Dubai
About Dubai
Dubai is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai. It is on a creek on the southeastern coast of the Persian Gulf. As of 2025, its population stands at 4 million, 92% of whom are expatriates. The wider urban area includes Sharjah and has a population of 5 million people as of 2023, while the Dubai–Sharjah–Ajman metropolitan area has a population of 6 million people.
On the show — 38 mentions total
The one in Dubai is called Ain Dubai. It's going to be 210 meters tall. The current highest, which is in Las Vegas, is 167 meters tall.
from 314: No Such Thing As A Tiny Ferris Wheel, 2020-03-27 at 00:27:20 · read transcript
Other times Dubai came up
Just this world where you were like, oh, let's just do a world fair. It actually was like, everyone was like, oh, crap, that's actually, that's new. That's what is that? It's yellow and it's bendy. That's amazing. When did we last have one, it's been a long time. I went to one in Dubai this year. Oh, yes. So this year. Oh, yeah, they did. They did. They did one during COVID.
No Such Thing As Rivets On A Tombstone, 2023-06-15 · listen
I think they're not the only... I think Dubai and Abu Dhabi have a similar... Do they? My sister, I used to live in Dubai, trying to send letters to her was exactly that. She said, if you got a taxi home at night, you had to direct them home like literally. It wasn't like, bring me here, it was like, I'll show you the way. Taxi drivers all just have the ignorance.
NSTAAF International Factball: Uruguay v Costa Rica, 2014-06-14 · listen
It turned out that in 2002, a 17 year old girl wore a chameleon as a hat through Manchester airport and was stopped by the customs guys. The Telegraph said, despite its abilities, a camouflage itself by changing colour. The chameleon attracted the attention of people at the luggage carousel. She'd flown all the way from Dubai with this thing on her head. It was a very endangered species. They took it off her and sent it to a safe house and eventually sent it back, I spoke.
107: No Such Thing As Gorillas On The Beach, 2016-04-01 · listen
I didn't write it down. I think she might have got her sister the job, so I think it might also be Hyundai. That would make sense, yeah? A bit cheeky. Lisa from Steps is now a head teacher at a school in Dubai. Okay. Abbs from Five went on to become a farmer. Then in 2021, he said, the animals just all died. They all meant to when you're a farmer.
No Such Thing As Catherine Of Croydon, 2024-10-31 · listen
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