Thursday, March 25, 2010

Hooka pipes and fake watches

Does a stereotype stop being a stereotype when it is proven to be true? For example, I think that near every Air Force base, there is a tattoo parlor, pawn shop, pay-day loan store and subway. Is that a stereo type of all bases if those are located right out the front gate of every base in America?

In the Middle East, things don't really change much. If you put up a new base tomorrow in Iran, within a few hours, we'd have guys selling knock off watches, Persian rugs, fake purses and hookah-pipes.

I'm not sure what it is, but we flock to these things. We somehow can't get enough hookah-pipes, subway sandwiches, fake watches and tattoo's.

3 comments:

  1. What is a hookah pipe? Love hearing from you Jon. Love you forever, Mom

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  2. Mom, try google sometime (please don't ask what that is). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hookah

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