Comments on: Horse + Donkey = Mule

By: Hani Obaid

Hani Obaid — Wed, 14 May 2008 23:43:51 +0000

Fadi, yes and the Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah sound they make is actually quite cute!

By: The Observer

The Observer — Wed, 14 May 2008 06:11:12 +0000

:), I have always envied donkeys! They dont just walk slowly, but also seem to think slowly as well! They have what it takes to contemplate life and enjoy it!

By: Hani Obaid

Hani Obaid — Tue, 06 May 2008 22:23:50 +0000

Wasim, great minds think alike !

Maher, Meat Biryani Khaleeji style with carmelized fried onions and raisins. It was really good :)

By: Maher

Maher — Mon, 05 May 2008 15:21:11 +0000

loool! what did you guys eat man! loool what a weird conversation this was ! loool

By: Wasim

Wasim — Sun, 04 May 2008 21:48:17 +0000

Hani enta bedak tefda7na Man.

I can’t stop laughing about the Help thing, I started to remember that Mule and that sad lookup on his face, and I yes I believe he was asking for help.

loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool

By: Hani Obaid

Hani Obaid — Sat, 03 May 2008 03:36:45 +0000

Farah
Good point, I missed that sterile doesn’t mean it can’t have sex, but just no children.

I guess in this case it won’t matter for the mule since its fate is decided by its owner Abu 3awadh (who happens to own several million JDs worth of land, and live in an old shack). So if it can’t reproduce, there’s no reason for him to give it a chance to do anything else!

By: Farah

Farah — Fri, 02 May 2008 11:11:23 +0000

I can’t believe im actually discussing this, but I always thought sterile means cannot produce offspring, not also unable to mate.. just wondering… hehehe

By: Hani Obaid

Hani Obaid — Thu, 01 May 2008 19:28:44 +0000

KJ, you can always have Moogle sign the nonesensical comments.

You could be right, I may have just been projecting my thoughts onto a mule, no less!

By: KJ

KJ — Thu, 01 May 2008 19:19:53 +0000

I wrote a comment and then erased it because I realized it doesn’t make a lot of sense in a general form.

Look at it from a different perspective. You as human are surrounded by plenty of others, some of which are better off than you are, others the same and others worse off. You have a standard on which you could evaluate your current situation, and based on that you would come into thinking whether or not you have hope and all other different emotions and thought patterns.

This mule in particular has no other reference but itself on which it can evaluate its position in this universe. It’s the only one there is in the vicinity and chances are that it is considering itself to be the king of the world, one tied to a tree.

By: Rasha

Rasha — Thu, 01 May 2008 15:45:27 +0000

cracked me up that hinny :D
and see how Intellectual people encounter Intellectual creatures…Mule, fesee5…and god only knows what else :D

By: Hani Obaid

Hani Obaid — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:07:17 +0000

lol Hatem, it was my vivid imagination! I started thinking in English in 1993. So of course the mule used English too. It’s an educated mule :D

By: Hani Obaid

Hani Obaid — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:05:18 +0000

Noura yes, no mating!

Some cities have dog hotels, dog walkers, dog psychologists. All for something that will be loyal to you, always give you a hug, and all it wants in return is food and attention. I think it’s worth it :)

By: hatem abunimeh

hatem abunimeh — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:05:17 +0000

Did he/she/ say help in English or Arabic? Better yet, when you thought that the mule was in distress, what language did he seem to be uttering in order for him to get out of his ordeal?!

By: Noura

Noura — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:59:32 +0000

I don’t know about the mules mating rituals..!! But are u saying they can’t mate at all ?? Then they are born without hope of doing anything loool poor thing..

You know I sometimes envy the dogs and pets in general in this country, they are treated better than humans and they call them kids and family .. God forbid you insult a dog !! I heard this morning that they have now insurance for pets to protect them when riding along in the car !!
That is the life :)

By: Hani Obaid

Hani Obaid — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:46:18 +0000

Rasha, I verified it on several sources (encarta, britannica, and wikipedia). There are exceptions, but mules are generally sterile. All these things have funny names in English too. More details:

Mules are the product of a male donkey (also known as male ass, or jackass) and a female horse (mare). It will be smarter, stronger, steadier, and will live longer than its parents!

The product of a male horse (stallion!) and a female donkey (Jenny!) is called a hinny (no not Hani!). It has a bushier tail, and a heavier body, and is more compliant than a mule.

I’m gonna have to remember this next time I meet someone named Jenny :D

Rasha, you had to look into the animals eyes to see it. I couldn’t take a picture:

A. I didnt’ wanna scare it.
B. I’ll bet Amman has ordinances against photographing someone else’s mule!

By: Rasha

Rasha — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:13:03 +0000

well, I would have never guessed that a mule can’t mate…are u sure about that?? poor creature.
but it does make sense now that i think about it…if it could, mules wouldn’t have needed that horse/donkey thing.
hehehehe
What a sad animal, i wonder if it’s the only animal without a sex drive…or does it??!!
sad sad animal yet the comparrison above is damn funny.
yes, it must’ve been the dehydration alright :D

By: Hani Obaid

Hani Obaid — Thu, 01 May 2008 10:33:59 +0000

Chikapapi, we were somewhat hungry and dehydrated :)

Qabbani, yes we are all normal, really, trust me… :P

By: Qabbani

Qabbani — Thu, 01 May 2008 09:35:26 +0000

are you okay guys??

By: chikapappi

chikapappi — Thu, 01 May 2008 09:31:11 +0000

@@ what a conversation! Could swear it’s from the heat :$