On the way to the Grand Bazaar, in a crowded cab with Jen Skidgel, Rosalie Geier and myself, the inimitable Farid Chehab felt compelled to share this little gem of a story with us... As we drove past a particularly fetching view of the Bosphorus, Farid turns to us and asks, in his cheeriest voice, "have you heard of how they punished unfaithful women in this city in the old days?" None of us had, and so Farid, with a twinkle in his eye, explains.
'When a woman was unfaithful to her husband, they would take her, and put her in a bag." His eyes gleamed. "With cats."
"Cats?!" Rosalie's interest is piqued.
"Yes," Farid continued. "Then they would toss the bag into the Bosphorus." Rosalie and Jennifer are not amused, their eyebrows furrowed and mouths agape. "When the sack hits the water, the cats go crazy," Farid continues, pantomiming the cat motions with his hands clawed.
"That's terrible," Jennifer says, shaking her head. "What do they do with unfaithful women now?"
Farid turns to her and smiles, his mischevious eyes alight. "Now there are no more unfaithful women."
He returns his gaze to the window, and a few moments later, breaks into heartfelt song... "We are the world...we are the children..."
It's good to see all my favorite characters in fine form. ;-) Should be a fun week. lol.
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