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Today for work, I went on some sales calls - visiting bars and clubs. While riding with one of the sales guys the following conversation occurs...
Him: What do people think of Africa?
Me: The people who don't know think that there are lions and giraffes walking around.
Him: (laughter) That's not true.
Me: The people who somewhat know, mainly know about South Africa, or Morocco, or Egypt - the more touristy places. They don't really know about what it is like in places like Nigeria - they don't know about the armed robbers.
Him: You mean there aren't armed robbers in America?
Me: Not really. There are in some places, but it is not a part of my life.
Him: Wow!
Him: What do people think of Africa?
Me: The people who don't know think that there are lions and giraffes walking around.
Him: (laughter) That's not true.
Me: The people who somewhat know, mainly know about South Africa, or Morocco, or Egypt - the more touristy places. They don't really know about what it is like in places like Nigeria - they don't know about the armed robbers.
Him: You mean there aren't armed robbers in America?
Me: Not really. There are in some places, but it is not a part of my life.
Him: Wow!
2 comments:
That dialogue is hilarious. One of the number one questions I got when I returned from Lagos was whether I got to see any wildlife while in the jungle. I had to admit that the only life-forms I saw on my trip (aside from a few chickens here and there) was some poor monkey chained to a palm tree at the Busua Beach resort in Ghana. Lagos doesn't even have the scourge of stray dogs and cats that seem to populate most metropolitan cities! Why is that, you think?
The buzzards probably eat them :)
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