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On the topic of food...
Jed, Jesus and Kebabs
What does Jed, Jesus and Kebabs have in common? Let me tell you a little Ian story. One day little Ian was walking down a dirt lane in Laos when this bald headed Middle Eastern guy shoved a pamphlet into his hand. The pamphlet had the directions to the bald headed man’s new kebab restaurant. Sadly, the flyer was so poorly done that little Ian couldn’t find the Kebab restaurant.
What does Jed, Jesus and Kebabs have in common? Let me tell you a little Ian story. One day little Ian was walking down a dirt lane in Laos when this bald headed Middle Eastern guy shoved a pamphlet into his hand. The pamphlet had the directions to the bald headed man’s new kebab restaurant. Sadly, the flyer was so poorly done that little Ian couldn’t find the Kebab restaurant.
Then one day little Ian walked passed the bald headed man’s restraint. Little Ian said ‘hi!’ and decided to come back on Friday night to get his family take-away (little ian’s family usually order takeaways on Friday nights. Usually they eat “OK 100” fast-food chicken). So last Friday Little Ian and Seth zoomed down in their little Jeep to order kebabs from the Middle Eastern man’s restaurant.
Little Ian found out that the bald headed Middle Easter man’s name is Jed. Jed is originally from Lebanon. He used to run a Kebab Restaurant in a little town called ‘Bethlehem’. That was until the Israeli authorities put a wall up in front of Jed’s kebab shop. Then the 600 tourists that were regularly coming to Jed’s shop stopped coming. Jed’s business closed and Jed ran away from Bethlehem.
Jed said that he went ‘half mad’. He divorced his wife and ran off to Asia. Jed met a new lady from Scandinavia. This lady has a child and now they all live together in Vientiane Lao. Jed’s restaurant is called ‘Samia’. Samia is the name of Jed’s first wife!
When Jed told this to little Ian, little Ian hit him on the shoulder in a friendly way and said, ‘mate, that must be so hard for you’! Jed smiled and laughed a bit, ‘I named it after her to show her some respect’. Little Ian has never divorced a ‘wife’ before but it seemed a good thing for Jed to do- show his wife some respect. Little Ian wondered what Jed’s new Scandinavian friend thought?
It turns out that Jed has big plans for his future. He plans to franchise his Kebabs restaurant all over Asia- Cambodia, Vietnam and Nepal. Little Ian doesn’t think Jed’s much of a business man because in Jed’s current shop it was quite gritty. It looked like a ‘backpacker’s house’. Jed’s was cooking his chips in a wok by the front door. And when little Ian walked in Jed was doing his washing in the restraint eating area. Little Ian didn’t say much but he was thinking, ‘eer…Jed this doesn’t look like a good start to an international Kebab Franchise’. But then little Ian thought, ‘don’t despise small beginnings’.
Jed asked little Ian what time does the boarder close. Little Ian old him it opens at 7am but I don’t know what time it closes. He then went on to explain that his visa (tourist?) runs out tonight. He’ll have to go across the board to get it chopped. I was thinking to myself, ‘Ok, but first finish my kebabs….i’ve got a hungry tribe waiting at home ready to much on those Kebabs and watch home videos!!
I do hope that Jed makes it big. I do hope he gets the wok away from the font door and he stops washing his clothes in the restaurant. I do hope that Jed stays open because he has tasty kebabs and it gives our Friday take-away choice good competition. And I do hope Jed discovers the SAVIOR of the world who was born in a stable in Bethlehem, Jed’s home town.
Little Ian found out that the bald headed Middle Easter man’s name is Jed. Jed is originally from Lebanon. He used to run a Kebab Restaurant in a little town called ‘Bethlehem’. That was until the Israeli authorities put a wall up in front of Jed’s kebab shop. Then the 600 tourists that were regularly coming to Jed’s shop stopped coming. Jed’s business closed and Jed ran away from Bethlehem.
Jed said that he went ‘half mad’. He divorced his wife and ran off to Asia. Jed met a new lady from Scandinavia. This lady has a child and now they all live together in Vientiane Lao. Jed’s restaurant is called ‘Samia’. Samia is the name of Jed’s first wife!
When Jed told this to little Ian, little Ian hit him on the shoulder in a friendly way and said, ‘mate, that must be so hard for you’! Jed smiled and laughed a bit, ‘I named it after her to show her some respect’. Little Ian has never divorced a ‘wife’ before but it seemed a good thing for Jed to do- show his wife some respect. Little Ian wondered what Jed’s new Scandinavian friend thought?
It turns out that Jed has big plans for his future. He plans to franchise his Kebabs restaurant all over Asia- Cambodia, Vietnam and Nepal. Little Ian doesn’t think Jed’s much of a business man because in Jed’s current shop it was quite gritty. It looked like a ‘backpacker’s house’. Jed’s was cooking his chips in a wok by the front door. And when little Ian walked in Jed was doing his washing in the restraint eating area. Little Ian didn’t say much but he was thinking, ‘eer…Jed this doesn’t look like a good start to an international Kebab Franchise’. But then little Ian thought, ‘don’t despise small beginnings’.
Jed asked little Ian what time does the boarder close. Little Ian old him it opens at 7am but I don’t know what time it closes. He then went on to explain that his visa (tourist?) runs out tonight. He’ll have to go across the board to get it chopped. I was thinking to myself, ‘Ok, but first finish my kebabs….i’ve got a hungry tribe waiting at home ready to much on those Kebabs and watch home videos!!
I do hope that Jed makes it big. I do hope he gets the wok away from the font door and he stops washing his clothes in the restaurant. I do hope that Jed stays open because he has tasty kebabs and it gives our Friday take-away choice good competition. And I do hope Jed discovers the SAVIOR of the world who was born in a stable in Bethlehem, Jed’s home town.
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