Letters
April 3-7, 2000 / Farvardin 15-19, 1379
Today
* April fools.:
- Mollas on Mars
- FYI
* Iran-U.S.:
- Share the same
- Going to Iran
Previous
* April fools.:
- Prozac
- Stupid
- Even Albright will laugh
- Beh shaqiqeh rabt daareh
- Jumping with joy
- What is this, a joke?
- U rock!
- Antar-e doroogh goo!
- Even a serious mag...
- Chill out
- No respect
- Come on...
- Priceless
- Funniest
- 10-minute laugh
- Disgusting
- MY girlfriend
- Tokhm-e jen
- Stupid
- Enjoyable
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Friday,
April 7, 2000
* Mollas on Mars
WOW! U.S. embassy in Tehran by 2001. That is FANTASTIC! I also read
a recent article from the UN's January 2000 Journal that Iran will be the
first country to open an embassy on Mars. The Mars opening's projected
for 2005 ["Albright
in Tehran"].
There are currently a cadres of academicians (mollas), from Qom, learning
how to speak Martian. Their comments thus far:"The language is not
that hard for us to learn given that twenty some odd years ago we had raml'o
ostorla'ab and spoke with the spirit world. for a modest fee!" Happy
April 1st!
Ali S.
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* FYI
One thing we don't have in Iran. Is April fool's day ["Albright
in Tehran"].
ICM
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* Share the same
I worked for Bell Helicopter International in Esfahan for two years
till jan79. I really enjoyed seeing the country and meeting very interesting
and kindly people. I hope relations between our countries political forces
will improve in the near future as I believe both peoples share the same
love of life and family.
Ralph Carroll
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* Going to Iran
I have been dating an Iranian for quite a while now. Things are getting
more serious and he recently asked me to go to Iran with him this summer.
My family is upset and my friends are worried but I trust him and would
love to spend my life with him. Thank you for your perspective on Iran.
The Iran you have learned is the one that I know. I wish that the relations
were better between our two countries.
Cindy
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Thursday
April 6, 2000
* Prozac
Okay -- time out. Some of the reactions I have read regarding that BRILLIANT
piece about Albright in Iran ["Albright
in Tehran"], almost make me want to go back to being a pre-med
major so I can one day arm myself with prescriptive mood drugs.
Several of you are in SERIOUS need of PROZAC and you need to learn how
to appreciate humor better. People, it's funny! Stop taking yourselves
so seriously; you won't be as stressed out or get as many wrinkles, which
would save you some money on all that plastic surgery.
Keep all this dourness up and you'll end up looking like Madeleine Albright!
Personally, I think laugh lines are much more attractive...
R. Shirazi
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* Stupid
I was not very impressed with the stupid article that you put forward
in your site ["Albright
in Tehran"]. In the beginning of the article I really thought
that there had been a visit by Albright, but then realized that it was
mereley meant to be a 13th day funny joke. Perhaps in the future it would
be better to target non -political matters as a subject for our sizde-be-dar.
Dr. Sikaroudi
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* Even Albright will laugh
I was going to complement you on your April Fools article ["Albright
in Tehran"], but did not. However, now that I have read some absurd
comments against it I will put my two cents in.
It was a very funny and creative joke. Why we Iranians are so contradictive?
the gentlemen who exercised his poetic Farsi (Antar...)
and the other who asked you not to send such articles,
where did they come from and which school of thought do they subscribe
to? It was for fun, nobody was insulted and I am sure if Secretary Albright
reads it she will laugh whole heatedly.
If we want to get mad at some one, we should get mad at those people
who have done an April Fools joke on Iran for the past .... years (pick
your number, and believe me it is not 20).
Do put out some more of this type of humor, as it's obvious it's a joke
(although I was totally fooled by the first two paragraphs).
Sepehr Sohrab
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* Beh shaqiqeh rabt daareh
One day a passerby saw Molla Nasreddin looking down at the ground in
front of his house very diligently as if he was searching for something.
He asked politely, "Molla! Are you looking for something? Can I help
you look for it?" Molla replied very graciously, "Yes. That would
be very kind of you". So the passerby joined in the search for the
lost item >>>
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Farzin Forooghi
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Wednesday
April 5, 2000
* Jumping with joy
I had nothing better to do on April 1st so I decided to read The
Iranian Times. I was jumping with joy when I saw your article about
the U.S. Secretary of State arriving in Tehran ["Albright
in Tehran"]. My son noticed right away that it was made up for
April Fools Day! I was laughing so hard. We all needed a good laugh. But
I hope it will become a reality one day.
Amir Nouri
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* What is this, a joke?
What is this, a joke? I must admit, I didn't find "Albright
in Tehran" funny or informative. Please refrain from sending any
further comic articles unless clearly marked "Humor".
Darius Parsian
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* U rock!
Gosh. "Albright
in Tehran" was THE BEST April Fool (doroogh-e 13) I had gotten
in all my life. As soon as I got the article, I was in pure confusion searching
the net from CNN to BBC to IRNA to IRIB, and being "sar-e kaar"
for a good hour, until I read the article to the end :) Great sense of
humor :) JJ (Jahanshah) U ROCK!!! I hope I'm not breaking copyright laws
by forwarding your email to friends ;)
Babak Mohit
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* ... antar-e doroogh goo!
If you send someting like this again ["Albright
in Tehran"] I`ll fuck you. Goh-e antar-e doroogh goo!
Ehsan M.
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* Even a serious mag...
I knew that we Iranians are very reserved and do not laugh so easily.
But I did not know that some of us have no sense of humor at all. This
was one of the funniest thing I'd seen and read in a long time ["Albright
in Tehran"]. I forwarded that to all my friends.
The timing was so perfect, specially that this year, April fools &
13 Bedar coincided. I think even a serious magazine needs something like
that every once in a while. I still wonder how could someone be offended
by this? Loosen up a little!
Simin Habibian
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* Chill out
Someone complained that "Albright
in Tehran" was not funny. This person either is unfamiliar with
the culture that promotes April fools day or, does not follow international
news on a daily basis.
Keeping up with daily news would automatically tell us that Albright
going to Iran would require lots of preparation and news discussions in
the media. One who watches news on a regular basis would have never taken
it seriously and would also find humor in that picture. Chill out guys.
Lalleh Sahraie
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Tuesday
April 4, 2000
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* Come on...
Good Heavens! What in the world is wrong with all those who found the
Albright article offensive ["Albright
in Tehran"]? The article was obviously a satirical piece regarding
news articles on U.S. and Iranian relations. I am an American citizen born
and raised here of American parents (descended from those who came not
on the Mayflower, but the next ship out as paying passengers) and I am
still laughing over this article....
I am lost as to why someone would say Americans are naive to deal with
the "oppressive" regime in Iran (Leissner's
words, not mine). What is oppressive about this government? ... Is
Iran more oppressive than China whom the U.S. apparently adores and to
whom Clinton wants to grant permanent "most favored nation" status?
>>>
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Liane Neshat
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* Priceless
The Ahmadabad and Mosaddegh bit was a really nice touch ["Albright
in Tehran"]. I laughed out loud! Also LOVED Madeleine with hijab!.
And the Islamic Association of Women Skiers! Priceless! Also loved the
geography bits as well as "Jafar is that you?"--- I guess you
had to put those in or some idiot would have raised hell about "prfoessionalism"
of a journalistic outlet like yours (like I remember they did last year!)
Loved it. Very very funny!
Laleh
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* Funniest
Oh my god. That's one of the funniest things I've seen in a while ["Albright
in Tehran"]. Thank you so much -- I am having a piss poor day
and needed a laugh.
H.N.
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Monday
April 3, 2000
* 10-minute laugh
Excellent ["Albright
in Tehran"]! It was really amazing, especially pictures of Maedeh
wearing that scarf was very funny. I had really believed it in the beginning
and could not understand how I had been so behind the news!! I had a lot
of fun and was laughing at that story for 10 minuets.
Abbas Abbaspur Tamijani
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* Disgusting
Your April Fools day article is extremely silly and stupid ["Albright
in Tehran"]! Although Americans are naive and confused enough
to resume relations with the oppressive regime of Iran, anticipating such
foolishness and elaborating it is the most disgusting thought one could
have!
A. Leissner
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* MY girlfriend
Jafar, the interviewer, is lying ["Albright
in Tehran"]. Albright was MY girl friend in Shiraz!
M. Shariati
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* Tokhm-e jen
boro tokhm-e jen ["Albright
in Tehran"]. bAz ham April 1 shod?!?!?!? :-)
Aref Erfani
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* Stupid
Pretty Stupid! Nothing better to do? ["Albright
in Tehran"]
Michael Mullins
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* Enjoyable
Thoroughly enjoyable! Well-done! ["Albright
in Tehran"]
Jamshid Bastani
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