"They got upset when I videoed them."

I can believe that, Jayb... also you tell us "They look at you like you're scum..." and I have no reason to doubt the truth of that.

But the rest is confusing.

So, by your own account, you are in these London no-go areas which surely raises the questions that either they are no-go areas and you are an Arab or muslim? Or you aren't a muslim and they are not no-go areas?

Oh boy, Jayb!

<<Come on AJ, answer the question. did you or didn't you.>>

Did you not read past the first paragraph of my reply? Now please, get on with the punchline already. The longer you delay it, the less funny it will be for all of us.

<<O great champion of illegal immigrants & boat people.>>

I see what Poirot means now.

I have never once, on OLO, commented on illegal immigrants or boat people. Where the flip do you get this from?

Wm Trev: But the rest is confusing.

I'm sorry if you get easily confused, some people are like that.

No, Edgeware Rd. isn't NoGo & I don't think the were any "designated" streets, as such. We were just walking around the streets when we were approached by an old Arab person & told not to go into "that" area. We thanked him & left the area. That's all. The same sort of thing happened in Paris.

You don't give up Jayb, even when faced with the obvious fact that you are the mother of invention here.

>> I imagine [Safeway] had to close down because of all the shoplifting by the Arab women.<<

The key word, once again is "imagine". What actually happened was:

"By the early months of 1999 Safeway was coming under renewed criticism from investors. Its shares had under-performed the food sector over the previous five years; it had been pushed back into fourth position by Asda and it did not have enough stores of adequate size to offer a comprehensive non-food range."

The stores were eventually sold to Morrisons.

>>Are you saying that there are no Hookah Café on Edgeware Rd?<<

They are called shisha lounges, Jayb, and yes there are shisha lounges in Edgware Road.

http://www.shishaspot.com/category/central-london-shisha-places/

However, I would like to refer you to your original assertion...

>>...it was near Hyde Park near the Park West Apartments we were staying at. We were going from one place to another when some Arab men came out of a Bubble Smoking Den & told us to find another way but not through there... The entire Hyde Park area is swimming in these little Coffee/tea Cafe's where the men sit around smoking from the Hookahs<<

Which was, and remains, utter crap.

A.J. PHILIPS...

Personally I didn't have any major objection to video taping ROI's, though four hours max did occasionally inhibit one's rhythm with someone who was slow or confused in coming forth. Interrogation is an accomplishment that takes some time to familiarize oneself with, and ensuring one's proofs are meticulously established and covered, is of course paramount !

Hi there PERICLES...

Eh steady there ol' friend please don't be so 'precious' after all it's just a discussion, an exchange of views ? Again may I ask what it is that you do think, particularly as you say '...you get annoyed at people who invent stuff...' ?

Surely the best way of preventing people from 'inventing stuff' is to neutralise their inventive or speculative imaginations by setting 'em straight, with exactly what it is that you do think and believe ?

o sung wu,

"Surely the best way of preventing people from 'inventing stuff' is to neutralise their inventive or speculative imaginations by setting 'em straight, with exactly what it is that you do think and believe ?"

There's speculation - and there's outright "fiction" as practiced regularly by Jayb on this forum.

He says whatever he likes - and whether or not it has any relation to fact is certainly not a guiding light for Jayb.

Since when should we all pipe down and assume it's our fault when someone chooses to be a serial fibber?