istanbul carpet sales men...

ok, one quick blog about an interaction that piper and i had in istanbul with a carpet sales man. if any of you have been here you know how the story goes, for those that have not been to istanbul about half of the turkish people walking the streets are carpet sales men and they will walk with you trying to engage you in conversation to lure you into their "brothers" or "uncles" shop. the usual question is "where are you from"? piper and i grew tired of the usual answer and decided to be creative. this is an actual conversation that we had with a guy named musul. (do any of you watch ali g?? if so you might find this hilarious.

m: hello my friend. where are you from?
t: the punany.
m: dapunani??
t: yes. the punany.
m: oh. i have not heard of this "dapunani". where is it?
t: its in america.
m: oh yes america. my name is musul.
t: hi musul, nice to meet you. are you a carpet sales man?
m: YES!! ( he says this with extreme exuberation as if no one has ever asked him this or as if it isnt obvious and we blindly guessed.)
t: oh yeah, thats what i thought.
m: my uncle owns a very nice carpet shop, maybe you would like to buy something for your mother??
t: no thanks musul, bye.

hope that you enjoyed that. we are leaving istanbul today and will be heading for the bulgarian coast. no pictures today because this free computer has no usb port. the guy at the hostel says that it is the "first computer in turkey"

snots and kisses-
timo-piper...