email us

Alefba

Fly to Iran

Sehaty Foreign Exchange

Flower delivery in Iran

Advertise with The Iranian

Dialogue

 Write for The Iranian

Hot air
Where are you from honey?

By Daniel Zangeneh
December 13, 2000
The Iranian

As I was walking into the airplane, the flight attendant smiled and with her beautiful French accent said, "Welcome to Air France." Everyone was rushing to get to their seats. "Sorry... excuse me... sorry..." It was like a polite wrestling match.

Finally I got to my seat and tried to put my lap top into the compartment above my seat. A 300-something-pound woman was sitting in the middle and a college-student-looking girl was sitting by the window. They looked at me and I said hi. The woman smiled and the girl said hello. I could feel a nervous energy around me as the plane took off. To pass the time, I decided to write an email to my friend in Iran.

The flight attendant came by and asked what we would like for lunch. The woman next to me asked what was being served. "We have a choice of chicken, seafood or sandwiches," the attendant said. "Oh I love chicken! But I better get my pill," said the woman and started laughing. She grabbed her bag and took out a bottle of Gas-X. Then she turned to me.

- Where are you from honey?

- Originally from Iran, but I lived in Missouri for a long time. Now I live in Pennsylvania....

- Oh I---ran....

- Yeah...

- My God. How can your people stand Saddam? Is he still alive?

- Ummm ... Saddam Hossein is the president of I---raq. I am from I---ran...

- Isn't it all the same? My baby boy fought in Desert Storm. I'm going to Germany to see him....

- That's very nice... I'm going to Berlin to visit my brother.

- I've always been curious about I---ran...

- Really, that's cool! Have you been there?

- Oh noo, noo sir... never... I could never go to I---ran... no sir... they're our enemies...

- Really? Why is that?

- Because we fought them to liberate Kuwait...

- Oh ...I didn't know that!

- Yes sir ... America stands for freedom. We always send our sons to free other people....

- That's very nice...but...

- You know something honey?

- What?

- I think we should have gone farther and liberated India too...

- Why India?

- The Indian government forces people to pray to cows... Yes sir...

- Oh... really? I didn't know that one! They must be communists.

- Yes sir... they are communists.... they don't even believe in Jesus or Moses or that guy from the Middle East...what's his name?

- You mean Mohammad?

- Whatever...

The mixture of chicken and gas was not a very good one.

-
Comment for The Iranian letters section
-
Comment for the writer Daniel Zangeneh
-

 Flower delivery in Iran


Copyright © Abadan Publishing Co. All Rights Reserved. May not be duplicated or distributed in any form

 MIS Internet Services

Web Site Design by
Multimedia Internet Services, Inc

 GPG Internet server

Internet server by
Global Publishing Group.