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04 May 2011

Comedy 'Reviews' of Osama Bin Laden's Compound

'No wifi, but reliable courier service': Google map explodes the Comics

Looking for somewhere to get away from it all to escape the stresses of life?

Want to cut yourself off from the outside world but still benefit from a great courier service? Then this is the place for you.

In a secluded spot in rustic Bilal Town, Abbottabad, is a compound that can serve all your seclusion needs called the Osama bin Laden hide out.

Yes, it never takes long for the comedians to come out even after historical moments of national security.

Joke: Osama Bin Laden's Hideout Compound as shown on Google maps. Thousands took the opportunity to write a 'review' for the compound

Joke: Osama Bin Laden's Hideout Compound as shown on Google maps. Thousands took the opportunity to write a 'review' for the compound

Scene: An aerial view, released by the United State Department of Defense shows the compound that Osama bin Laden was killed in on Monday in Abbottabad

Scene: An aerial view, released by the United State Department of Defense shows the compound that Osama bin Laden was killed in on Monday in Abbottabad

Comments: Pakistan hospitality at its best! Says one reviewer

Comments: Pakistan hospitality at its best! Says one reviewer

Three stars: Several comparisons to the Holiday Inn was made on the website

Three stars: Several comparisons to the Holiday Inn was made on the website

Location location location: More Internet comedians mock bin Laden's hide out

Location location location: More Internet comedians mock bin Laden's hide out

But less than 24 hours after the President announced that the Al Qaeda leader was dead, than Google had earmarked his hideout on their maps and the internet comedians came out in their droves to write 'reviews' for it.

And what is sure to be written in as an added perk over the next few days are the plots of marijuana plants that are reportedly growing just outside the leader's compound.

CNN's Nic Robertson documented the plants growing alongside cabbages and potatoes in a report from the region on Tuesday.

Bin smoking? Reporters discovered marijuana plants growing just outside Osama bin Laden's compound

Bin Laden smoking Grass? Reporters discovered marijuana plants growing just outside Osama bin Laden's compound

Bed fellows: CNN's Nick Robertson discovered that the marijuana plants were growing alongside other crops including cabbages and potatoes Bed fellows: CNN's Nick Robertson discovered that the marijuana plants were growing alongside other crops including cabbages and potatoes

Bed fellows: CNN's Nick Robertson discovered that the marijuana plants were growing alongside other crops including cabbages and potatoes

Pakistan makes around $4billion a year from drug trafficking - though opium is more popular than cannabis.

No doubt there will also be some Google review reaction to the advert for Jamia Ashrafia's girls' college crudely scrawled on one of the compound's walls.

Bin Laden was not well known for his progressive female education policies after all.

Irony: A web address for a girl's college is crudely scrawled on one of the compound's walls

Irony: A web address for a girl's college is crudely scrawled on one of the compound's walls

'We checked in on Saturday, expecting a nice quiet weekend. Couldn't sleep a wink that night with all the noise. Some loud banging noises, and helicopters flying overhead - they didn't tell us we were on any flight paths. Couldn't get any service for breakfast - all the staff seemed to have scarpered. And to top it all off, some goon stole my laptop. We will NOT be back.'

The thousands of tongue-in-cheek postings on Google varied from positive to negative but most in agreement that it was a 'great place to get away from it all'.

A reviewer called Anita wrote: 'DON'T STAY HERE! The place reeks of goat pee. The toilets were filthy because someone living there had a case of the trots, likely brought on by stress, given the gunfire and the helicopters.

'The sheets had blood stains on them! Not much else to do here as there is no wifi and no phone service. Can't even watch TV. Next time, I'm staying at a Holiday Inn.'

Pauly posted: 'So it was on Google maps the whole time, why didn't the CIA check there first?'

Corey wrote: 'It had a nice view, but some really tall hermit lived there. Kept calling me "Infidel!" so that kind of turned me off. Also, WHAT KIND OF BED AND BREAKFAST DOESN'T SERVE BACON?

Mark: The location pin Google Earth added after they learned the exact location of Osama bin Laden's hideout

Mark: The location pin Google Earth added after they learned the exact location of Osama bin Laden's hideout

Hideout: Pakistani Army soldiers pass by the compound where Osama Bin Laden was in hiding for the last six years

Hideout: Pakistani Army soldiers pass by the compound where Osama Bin Laden was in hiding for the last six years

Bed: There were complains that there were blood stains on the mattress and that it was a bit unkempt Bed: There were complains that there were blood stains on the mattress and that it was a bit unkempt

Bed: There were complains that there were blood stains on the mattress and that it was a bit unkempt

A lot of reviewers made light of the fact it was bin Laden's courier that drew the CIA to his lair, where he had been hiding out for six years.

Man in NZ said: 'The front-desk courier service was exceptional at this location, he proved to be a wealth of information on the local surrounds.'

Starfish said: 'No wifi connection but excellent personalised courier, very helpful.'

Sully wrote: 'PROS - good person to person courier service, excellent views of the hillside. CONS - Poor Security, Neighbors do not mind their own business.'

Someone calling themselves specosvet wrote: 'This place is to die for. Shuttle service is amazing.'

Every tit bit of information that was released about the operation was used, with no detail spared - from bin Laden's wife, the human shield, the helicopters and the location.

Web page: Thousands wrote reviews on the compound telling readers it was a 'great place to get away from it all' though it was noisy and dirty

Web page: Thousands wrote reviews on the compound telling readers it was a 'great place to get away from it all' though it was noisy and dirty

Mike posted: 'This place is loaded with virgins waiting to throw themselves at you. The previous owner was evicted and left the virgins. There's a slab of pork in the fridge for late night snacks.'

Ryan said: 'They weren't very welcoming considering we showed up around 1am local time. The amenities were fairly shoddy and the place was a bit of a mess, never had we seen so many AK-47s in one location.

'The staff wasn't very friendly, and aside from the screaming wife, who we finally got to shut up, it was an alright stay, despite the fact that we were in and out in roughly 40 min.'

Felicity said: 'This place is to die for. Great place to get away from it all and only a courier away from letting your nearest and dearest know you are enjoying relaxation.

'Plenty of women to choose from, they even act as your bodyguard. A bit dusty but lots of cute rabbits to play with. Don't let the noise of the drones put you off.'

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