Posted by snoozin on June 1, 2005, at 9:46:22
In reply to Re: Hostess Present for Someone in Egypt » Snoozin, posted by Gabbi-x-2 on May 31, 2005, at 15:31:28
> > 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"<<Oh god that made me laugh so hard! :-) Starbucks it is. Even if they don't like it, if they are like me, they will think it's cool to try someone different, and see what it's like.
:-)
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