Today is International Cliche Day and so I’ve decided it would be a perfect time to remember the most memorable “Looks Like Beirut” comments of the past months:

January 2009: “…I won’t spend a lot of money tearing down those houses. If that’s going to be Beirut, let it be Beirut, but don’t let Beirut grow…”
– Wayne County Sheriff, Warren Evans

February 2009: “The area has got some problems, it does need help but the last thing it needs is being described as Beirut,”
– Lichfield City Council Member, John Bayliss

March 2009: “…cars were on fire…tyres were going off, it was a bit like Beirut.”
– Pub Landlord, Andy Ward

April 2009: “George Bush Sr.’s staff called Portland “Little Beirut” in the early 1990s.  Now some say Portland is on the way to becoming “Little Dubai”  (a wildly overdeveloped Middle Eastern nation).”
– Staffer under George Bush Sr.

May 2009: “Director McG (”Charlie’s Angels”) fuels “Terminator Salvation” with exceptional visual effects and sharp sound, but more shouting and explosions than a Super Bowl in Beirut.“
– Tyler Hanley

June 2009: “You would think, ‘Is this Beirut?’ This is a case about self-defense and self-preservation,”
– Defense Attorney Kevin Reddington

July 2009: “Its hard to find a real terrorist…there’s no Craigslist in Beirut…”
– Sacha Baron Cohen

August 2009: “People throw things at windows. It’s like living in Beirut sometimes.”
– Residents of South Elmsall

September 2009: Frightened residents being terrorised by rampaging neds in an Airdrie street have claimed – “it’s like living in Beirut!”
– Residents of Airdrie North

October 2009: “…exhibited varying styles and quality of design around key features . . . poor quality of build, external gas pipes, poor bricklaying … and buildings erected in the wrong place…locals now call it ‘Beirut,'”
– The guardian.co.uk’s Geramine Greer

Enjoy!!