subgenius
5th March 2004, 10:29 PM
Hate fruitcake? Don't know what to do with the ones you get from Aunt Doris?
Here's a way to dump those lumps and do your bit for world peace:
Fruitcake becomes a big hit in Afghanistan
By SUELLEN DEAN
The Herald-Journal in Spartanburg, S.C.
SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- Claxton fruitcakes have now contributed to world peace, or at least they've made Lt. Col. Glenn Bramhall of Spartanburg a popular American in Afghanistan.
Bramhall is commander of a unit of 300 soldiers from all branches of the military who are there to train and mentor the 3rd Brigade of the Afghan National Army.
The Americans train the Afghans to use tanks and armored fighting vehicles.
Bramhall left for Afghanistan before the height of fruitcake season in the South. So his mother-in-law mailed two Claxton fruitcakes to her son-in-law's compound outside of Kabul.
The U.S. commander shared his ``Southern delicacy'' during teatime with an Afghan general, who devoured it and demanded to know which ``secret'' bakery in Kabul baked the cakes, because his people had never had such a delicacy.
Bramhall gave him his second cake and promised more.
He called home and told his wife to please send more fruitcakes.
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In the end, Sanders and the Civitans mailed 144 pounds of fruitcake _ or six cases _ to Bramhall in Afghanistan.
``The delivery caused riots, fights,'' because everyone wanted some, Bramhall said.
Bramhall has since e-mailed Claxton to let them know that their fruitcakes have been part of the ``peace-keeping'' effort in Afghanistan.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/custom/fringe/sfl-32fruitcakes,0,3507152.story?coll=sfla-news-fringe
Here's a way to dump those lumps and do your bit for world peace:
Fruitcake becomes a big hit in Afghanistan
By SUELLEN DEAN
The Herald-Journal in Spartanburg, S.C.
SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- Claxton fruitcakes have now contributed to world peace, or at least they've made Lt. Col. Glenn Bramhall of Spartanburg a popular American in Afghanistan.
Bramhall is commander of a unit of 300 soldiers from all branches of the military who are there to train and mentor the 3rd Brigade of the Afghan National Army.
The Americans train the Afghans to use tanks and armored fighting vehicles.
Bramhall left for Afghanistan before the height of fruitcake season in the South. So his mother-in-law mailed two Claxton fruitcakes to her son-in-law's compound outside of Kabul.
The U.S. commander shared his ``Southern delicacy'' during teatime with an Afghan general, who devoured it and demanded to know which ``secret'' bakery in Kabul baked the cakes, because his people had never had such a delicacy.
Bramhall gave him his second cake and promised more.
He called home and told his wife to please send more fruitcakes.
......
In the end, Sanders and the Civitans mailed 144 pounds of fruitcake _ or six cases _ to Bramhall in Afghanistan.
``The delivery caused riots, fights,'' because everyone wanted some, Bramhall said.
Bramhall has since e-mailed Claxton to let them know that their fruitcakes have been part of the ``peace-keeping'' effort in Afghanistan.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/custom/fringe/sfl-32fruitcakes,0,3507152.story?coll=sfla-news-fringe