@Nitrous Oxide: Hmm... actually, I never considered if it was widespread throughout the Middle East/North Africa or if it's specific to Egypt. However, if you look at license plates from other Arab countries, they seem to all share the numbering system I was talking about, so I assumed it was more widespread. Read more

@SanSerif: See my response to Nitrous Oxide above. :) Read more

@Nitrous Oxide: Nope, not kidding. There is a difference between Arabic numerals and numbers used in Arabic-speaking countries, as AlexG55 pointed out. Read more

@GreenN_Gold: Hmm, I was too, and I've only commented on probably ten or less posts from non-Jalopnik Gawker sites. Well, you'll probably earn a whole galaxy one of these days :) Read more

@Pessimippopotamus should've given up Gawker for Lent: Oooh, I'm liking the big version of your picture! And yeah, here's a big version of mine.

@fodder650: Haha, I get it now. Yeah... unfortunately, since Kuwait is northeast of Mecca, the people there would be facing southwest, while Muslims in the United States would generally be facing east-ish. :P Read more

@fodder650: Now I'm even more confused. Are you trying to give me information, mess with me, or make fun of me? Read more

Does it strike anyone else as weird that almost all the words and numbers are in English? I only see a little bit of Arabic and it's not even the team's name, and none of the numbers are in Arabic. Read more

@Brian: yeah, I believe if you were starred pre-Jalopnik 2.0 (or whatever site[s] you usually frequent), then your star applies Gawker-wide. Newer stars are site-specific. Read more

@Pessimippopotamus should've given up Gawker for Lent: Was I right? You were here first, weren't you? I think I joined sometime around the end of February, 2009. Read more

@KAdams1476: You're making me drool, and now I feel like a total lush. Read more

@SerialThriller: They didn't get more of a reward, we stopped giving them food as soon as they took my glasses and then only gave them a small amount to distract them from my dad climbing down to retrieve my eyewear. I wouldn't dispute the entertainment factor, though. Read more

Being bored in an awesome race? Crackpipe. This comment? Being pleasantly buzzed on high quality crackpipe liqueur. Please enjoy responsibly!

@M4XVLTG3 makes rotary love: I'm really really glad Matt linked this in COTD, otherwise I would have missed it. Hearts to ya, man. Read more

@Tiberiuswise: LOL!!! I somehow never noticed. Also, I believe Pessimippopotamus was here first (my one-year anniversary is right around now), so maybe I ought to change my avatar instead. I've been thinking of going Furai for a while anyway. Read more

@KeyserSöze - Professional Blog Commenter: Okay, just making sure it didn't get pulled for some reason. :) I take it you're one of the more recently starred folk whose star isn't Gawker-wide, then? Read more

Oddly enough, all that makes me want is her outfit. The car makes me want the car. Read more

@ProstWest: You would think so, but we were already giving them food anyway. Why would they have further motivation to steal stuff to get more of what they were already receiving? Read more

@KeyserSöze - Professional Blog Commenter: What happened to your star? Read more

@Number_Six: Just don't go out like this guy.