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"My grandfather rode a camel, my father rode a camel, I drive a Mercedes, my son drives a Lamborghini, his son will drive a Lamborghini, but his son will ride a
by bluedino 7y ago
"My grandfather rode a camel, my father rode a camel, I drive a Mercedes, my son drives a Lamborghini, his son will drive a Lamborghini, but his son will ride a camel"
- umeshunni 7y agoActual quote was by the Sheikh of Dubai: "My grandfather rode a camel, my father rode a camel, I drive a Mercedes, my son drives a Land Rover, his son will drive a Land Rover, but his son will ride a camel" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashid_bin_Saeed_Al_Maktoum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashid_bin_Saeed_Al_Maktoum
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- slg 7y agoFor interesting context, the man who said that was born in 1912, his eldest son was born in 1943, and his eldest grandchild that I can find in 30 seconds of research was born in 1976. That is were the Wikipedia articles stop but the child predicted to ride a camel is certainly alive today and they might even already know how to drive.
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- paxys 7y agoPeople (justifiably) criticize the middle-eastern countries for a lot of things, but they are all aware that all the oil revenue is eventually going to dry up. Most of them have been hard at work transforming their economies for decades, not an easy thing to do when you're in the middle of a desert.