Posted by Gabbi-x-2 on May 31, 2005, at 15:31:28
In reply to Re: Hostess Present for Someone in Egypt » JenStar, posted by Snoozin on May 31, 2005, at 6:29:09
> Starbucks coffee might work really well. they are all huge coffee drinkers, and chai drinkers, too, which they call "shay."
Just reminded me of anecdote Snooze. Years ago my friend Saleem went to Pakistan where he'd lived until he was 6. He told me about the evening he'd sat on a mountain and was gazing at everything in his homeland, waiting for the proverbial epiphany.
"Well?" I asked.
"Nothing, he said, all I could think of was that I really missed coffee.. they don't have coffee there, only Sanka"
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