some Tanzanian humour...

Things are going well here. There have been lots of good times already, including a good dose of humour. A few weeks ago when I was in town with Ron, one of the directors, trying to get internet from Africa online, I heard some funny things. First, he told me on the way in that he calls Africa Online “Africa Offline” because they are more ‘off’ than ‘on’. Then, when we got in, he informed the employee who came to help us that he wanted internet service for me, but that he had heard from many people that AO was unreliable and too expensive. The man looked at him in shock… but then they were both laughing. To top it off, Ron told the man that he had to tell us the real price, not the white person price, when the man told us how expensive it would be. Another time we were getting ready to leave a restaurant and the waitress asked Ron if he needed anything else- he told her he really didn’t need anything else- not even the bill. She laughed. So anyways, I’m having lots of fun here. The people are easy-going and like to laugh about things, and I’m starting to learn their (and Ron’s) sense of humour. Maybe one day I’ll even learn my first Kiswahili joke.