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you won't believe what i bought today (sshhh...bill doesn't know). it is this contraption called a 'sheesha'. it is an arabic contraption through which you smoke flavored tobacco. i first tried it with my indian neighbor who lived in saudi arabia before she moved here. all the ladies would get together in the afternoons and partake there.

the tobacco doesn't have nicotine. i am taking it to maryland and i snuck into the suitcase to share it with my son and his girlfriend and my sister and sister-in-law. *giggle*

perimenopause has made me nuts

I have heard of a sheesha before, from my son...when he was trying to cross from Israel, into Egypt, at a rather remote border crossing, fairly late at night, there were only two people who got off the bus to cross the border....my son, and a business man

Apparently word was sent ahead that there would be two people at the border, and since no bus from Egypt showed up that late, two taxicabs came

The other guy who got off the bus, was a businessman, and than there was my son...when the cabbie quoted my son the amount it would be to take him to where he wanted to go, my son balked, and refused to pay it, saying he would wait until morning for the Egyptian bus to show up...the business man, being in a hurry, bargained with the other cab driver to try to get a lower fare(tho this failed)...

My son, being in no rush, refused to bargain with his cab driver, and instead headed off walking towards the guard outpost on the Egyptian side of the border, with the cab driver following him, shouting out lower and lower fares

But my son, being stubborn, would not give in, and instead spent the rest of the night, sitting in the guard shack with the Egyptian guards, watching TV on a very small screened black and white TV, and sharing a 'sheesha pipe' with them...

He stayed there for a few hours, until another guard appeared, who was going my sons way, and took for my son with, for practically nothing..

And that was the first time I ever heard about a 'sheesha pipe'

Wow - get yourself back here, and come on over. Let's see and use this hooka! Please don't let the airport puds get your gear. Pam said that once more, she was pulled over, wanded, shoes off, call for the female idiot to feel her up, etc. UUhh, surprise - no bombs. I'm shocked.

And the fed idiots said today that the pilots could NOT carry arms. Those jackasses! Have a superior type trip. Come home safely.