Funny Stories We Forgot to Post

#1: Apparently it's a rule that you're not allowed to tell other people's stories as if they are your own stories especially if they are sitting in the same room. Brian made that rule and Louie just found out about it. For the record, it was Brian and Lois on the flight with the screaming baby, not Louie. And it was Louie's family that ate the cereal that fell off the train, not Brian.

#2: There is now a dent in the roof of the convey/van that resembles Chris's head. Even though Brian drives these roads all the time, speed bumps can just sneak up on you.

#3: While plastic and glass are very valuable here, regardless of what Brian trys to tell Jamey, the armed guards are guarding the money, not the glass and plastic. She fell for that one.

#4: We spent days building a fence for the toddlers. So far, the geese Troy had to buy are the only two "toddlers" to use it. It's protecting them from being eaten by the dogs. And why wouldn't the dogs want to eat them, they are named Potjieko and Bobooti.

#5: Troy has a habit of walking the halls in the middle of night in his boxers, much to the surprise of the two women who have recently joined us. (Sally is the Ambassador's director and Jan and her husband are Pines supporters and visitors).

#6: Thankfully we did not get stuck in the mines because we had a detailed discussion on who would be eaten first. Unfortunately for Wynde she was the appetizer. But Brian and Chris, who have the most meat on their bones were voted the main course.

#7: We all found out the other night that Wynde comes from a family of ventriliquists. Oh wait... evangelists. It's easy to get those mixed up.

#8: "Mind the Gap" has been coming up since we got here. We're thinking about printing t-shirts when we get home. The shirts will come in long and extra long. We've already ordered Robin an extra long.

#9: Things Brian has tried to convince Jamey of: Some hybrid chickens have six wings. The purple things that come from a mulberry tree are grapes.

#10: While Robin was blowing her nose in the van, Bart was feverishly looking for the water main break. He honestly did NOT know it was her blowing her nose. Clearly he misses his job back home.

#11: We have a faithful blog reader, Kenny Rogers. He and his horse Keith are planning to cross the Atlantic together and come to South Africa. They will be the only person/horse team to ever accomplish that. Robin would like to email Kenny Rogers back and see if we can meet when we get home and she thinks it's great that he's interested in our trip.

As you can see, there have been a lot of funny stories since we've been here. Somehow Julie and Steve managed to escape the embarrassment the rest of us endured. But we're still thinking of all the funny moments and I'm sure we'll remember something.