A long-winded story about my Arabian cousin

Tomlowe · 03-10-2005 8:22pm #1

I had a cousin called Akhmed who was a very successful dairy farmer in Saudi Arabia, having made his millions in the yoghurt boom of the 1980s. However, he was unhappy in his run of the mill job, and so contrived to buy enough votes to become the leader of a large patch of land down in the south of Saudi Arabia. Most folk would think this to be enough for themselves, but not Akhmed, he wanted to be an entertainer! So he learned to sing and play the guitar and soon was working nightly at The Yard, a local nightclub. Word spread of his talent and soon the élite of Riyadh were flocking to see him every night. The club became the most profitable establishment in all of the Middle East and soon western club owners were trying to emulate its success; when asked about his business model in an interview with the economist magazine, the owner of the club replied "My milk sheik brings all the boys to The Yard"