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RE: At Home in Sidi Bouzid

in #morocco5 years ago

Morocco - remember the Bing Crosby song? -
We're off on the road to Morocco
This taxi is tough on the spine (hit me with a band-aid, Dad)


Your photos remind me of The Alhambra Palace And Fortress In Granada, Spain--I kid you not--maybe your new home isn't quite THAT spacious, but it's that beautiful, for sure.
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Ok, more of the Crosby-Hope lyrics:

The men eat fire, sleep on nails and saw their wives in half
It seems to me there should be easier ways to get a laugh

We certainly do get around
Like Webster's Dictionary we're Morocco bound

We could be arrested is the parting line.
I've loved that song for many decades.
And I love it that you get to BE HERE in such an exotic, warm, and wonderful land!

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Gotta admit--I'd never even heard of that song until now.

Saw their wives in half, though? YIKES. I hope that's not a custom I haven't heard about. 😳

LOL! That's Hollywood for ya.... dredge any crazy stereotype you can.

Road to Morocco (1942) - Rotten Tomatoes

Lighthearted and nonsensical, sophisticated but not overplotted, Road to Morocco represents the point at which the Road-movie formula had hit its stride but hadn't yet descended into self-parody.

Plot Summary
Starving vagabond Jeff (Bing Crosby) sells best friend Orville (Bob Hope) into slavery in a Moroccan marketplace to buy food. Searching for his partner after an attack of conscience, Jeff discovers that Orville is now engaged to the gorgeous Princess Shalmar (Dorothy Lamour), whose astrologers have told her that her first husband will die violently, leaving her free to marry her beloved Sheik Mullay Kasim (Anthony Quinn). But when the princess falls for Jeff, things get complicated.

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