The financial cost would've been forgotten by now!

^Give it a rest. She's done more for Somalis, whatever their regional or political affiliations, than you or I will. The University of Pretoria’s Centre for Human Rights, which was awarded the 2006 UNESCO Prize for Human Rights Education, presents the one-year full-time LLM in partnership with eight other universities in Africa representing all the sub-regions. The students were drawn from a variety of backgrounds, including the civil service, the judiciary, academia, and some recent graduates. Since its inception in 2000, 291 students from 35 African countries including Somaliland, have graduated from the programme, and gone back to their respective countries to hold various positions in government, academia, and the NGO sector. I'm really interested in following these partnership programs. Many have been springing up from all over the world, I would like to see if they can make a difference.

Oh in that case, of course lagama helo Somalia. Ciid beey qariidaan meeshaas. Ku cariiri, Juxa

Of course Somalia tufaax waa laga helaa. Sure, it's an exotic fruit, not an everyday staple like mangoes, passion fruit or papayas, but still some of the wealthier families could share an apple almost every day. I remember enjoying a slice back in 1987 (from March to May)

S*S, so what does BM stand for anyway? Ngonge, that's Qar-JUM. Bloody foreigner Trying to play peacemaker in the politics section? I didn't know you recently suffered a psychotic break from reality. So let me put it in a language you would understand: penguin! Wiish? No caano! I am the way and the light! Give me a nano-sandwich!

^Is this your way of asking for happy birthday wishes? Hello trollers. Hope everyone had a pleasant weekend. I did, until I found out this morning that I got the date wrong on a deadline and the work is due tomorrow and not the 17th. :mad: Another all-nighter, waxaan kama korno miyaa...

^Maybe it prevents him from committing other kinds of sins? He could also be cheating his partners at work, neglecting his children, selling drugs, kicking dogs, hitting his wife and watching musicals. On the whole, maybe it's a good thing he only commits adultery

^It's his way of telling you that need a humor transplant, stat!

^For all my empty whims and arguments, it's you and not I that has to explicitly repudiate acts of mayhem and murder.

Maybe tusbax for the other team as the grannies barrel down the field

This was so encouraging. I know as Somalis we've been racking our brains to figure out how we can kill each other, being as it comes so unnaturally to us. On the other hand, the blood of a Kaafir is generally Halaal – unless there is a covenant of safety or peace between you and them, which then makes his blood inviolable. Where can I sign up for this please? See, I really like my neighbor's house and car. But wait, is it considered a covenant of safety and peace if I said "have a good day!" to them this morning? Or does it have to be a written treaty?

Do you know that fetuses practice breathing? To prepare them for life outside the womb. Sheep fetuses do it the most. How weird is that? *Imagining tiny diaphragms pulsing* Hello ladies, pass the fried goodies dhuuniyaalyahow Ibti, funny you should ask what's cooking dear. I've resolved to make bariis iyo suqaar for the department holiday party. Every year I forget how to do it. Meeday Sheh, I remember she gave us a succinct bariis recipe at one point. I can never remember the water-to-rice ratio. (1:1? 2:1?)

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This made my day. I would be afraid to go against these ayeeyo -------------- By Pumza Fihlani BBC News, Nkowankowa, Limpopo Vakhegula Vakhegula in South Africa's Limpopo Province is not your average soccer team - with the oldest member of the team aged 83, this team of grannies says soccer has given them their lives back. The team, with close to 40 members, meets twice a week for an hour's practice. During this time, they are not just grandmothers with families to feed, but local football stars. With the 2010 World Cup drawing closer, excitement about the event is building in South Africa. Many people hope to benefit from, or play some role in, the football spectacular. The "grannies" are no exception. They had hoped to play a curtain-raiser during the competition, but the South African Football Association explained that only teams that had officially qualified were allowed to play. This, however, has not dampened their spirits. They say they are looking forward to learning a few tricks from the international players. "We all can't wait for the World Cup. I pray every day that God will keep us. It will be a good time for us as soccer players and South Africans," says 68-year-old Mudjadji Makondo, one of the strikers. Vakhegula Vakhegula means "grannies" in the local language Xitshonga. These women may be old, but they play with the passion of youngsters. One of the mid-fielders is nicknamed Maradona, after the international football star. Her real name is Chrestina Machede. She says her antics and passion on the field earned her the name. "Soccer for me relieves stress. I suffer from hypertension but since I started playing soccer I have become healthier. I even sleep better at night," she says. Sixty-one-year-old Ms Machabe has been playing soccer for the past two years, and she says she has no plans to stop any time soon. They meet on a dusty field in Nkowankowa township, which is about 80km (50 miles) from Polokwane, where one of the 2010 World Cup matches will be played. Her team-mate, 83-year-old Nora Makhubela, has survived six strokes and says kicking a ball has given her a new lease on life. Ms Makhubela is not as fast as the younger players on the field, but she does not let that stop her from going after the ball with all she has. "I feel that I am fitter than some women half my age because of the exercise I get every week. I am becoming stronger and stronger," she says with a smile forming on her wrinkled face. Field of unity Off the pitch, these women are pensioners, domestic workers and some street vendors, who sell anything from hand-made crafts to fruit and vegetables. Reineth Mushwana, 59, says soccer has united young and old in this poor community. "This has brought us together. We play with the youngsters and have fun together. We encourage them to play soccer because they might be our next soccer stars." Family support is also important to these women. "They come and watch us practising and then they attend our matches. This makes me very happy," beams Ms Makondo. The team was set up in 2006 by cancer survivor Beka Ntsanwisi. She says the idea came after she saw scores of old women suffering from chronic illnesses waiting in queues in clinics. "I was receiving treatment for lung cancer at the time," she says. "Each time I went to the clinic I saw large numbers of grannies with diseases such as hypertension, arthritis and diabetes. I knew I had to do something. "The doctors would tell me that even though was receiving treatment, I still needed to keep fit. I then decided to invite older women in my community to be part of a soccer club so we could exercise together." Linkie

Where was your 1000th post celebration Choco? Hello trollers!

I would get it in a heartbeat if e-ink could display in color. A lot of my reading involves comparing a squiggly blue line to a squiggly green line Can you annotate on the Kindle2? Like highlight, underline or write notes in the "margins"?

^In Mauritania, Susan Boyle's rotund charms would be more appealing than Eva Longoria's lean and hungry look. Apparently, stretch marks and wheezing while you walk sets the men aflame over there. In Iran, unibrows used to be considered sexy. I don't even know how to describe this, but you can be sure it's not for a convenient place to set the car keys. I know we like our ladies to have long graceful necks, but I bet this would be considered excessive. Beauty is subjective, and that's what makes it so marvelous.

^LOL. Well put.

He probably thought he was being photographed for Page 6 I can see the reporter going "Sir, we just found out the majority of our readers are women, so from now on we want to put in a picture Britain's sexiest man to reflect that. I saw you at the tube station trying to squeeze through a turnstile and knew we had found our very first subject." All this hoopla about this family "living in luxury" at taxpayers expense reminds me of a Chinese saying: The little thief is put in stocks while the big thief is in silks. There are people who steal more in an hour than this family gets in a month but they do it on a such an unimaginably grand scale that "taxpayers" cannot even wrap their minds around it. So instead they focus all their outrage on the welfare frauds and petty crooks. As distasteful as this picture is, I can't help but wonder at what point our outrage is a sign of a deeper hopelessness at being unable to bring the biggest thieves to justice.

What other thread Che? You didn't lose your cool in the Politics section did you? I thought they give everyone a rabies shot and a flamethrower before letting them in into that pit of scorpions and mad weasels now. I was asking where you and CL were because usually it's the two of you railing up qof daacad ah in here.

Hello trollers. Gotten another reprieve, this is going to be a good week, I can feel it. The troll corner is mellow today. Where's CL? Che?

Congratulations KK. Speedy recovery and good health to you both. I'm sure the older one is be thrilled to have a baby sister.

Hahaha. Let me guess: the large oval is "shopping", the rectangle is "nagging her husband", the irregular shape above the brainstem is "thinking about her weight", while the tiny dots on the frontal lobe are "logic" and "forethought" respectively. Hahaha.

Eid Mubarak ya'll. Amazing Eid/Hajj photos

^This is satire, right?