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Horny Communication (wpl) I’ve calculated that by the time we leave Egypt, we will have heard a car or bus horn honk over 100,000 times. I’m dead serious. And most of them are way louder than you would expect. I think culture shock is hitting us, because we just don’t like it, and we just don’t get it. You hear them all the time in Egypt. While standing on the balcony one night in Aswan, I counted 100 honks in a 5-minute period. This was at 11:00 on a Tuesday night in a not very big town. Actually, we have been trying to figure out why they honk so much, and we’ve come up with some theories. It seems that using a horn is just considered the polite thing to do. As in, - Just wanted to let you know I’m coming through, so you don’t step out in the street and get run over. When a car is barreling down a street with a lot of pedestrians (and that seems to be most streets) the honking often comes in rapid, short rhythmic beats. There’s the honk from the Taxi -Do you want a ride? There’s the second, longer honk from the taxi when the first honk is ignored -HEY, I SAID, DO YOU WANT A RIDE? Some honks are to say hello to a friend, some to say hey babe to a babe. Of course, there is the long, lay-on-the-horn -M And finally, there’s the ever popular -CHECK OUT HOW LOUD MY HORN IS!! (Hoped you liked the title)
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