The following conversation took place yesterday when I was using the ATM:
Child seller/beggar: Ya khalto ya khalto ishtari menni… (Please please buy something from me)
Tololy: La shokran. (No thanks)
Child seller/beggar: Allah yjawwzek, ya rab tetjawwazi… (I pray that you get married!)
Tololy: Ma beddi atjawwaz. (I don’t want to get married)
Child seller/beggar disappears.
Woman passing by: ?!?
And two days ago when I was backing up with my car, a gypsy man jumped on my driver’s window, stretching his arm in front of my face with a small booklet the size of a matchbox:
Gypsy seller: Fi b 7ayatek zeyara la qabr el nabi, qareeban. (You will visit the prophet’s tomb soon)
Tololy: Huh?
Gypsy seller waving small booklet in my face: Zeyara la qabr el nabi, inshallah. (You will visit the prophet soon)
Tololy: Ma3lish tzee7 la2ini msakkreh el share3 o beddi aroo7? (Can you please move out of my way?)
Gypsy seller: Ana shayef zeyara lal nabi, bas fi 7asad. Fi 7ASAD o 3een! (I see a visit to the prophet but there is an evil eye set on you)
Tololy: Ah Mashi. Tb zee7. (Right. Now move away.)
Then I stepped on it with his arm still hanging inside my car and him trying to keep up, but he eventually disappeared as well. Amman is now full of street prophets, and this is how they spread their religions.
So basically he predicted that you would “qareeban” go to Saudi Arabia! whoaaa thats super magic man I bet he can teleport!
Yeah and Saudi Arabia is SO never happening for me. Kinda reveals the type of trash predictions people fall for.
Sounds like my day. A women I was helping at work abruptly asked me if I was Christian. I replied “No” and she
graciously informed me that I was going to hrll.
LOL
I’m coming with you.
Just so you know, I set my evil eye upon you a few days ago, just for kicks. You know - just to see what would happen. So maybe that’s what he was talking about.
The gypsy is a true prophet then! I’ll go look for him and see what he says about the Arab-Israeli conflict and oil prices.
See if he can figure out a way to make me rich and handsome, too!
yea beggars and “street prophets” are increasing a lot in
Jordan..they are everywhere and they say anything so u can
buy from them.. allah yzawjik for example xD
When someone says to me (Allah Yijawazak), I tell them (B3eed il-sharr!).
Better not to talk to those guys, and keep your doors and windows locked, unless your car doesn’t have AC then you’re out of luck!