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 Berim shomaal?The taxi driver asked me out By Fariba M. July 24, 2002 The Iranian A couple of days ago I was in a rush to go to the hairdressers in Tehran's Maydoon Mohseni. I got a "agence" (taxi) and asked the dude to take me to the hairdressers. From my accent , he figured out that I lived in "khaarej". I guess it made him excited, since a couple of minutes later he asked if he could play his latest Bon Jovi tape while he was driving. Driver - "Bebakhshid Khaanoom?" Me - "Baleh?!" Driver - "Agar moozik e khaareji bezaaram, naaraahat nemishin?" Me - "Na aaghaa, raahat baashid." I could hear the dude singing. He was practically screaming with his thick Iranian accent: "EEETS MYYY LIFEEE...." To be honest I was a little bit shocked. I had never even imagined that a taxi driver in the ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN would have the guts to do such a thing while taking a passenger to the desired location. But this was just the begining. Driver - "Bebakhshid khaanoom shomaa taahaalaa shomaal raftin?" Me - (Thinking HAH..yaaroo mano daste kam gerefteh!) Baleh aaghaa ekhtiyaar daarid." Driver - "Shomaalo doost daarid?" Me - "Khob malomeh aaghaa - aadam kolli oonjaa aabo havaash avaz mishe." (I so wish I hadn't said that!) Silence... I was admiring the view outside when he started again. Driver - "Bebakhshid Khaanoom?" Me - "Befarmaayid?!" Driver - " Mikhaastam beporsam agar eftekhaar midin ke be etefaagheh hamdigeh chand rooz berim shomaal." I was shocked - my mouth was literally 2 meters open and I had no clue what to say. I had NEVER EVER even imagined a taxi driver asking me out! Taazeh oonam taxi driveee ke 3 metr reesh daareh o boogandooeh lol... honestly I guess i gotta come with a full stock of body spray for the poor taxi drivers next time) sheesh.. hamaro bargh migireh maaneh badbakhto cheraagh nafti - haalaa cheraagh nafti ham ghanimateh! Me - "Errr.. BEBAKHSHID?" (I asked again - thinking I had heard wrong) Driver - "Khaanoom mikhaastam bebinam agar miyaayin baa hamdige berim shomaal, oonjaa amoom ye villaa daare bad taa deletoonam bekhaad mashroob pashroob hast - raastesh az rikhtet khayli khosham... " Me - (Oh my god. The dude was asking me to go to shomal with him...) "Aghaa lotf konid haminjaa vaaysid tasmim gereftam ke kami piyaade raah beram."  Driver - "Vaa! Khaanoom naarahaat shodi?"Me - " Aghaa shomaa jaaye pedare mano migirin! In harfaa chiye? Aslan khejaalat bekeshid" Driver - (While stopping the car) "Vaa! Khaanoom khob khoshgeli dige, cheh mishe kard? Belakhareh hameh del daaran!" I asked the dude how much I owed him but he refused to charge me. So I just gave him a couple of notes and came out of the car. The dude wanted to give me his phone number but I just ignored him and walked away. To the girls who are planning on visiting Iran this summer - one word of advice: The dudes here are WAY more "porrooo" than the poor Iranian guys abroad - so be careful.
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