Mallrats

Some people I knew were going to the mall so I went. Anything to get out and see a few things. The royal family gets to park their big black Mercedes' right in front of the doors. Once inside, looks just like a Western mall, but half the women are wearing all black abayas. And some of the stores sell nothing but all black abayas. You look closely, though, and they are all decorated a little bit different with embroidery and jewelry. Lots of these local folks like to wear thier sunglasses indoors too.

Most interesting thing we expereinced: We are in a bookstore that seemed a heck of a lot like Borders. Same books, magazines, greeting cards, calenders. But a gal was flipping through a copy of Cosmo and looking for the story that matched the "Is Hubby to Stupid to Know if You Cheat? Ten Ways to Keep Him That Way!" article. It was torn out. After checking several of the same issue, the same story was gone. And then all the other magazines that had risque lead stories - those pages were sliced out too. This was kind of like the Twighlight Zone, so we got out. Next two bookstores were exactly the same way. I guess the bright side is that all those wives won't know how to keep their husbands as stupid as they would like them to be. Some serious-busy censors here.