Monday, May 29, 2006


Mexican corn with 'Hallucination'
(a must-read for psychiatrists and even politicians)

Mexican corn is a new thing in Iran. We didn't have it before. Well, we had corn and we had pop corn as well, but never Mexican corn. It's a new 'industry'. Seems it is loved so badly, because wherever you go, you see in corner of a shop (sandwich kiosk, confectionary, even a grocery) a roofed place with a sphere like pot in the middle, a sweet vapor coming out and some bottles of seasonings and cans of flavors and spice lining right beside the pot.
I try it whenever I go shopping and feel like to have a snack.
Today I did the same, when I saw a roofed cart in the court yard of a shopping mall.
The young guy selling the corn was cool (a big exceptional surprising phenomenon these days; we are all bad-tempered. Our young ones are the worst; they look like uncaged animals sometimes!). He filled a plastic glass (is it still called 'glass' when it's made of plastic?) with the corn. Pointing to different bottles and cans lining there, he said:" Would you like any flavor to be added?" I asked :" What they are?" . He began:
-" lemon juice?"
-"ok!"
-"pepper?"
-No, no!"
-Oregano?
-"Yes of course!"
With each 'yes' he heard, he added it to the corn. And when he heard 'No!' he left the can and picked up the next one.

The last suggestion:
-" Hallucination?"
-"Pardon?!?"
He picked a bottle, shook it and titled it as if it he was going to pour something. Nothing came out!
So, the last flavor added on my Mexican corn was 'hallucination'.


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