yesterday i was waiting on london bridge station when tezzer pointed out a guy munching on a twig. i asked him what it was. it turned out to be khat (or qat, which is useful to know if you play scrabble and find yourself without a U). the guy pulled out a bunch of twigs and handed us a bunch each. he told us to pull off the green leaves and chew. we all got on a train munching away. let’s just say it was bitter.
it reminded me of being in singapore having dinner with an indian. he had given me beetlenut wrapped up in a banana leaf. i chewed as told, and tried desperately hard not to be sick.
i don’t think i’ll be trying khat again any time soon.
As far as U-less Q words go, QAT is good, SUQ even better. (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=suq).
Comment by clay — October 2, 2006 @ 3:50 pm
That’s crap! The Q-less word QUEUE is much superior!
Comment by clay — October 2, 2006 @ 3:52 pm