Gotcha
Sunday I spet the whole day at home working on the computer. Wrote a couple of new sections in my Unix II notes and some other on-line reading… Somehow got into the flow. At teatime I was hungry. Ate some toasted toast (for some reason one slice of bread is known as a toast in Kenya) and walked to my friend Elizabeth’s house. She wasn’t there.
On the way I was “greeted” by some local children. A malnourished looking girl in what had once been a yellow party frock was tending some cows. She, and her even smaller sibling-of-indeterminate-gender, started to scream excitedly whe they saw me. She stooped to pick up something and headed toward me shouting “Brie-tish, brie-tish, au are you?”.
I was already in a bad mood and her “brie-tish”-ing wasn’t helping much. The final straw was when I noticed that the thing she had picked up was a lump of cow shit. And now she wanted to shake my hand. Thanks but no thanks, little girl.
Maybe I should get a T-Shirt with “No Shit!” printed on it?
Meanwhile, whats with some of these comments we’ve been getting lately? When I introduced the comment throtteling script I was considering if it would be necessary to make people pass a CAPTCHA test before they post. Now I’m wondering if I have to make you pass an IQ test. :confused:
Or maybe fail one :crazy:
Please keep posting your comments, everyone (except if your advertising something) they support me more than you can imagine!
Cad Says:
:crazy: "All-toy-nit-ivly, I’ll dance with the cows and you can go home".
Sincere apologies for my absense these last few weeks (months?), things have changed here at work and not in the ascending manner.
It’s all gone rather "Sarbanes Oxley" on us
Lots of systems migrations to the US, I feel a black-spot coming our way soon.
Enough of that.
I’m really enjoying catching up on your Blog, the catapult thing yesterday was great.
April 6th, 2005 at 2:42 pmMax is going to be 3 this weekend, the girls continually ask when you’re next coming to stay ("is he going to stay in Africa for ever"?’ they say.
Lydia the Domestic Goddess Says:
Can’t think of a sensible comment. You are doing big adventurey things in Africa which is totally fab and keep doing it. Penny has your computer (you’ve prob got it by the time you read this). Hello Penny! I’m in a baking mood at the moment - dont know if it will make you feel supported but I have made a banana cake, some cinnamon flapjack, toad in the hole and some orange marmalade flapjack this week. Mostly for children (mine and other people’s) although I had some of the orange flapjack. If anyone has any baking recipes I’d love to try them!
April 8th, 2005 at 2:01 amDr Bitterjug Says:
Thanyou, all of you, for your wishes and congratulatiuons.
Penny hasn’t arrived yet, I’m off to Nairobi in a few minutes to hang out at the posh hotel she’s booked into for tonight and to meet her. I’ll relieve her of the laptop so she doesnt have to take it on safari with her.
The PCVs here are baking banana bread with solar Jiko ovens, that’s another story. I want to get the photo story on it in fact, watch this space (or one close to it).
April 8th, 2005 at 11:01 am