We acquired something this week. Something dangerous. Something so dangerous that in Canada you face fines of $100,000.00 and a six-month stint in prison if you’re found in possession of it. We’ve seen one in Canada before, and have heard of a second. We’ve got friends in low places I guess.
The point we are trying to make is this particular item is extremely hard to come by. So when we came across one over here in Dubai we bought it without thinking twice. You might wonder why we’d chance it, if the penalty in Canada is so high, it must be way worse to own this item in the UAE. Despite the inherent risk we’ve always wanted one, maybe we just like to live dangerously.
The point we are trying to make is this particular item is extremely hard to come by. So when we came across one over here in Dubai we bought it without thinking twice. You might wonder why we’d chance it, if the penalty in Canada is so high, it must be way worse to own this item in the UAE. Despite the inherent risk we’ve always wanted one, maybe we just like to live dangerously.
So, what is this terrible item? I’ll show you a picture of Allison enjoying it, try to at least peek through the hands you’ve drawn up to cover your eyes:
That’s right, it’s a walker. Canada will prosecute you to the fullest extent of its ridiculous law if you import one of these for your kids, but in Dubai there’s no penalty. We bought it in a mall. We’ve come across some strange laws in Dubai, like not holding hands in public (which seems to be taken about as seriously as jaywalking back home), or not being able to eat pork in a restaurant (which we’ve found an exception to at the Marriot). But we just need to accept them as ‘quirks’ in a foreign country with a different legal history. And it helps to think about how strange it is that we couldn’t buy a walker in Canada.
That is awesome! Now if Allison was sitting in this walker and it has been positioned at the top of a stair case I might have had to end our friendship:)
ReplyDeleteI bet she is going to love it.