- You turn on the radio and get a bit of Dolly Parton or Abba and think you've got the good station.
- You think nothing of going to up to four supermarkets to get your weekly groceries.
- You think it's perfectly acceptable to drive into the middle of the road flapping your arm out of the window the stop traffic.
- You come to the conclusion that getting on the back of a motorbike with a complete stranger and no helmet really isn't a great idea.
- You have watched every episode of House, Glee, Californication and many more back to back on dodgy DVDs from Papa's Corner and consider 5000 Shillings for hours of entertainment extortionate.
- You stroll past the bouncers in your local Irish pub on a Friday night and declare that you don't EVER pay an entrance fee.
- Your living room could pass for a branch of Banana Boat.
- You develop a cynical attitude towards large charitable organisations and their distribution of funds.
- You think that the Nile is first and foremost a type of beer and secondly a river.
- You learn to smile and shrug your shoulders when something takes four times as long as expected!
Can anybody add to this list?
4 comments:
You get excited about going to public toliets in Kenya -they are sooo clean!
I still DO NOT think number 3 is acceptable though-your on your own there Ali!
11. When you don't even flinch as you swerve into oncoming traffic to avoid a crater sized pot hole
12. When you pass pregnant goats and grazing cows with enormous horns on your way to work in the city and don't even blink
FANTASTIC list Ali! Love it.
here is my entry:
when you freak out if every piece of laundry isn't ironed in case you end up with a mango fly hatching in your back.
I'm sure you've heard this one:
1) You're drinking a beer. A fly falls in and you toss out the beer: You've only just arrived in Africa.
2) You're drinking a beer. A fly falls in and you fish it out and drink the beer: You've been in Africa for a while.
3) You're drinking a beer. A fly falls in. You fish it out, squeeze it dry, then drink the beer: You've been in Africa tooo long!
Sorry, this is not appetizing ;) Clearly I've spent too many years in Africa (Kenya and Ghana for a total of 9 years).
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