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[MADem]

77. There was a KFC up in northern Tehran....

...that was VERY popular during Ramadan.

They'd cook the chicken, and you could smell it all over the square.

Now, you're supposed to fast during Ramadan, abstaining from food or beverage from dawn till dusk. The owners of the KFC would put huge sheets up in the windows of the place, so you couldn't see in so as not to tempt the devout (normally the diners were on display in front of large plate glass windows). Pretty much everyone, save the obvious westerners, in there during the month long fast, chowing down on chicken and sides, would have at their feet--ostentatiously--a SUITCASE! A very light suitcase, from all appearances, the way they'd carry 'em.

Why? Because TRAVELLERS were exempt from the fasting requirement. Never mind that the KFC was no where near the bus station, the train station or the airport...hey, you COULD be on your way to any one of those! After all, taking a bus, train or plane is heavy work....just like driving a caravan of camels across a cruel desert!

I always had to laugh....!