[lbo-talk] Micro-news from Zambia...

[Mike Ballard]

The day I returned to my village, the headman had died. So, everyone was at his
funeral. He was between 104 and 107 years old depending on who you asked.
Seeing how there are no birth certificates in the village nobody will ever
really know. Seeing as how the average life expectancy for Zambians is 37, I
would say that he did pretty well for himself. I went to meet him once and he
was surrounded by people, like a kind of living legend. They actually respect
old people here. What a concept.

Did you know that a bush cat sounds like a lion when it is circling your house
in the middle of the night hissing and spitting for unknown reasons?

Want to grow marijuana in Zambia? Here is what you have to do according to one
of my farmers. Take some weed down to the Magistrates office, role a joint,
smoke it in front of them. Then they ask you some questions while you are
stoned and if you perform well you are awarded a certificate that says you are
legal to grow and smoke marijuana to your hearts content.

full:
http://devinsmyth.blogspot.com/2006/01/some-short-stories.html

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