Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Off the Shelf

Sakina was overjoyed at reading the headlines about Prince Harry getting engaged to a part African American, divorced woman. It was a wonderful thing for society in general and interesting to Sakina as an ex-pat Brit in the U.S. She pondered how it was akin to discovering that Mohamed was currently the most common name in Great Britain or to the previous week when she was doing her Thanksgiving groceries and suddenly spotted that paan was being sold at the local Pete's Fresh Market.  What a victorious sight it was to see the palm-shaped betel leaves nestled between portobello mushrooms and sprigs of fresh Rosemary.

Sakina wondered how the news of the betrothal had been received at Buckingham Palace.
She imagined the Queen turning to Prince Philip and demanding, "Will the shades of Pemberly be thus polluted?" 


4 comments:

Ismath said...

Think i am more excited about paan sales in a supermarket.

Nabeela said...

Wait wait wait! Paan leaves? Do they have the fixin's also?

Horaay! Someone is keeping up with her writing!

Oh yeah, and congrats to the happy couple.

JLW said...

Maybe it's the beginning of the end of the monarchy, or the end of the beginning of the end of the monarchy....

And I am so sorry I have no idea what to do with Paan - truly : (

Unknown said...

Poor old Princess Margaret ..she must be turning in her grave :/