Attack of the Banana Thief and other stories

Jun 03, 2008 11:28

So it seems the penalty for stealing a dollar fifty worth of matoke (the starchy, plantain-like bananas so beloved in Uganda) is eight hours really hard community service for the first offense if you plead guilty to Magistrate Nabafu. I say “really hard” because it consists (or consisted, in this particular case) of cutting the grass of the ( Read more... )

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trilliumgrl June 4 2008, 01:07:16 UTC
Good luck!

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fireballof3 June 4 2008, 19:04:01 UTC
Seeing these wonderful posts while you're in a foriegn country begs the question...

Why don't you write stuff like this in you LJ at home? ;-)

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