According to these two Welsh locals, William Brewer and Mark Wayne, when packing for a trip to Beirut, make sure you bring money, sunscreen and knives for protection:
TWO Carmarthen men carried knives to the town’s Park Hall estate — described as being “like Beirut” — for protection, a court heard.
Brewer had a four-inch bladed kitchen knife and Wayne had a six-inch bladed knife when they were stopped by police in Park Hall.
Wayne, who turned around suddenly towards the officer, was put to the floor before his knife was recovered. When asked why he had a knife, Wayne said: “You’ve got to these days, especially going up to Park Hall.”
He then described the area as being “like Beirut”.
Their defense team is playing the crazy card to help see them cleared of any charges. I can vouch that anyone who makes a comment like that is clearly insane. Who needs knives when you can have tanks?
Safe in Beirut -- via flickr
My mum and dad live near Carmarthen. I know it well. It is a charmless place. It’s grey and rains there 125% of the year. The people are pinched and cheerless. You can’t get Al Maza or decent hommous there. Or Musar, let alone Massaya. It has no decent bars. You can’t ski there. It doesn’t have museums, street food or lighthouses. You can’t even get a decent coffee there. It has all the attraction of a land-locked, dreary little town in southern Wales.
It is all these things and it is most certifiably nothing like Beirut… 😉
Wow – I couldn’t have said it any better. Thanks!