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So, I planned to convey the message through three posters&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fatherben.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/arabm0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"arabm0\" src=\"https:\/\/fatherben.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/arabm0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"526\" height=\"143\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>First poster: A man lying in the hot desert sand&#8230;totally exhausted and fainting.<br \/>\nSecond poster:\u00a0 The man is drinking our Cola.<br \/>\nThird poster: Our man is now totally refreshed.<br \/>\nAnd then these posters were pasted all over the place<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;Then that should have worked!&#8221; said the friend.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;The hell it should had!? said the salesman.\u00a0 didn&#8217;t realize that Arabs read from right to left&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A contribution from my brother Lars<\/p>\n<p>Link\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <em>agert.homelinux.org\/WorldPress\/know-your-customers\/<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A disappointed salesman of Coca Cola returns from his Middle East assignment. 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