SHOCK! HORROR! Western expats start doing their own housework!

Times are getting tough in the Emirates for the western 'middle classes'. The rising cost of fuel has meant some of them have had to sell their gas guzzling SUVs and exchange them for easy to park, economical cars like the ones you see on the streets of Europe (article is on page 4)

BUT what's this? In a further attempt to economise they're sacking their maids and doing the housework themselves! No, this hasn't made the headlines of the Guff News yet, but being plugged into the Al Ain grapevine I can tell you this is beginning to happen...



Since sacking his maid,
Edwin has to do his own
ironing. He says the 900 AED
monthly saving means he can
buy more beer in the Horse &
Jockey pub.