Responding to reader comments...

We've seen some of the more popular online sites responding to reader email in their Editorials and we've been itching to try that for some time now. However we never had the chance since we only get 20 to 30 hits per day (sometimes 20 hits per week! sad, we know). But that all changed when we were once linked on Dhivehi Observer for our article on President Gayoom vowing to bring Dictator Golhaabo to justice (you can check it out on the site; it's there somewhere and we're too lazy to post a link here). Now, with around 250 to 500 hits per day (and increasing everyday) we think it's high time we ran our much dreamed about Reader Comments post. So here goes...

U GUYS ARE AWESOME!! these articles are creative, and so much full of humour! i was lauffing and snorting in my office while i read it (with alotta stares from ma boss :S) anyway, its cool to know that some ppl dont take anything seriusly. Ur articles are quite a read, i love it alot. I saw the Harry Potter 7 Cover with u guys... are u guys fan of it too? its awesome isnt it? Anyway, Keep up the GOOD Work! u guys are excellente!
p.s - psssssst! mind giving me ur name? i promise i wont tell anyone (except those i know)

yours truly
Scube14@hotmail.com


Our names? Sure... as long as you tell only the two people you know. There's Ali Antenna, who is sort of the Editor-in-Chief here at Bakhabaru (or at least he's the one who yells at us constantly to write more articles or be fired without pay, not that we get paid hmpf!) and then there's Aishath Antenna, who may or may not actually be Ali with a split personality disorder -- we can't tell, coz we've never been allowed behind his/her buruga. Then there's Ahmed Satellite, our roving reporter and one of our most recent acquisitions. We never know where he is cause he's always out roving and most staff are of the opinion that his rovings are seldom fruitful or even healthy to other people he meets coz of the huge cigar that sprouts out of the side of his mouth as if he was born with it. God knows where he's from but we suspect he is an intelligent microbe from Mars. Last and definitely the least productive member of the team Mohamed Headset, is a self-confessed compulsive confessor and has been known to get into trouble for confessing to crimes that have usually not even occurred yet. His most recent confession got him into to trouble with the IDP after he confessed to being a prostitute on the mistaken hopes of getting the Rf 5000/- reward they had offered! The trouble began when several members of IDP later contacted him for his services. It wasn't pretty.

i know that you guys posting fake news here but i have to ask, as how you've post Harry Potter covers that are as far as i know genuine so does the story on expatriates impersonating wealthy foriegners really true? Is it based on even on one reall account? I work at the airport so I'm just curous.

wasym1980@hotmail.com


Of course, it's true. We don't make up stories and exaggerate like DO and FM does. What you find her is 100% believable, providing of course you are ready to believe it. And while you are at it, you should drop by and consult our oracle to find out about your future. She charges an arm and a leg but it's worth it, unless of course you really require an arm and a leg to do the things she asks you to do, in which case there could be some problems.


Tell me truly..... are u people realy Maldivians or are you Minivan news journalists that MDP broughted to Male for their online Mininvannews? No offensse for asking, ok.

Huxenhf@hotmail.com


No 'offensse' taken, and we get asked this a lot. But let me assure you that we are indeed Maldivian except for Ahmed Satellite who as we've previously stated we believe to be from Mars. But I guess he doesn't count, at least not very high since the combined number of digits on what passes for his hands amount to seven.


F**** cool site, man! i have a questun. Is Aishath Antennae n Ali Antennae related? i mean, are they brother n sister?

fax2cool@gmail.com

Hmm... er... brother and sister eh? I guess you could say that... We wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of our fearless Editor-in-Chief so we'll not comment too much on that. But to be truly honest for a change, we're not really sure if they are or that they are even two people. We've never seen them together, that's for sure. Sort of like Michael Jackson and that female monkey in Planet of the Apes; they could very well be the same person. We do not question why, we just do and die. So it's possible they are really brother and brother or sister and sister. The odds are the same.

Dear Mr. Ali Antenna,
Could you please send over your staff member known as Mohamed Headset to my house for tonight? I trust you will be able to find the place without any difficulty. I desperately need the services of someone with "her" talents and so far she's the only one we have managed to discover in our ongoing campaign to locate all prostitutes in Male. Payment will be made in advance as soon as you confirm the appointment. Also please notify me advance what sort of services "she" can and cannot render as I might have some tastes that might border on what could be called 'deviant'. How would "she" feel about huge military boots pressed on his backside, for instance?
Best regards,
umar@idp.org

er... darn it... WRONG NUMBER!!! That darn Headset! Stop confessing to everything for a second willya!