Ramadan furtiveness

I was in need of caffeine this morning, but during Ramadan my workplace suspends its usual tea service. So I walked over to the other wing of the building, where the kitchens are, to snag a Diet Coke. Not wanting to flaunt my nonobservance of the fast by carrying a drink all the way back to my office, I ducked into a friend's office to drink it.

Another friend joined us, pulling an artfully hidden mug of coffee out his jacket pocket, and we sat around drinking our haram beverages and talking. Soon another colleague walked in, suspiciously toting an upside-down hat. Looking furtively around him, he said, "Did I hear you guys talking about cookies?" -- and proceded to pull a bag of snickerdoodles out of his hat.

I love Ramadan.