PKK Kocamustafapaşa Bomb Blast

In Istanbul the traffic is a nightmare at the best of times, and Friday evening was no exception, it was horrendous!

I was travelling to Birnurs house in Kocumustafapaşa by taxi when I received a telephone call from Birnur telling me that the roads in her suburb are closed due to a bomb blast and she would need to instruct the taxi driver which direction to take me.

What The! Oh, of course, just another bomb blast, nothing too worrying, I mean it was only just under 1 kilometre from Birnurs house! Just another PKK blast to kill and injure Turkish people. Just lovely! Man these people are cowards!

Anyway, suffice to say, I made it to Birnurs house safely and with a minimum of fuss but the whole bomb blast situation really makes me nervous, particularly when it is so close to our homes, in particular, Birnurs home!

In an article posted by the Turkish Daily News (Turkeys only English based daily gazette) the whole situation seems soo blaze...I mean, here is the extract on this shocking event, "A bomb blast in Istanbul late on Friday, claimed by a radical Kurdish group as a reprisal for the victims, killed one person and left about a dozen others injured."

That's the sum and total of the news reporting that I saw on the topic, quite amazing if you ask me! Anyway, I stayed at Birnurs house on the Friday evening so we could wake early to visit more potential wedding venues. Not much else to report for that evening!

Joke - A Beer before it starts

A man came home from work, sat down in his favorite chair, turned on the TV, and said to his wife, "Quick, bring me a beer before it starts."
She looked a little puzzled, but brought him a beer.
When he finished it, he said, "Quick, bring me another beer. It's gonna start."
This time she looked a little angry, but brought him a beer. When it was gone, he said, "Quick, another beer, it's gonna start any second."
"That's it!" She blows her top, "You bastard! You waltz in here, flop your fat ass down, don't even say hello to me and then expect me to run around like your slave. Don't you realize that I cook and clean and wash and iron all day long?"
The husband sighed.

"Oh shit, it's started"

Joke - Two men camping

Two men camping in the mountains had spent four days together, and they were getting a little testy. One morning, the first friend says, "You know, we're starting to get on each other's nerves. Why don't we split up today. I'll hike north and spend the day looking around, you hike south and spend the day. Then tonight, we'll have dinner and share our experiences over the campfire."
The second friend agrees and hikes south. The first man hikes north.
That night over dinner, the first man tells his story: "Today I hiked into a beautiful valley. I followed a stream up into a canyon and ate lunch. Then I swam in a crystal clear mountain lake. As I sat out and
dried, I watched deer come and drink from the stream. The wildflowers were filled with butterflies and hawks floated all day overhead. How was your day?"
The second friend says, "I went south and ran across a set of railroad tracks. I followed them until I came across a beautiful young woman tied to the tracks. I cut the ropes off, gently lifted her off the tracks, and I had sex with her in every imaginable way all afternoon. Finally, when I was so tired I could barely move, I came back to camp."
"Wow!!" the first guy exclaimed, "Your day was MUCH better than mine. Did you get a blow job, too?"
"Nah," says the second friend over his meal, "I couldn't find her head."

Joke - Wedding Anniversary

Two guys are in a bar. they find out they have the same wedding anniversary.
One asks the other "what did you get your wife for your anniversary?"
The other man replied," A Jag and a Mercedes."
"wow that weird why both?"
"Well if she doesn't like driving the jag she can drive the Mercedes. What did you get your wife?"
"A pair of slippers and a vibrator."
"wow that's really weird why?"
"well if she doesn't like the slippers she can go fuck herself!"

Joke - A Dog in Heat

A little girl asked her Mom, "Mom, may I take the dog for a walk around the block?

Mom replies, "No, because she is in heat."

"What's that mean?" asked the child.

"Go ask your father. I think he's in the garage."

The little girl goes to the garage and says, "Dad, may I take Belle for a walk around the block? I asked Mom, but she said the dog was in heat, and to come to you."

Dad said, "Bring Belle over here."

He took a rag, soaked it with gasoline, and scrubbed the dog's backside with it and said, "Okay, you can go now, but keep Belle on the leash and only go one time around the block."

The little girl left, and returned a few minutes later with no dog on the leash.
Surprised, Dad asked, "Where's Belle?"

The little girl said, "She ran out of gas about halfway down the block, so another dog is pushing her home."

Joke - Kinky Sex

A man and a woman are sitting next to each other at a bar, both getting drunk. The man turns to the woman and asks her why she's so down.

"My husband just left me. He said I'm too kinky in bed," she replied.

"What a coincidence! My wife just left me," said the man. "She told me that I was too kinky for her, too!"

The two talk a little while longer, and finding that they have so much in common they decide to go back to the woman's house to have kinky sex.

When they get to her house she turns to the man and says, "Give me ten minutes, I want to slip into something more comfortable." She goes into the bathroom and changes into a full leather, jet black dominatrix outfit.

However, as she's coming out of her bathroom, the man is putting on his coat and walking out the door.

"What happened?", she said. "I thought you wanted to have kinky sex?"

He looks at her and says, "Well, I just screwed your dog and shit in your purse. I'm done."

More Turkish Vocabulary

Here are some more Turkish words and their English translation

tamam : okay.
memnun oldum : pleased to meet you.
bed de : me too.
sen de : you too.
adi : name.
ben adim : my name is...
sen adin ne: what is your name?
nerelilson : where are you from?
mükemmell : perfect.
nerede : where.
istiyorum : i want.
ne istiyor musun : what do you want?
istiyorsun : you want.
ne kadar : how much?
Taksim e gitmek istiyorum lutfen : I want to go to Taksim please.
bilmek : to know.
bilmiyorum : I don't know.
bilmiyorsun : you don't know.
biliyorum : I know.
biliyorsun : you know.
biliyor musun : do you know?
biliyor musunuz : do you know? (polite)
anlamak : to understand.
anladim : I understand.
anlamadim : I don't understand.
anliyor musun : do you understand?
anliyor musunuz : do you understand? (polite)
bu akşam : this night.
ne yaptin : what did you do?
ne yapiyorsun : what are you doing?
gelmek : to come.
geliyor : coming.
geliyorum : i am coming.
geliyorsun : you are coming.
geliyorlar : they are coming.
geliyor musun : are you coming?
geldim : i came.
geldin : you came.
geldik : we came.
arkadaş : friend.
arkadaşum : my friend.
dost : friend.
dostum : my friend.
ev : home.
evim : my home
şimde : now.
sonra : later.
konuşmak : to speak.
söylemek : to say
nasil söyledim: how do i say?
soru : question.
soru sormak : to ask a question.
cevap : answer; reply.

Basic Turkish Language Vocabulary

Here are some basic Turkish vocabulary, interesting huh!

merhaba : Hello.
selam* : Hi.
nasil : how.
nasilsin: How are you?
iyiyim : I'm good.
teşukker ederim : Thank You.
sağ ol : Thanks.
beğenmek : to like (someone / something).
sevmek : to love (someone / something).
aşk yapmak : to make love.
sevişmek : to make love.
yalamak : to lick.
dokunmak : to touch.
hediye : gift / present.
hediye etmek : to make a present of; to give something as a gift.
hele : above all; especially; particularly; in particular.
beraber : together; with eachother.
birlikte : together; with eachother.
birbiri : eachother.
besbelli : obvious; very clear; quite evidently.
bıkkın : bored.
bittabi : naturally; of course.
yerinmek : to feel sad about; to feel sorry about; to regret.
öyle mı : Is that so?
öyle ya : That's the way it is / was.
özellıkle : especially ; particularly.
özsel : essential.
pek : very; extremely.
peki : all right; okay; very well; if that's so, then...
pekala : all right; okay; very well.
ola ki : perhaps; maybe.
bile : even.
belki : perhaps; maybe.
belik de : it may be that.
bence : according to me; as for me.
bellek : memory.
içim: sip (drink); puff (cigarette).
için : for.
için için : secretly; covertly.
iğrenç : disgusting.
hemen : immediately; right now.
özel : special; private.

* Arabic origins