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To: epicure who wrote (3330)	10/17/2001 9:06:26 PM
From: Poet	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 51698

I'll bet I could eat Oreos under a burkha and no one would know what I was doing. Naw, even that is reason for the existence of burkhas. When my kids were in elementary school, they were forced to eat "healthy" snacks. I'll bet your kids loved the treat.

To: epicure who wrote (3330)	10/17/2001 10:14:14 PM
From: bonnuss_in_austin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 51698

LOL!! For one, I'm glad to know you're not booking... ...one-way flights to Kabul, X. Unless you intend to become a news correspondent. Such as Christiane Amanpour. Who is brilliant, IMO. 'Hero' material, basically. Rather than sports 'legends.' There's no internet service over there, apparently. Burkhas sans the 'headpiece' look quite comfortable to me. Made of cotton? 100% cotton, perhaps? Remember the 'moomoo' of ... the sixties, right? Shades of Phyllis Diller. Which reminds me: How do Afghan women acquire burkhas? They have no money -- or means of earning any -- with which to purchase clothing ... or anything else, for that matter. They aren't allowed to appear in public without them, so running down to nearest Ann Taylor is sorta out of the question as merely traveling to reach the store risks being shot on sight. So, how does one acquire the shroud? Does the Taliban 'furnish' the women of Afghanistan with burkha wardrobes? 'Tax'-free? bia