Stab one of your eyes until everything looks terrible, then punch yourself in the crotch repeatedly until the only thing you feel is a combination of rage, shame, disappointment and pain.
The UAE approaches pleasant this time of year. We actually get a bit of cloud cover, it's not nearly as dusty and temperatures hang out in the mid to upper 80s.
This has nothing to do with RIM. And no one knows WHAT deal RIM made (or did not make) with various Middle Eastern countries. They may not have "acquiesced" to anything.
Sometimes, the jokes aren't funny. They just give the wrong impression.