Indonesian Holiday: An Interview with Emily and Grace Kunkel
By Guest Columnist Ezra Flam
Ezra: What would you say was the highlight of this trip for you?
Grace: Definitely all the cute anak anak laki lakis.
Emily: I would say the highlight for me was the art. Indonesia isn't well known for their sculpture, but they have some very romantic works of art. For example at one hotel we stayed in there was an exquisite sculpture of a man with a massive apparatus, and at another a statue of two deer frolicking together. I cant think of any American artists who have the ability to capture the eccentricities of life so beautifully.
Ezra: Of course, it wasn't all hotels and resorts, was it? In my background research for this interview I spoke with noted Sociologist and Indonesian expert Aidan Burn about the slew of natural disasters that have recently plagued the country (massive flooding, ship sinkings, plane crashes, food slathered in mayonnaise). Aidan suggested that so few people survive these disasters that it must be remarkable to find people actually living in the islands of Indonesia. Did you experience that?
Emily: Well, we did. We spent one evening on a ship called "The Titanic." I took double the recommended dose of Xanax before I got on the boat.
Grace: And flooding was an issue for us. At one point we were crossing between two Islands, the bridge was flooding, and we had to decide if we wanted to caulk the wagon and float it, try to ford the river or hire an Indonesian to ferry us across.
Ezra: What did you do?
Grace: We tried to ford the river. Of course, in the crossing we lost all our food, 4 sets of clothing, 2 oxen and Monica got bit by a monkey and contracted Avian flu, from which she is still recovering.
Ezra: What about Larry?
Emily: He was hard at work exploring the feasibility of marketing Cryomaxx in Indonesia.
Ezra: Well thanks for taking the time to talk to me. Do you guys have any ideas about Kunkel Christmas ‘07?
Emily: Well obviously that’s proprietary information, but there are definitely a few places on the short list.
Grace: Monica did mention something on the flight back about wanting to see the United Arab Emirates, but I think Larry would rather hunt Alaskan Moose in the Northern Territories, so we’ll have to wait and see.
posted by Caitlin @ 2:51 PM
1 Comments:
I have come to the conclusion that Indonesia represents a huge market for the world-famous Cryo-MAX 8-Hour Cold Pack. Problem...the vast majority of the demand would come from the "wild dog" sector...90 percent of whom limp around from overmatched encounters with cars.
- Larry
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