Being the serious hard working missionary that I was I hardly have anything interesting to tell. :whistle: But I will try to come up with something to start this off. I went to Cape Town, South Africa, the main language that (most) everyone speaks is English. There are 11 official languages with Afrikaans being a close second behind English in the Cape area. As a joke the missionaries tell the greenies (new guys) things to say in Afrikaans to embarrass them. Such as: when at a dinner appointment and you are full and are offered more food it is polite to respond with "Nie dankie, Ek is beie swanger". Which translates to "No thanks, I am very pregnant". Well, I thought it was fun to say random things like that on purpose like I thought it meant something else and was proud of my grasp of the language, just to see the looks on peoples faces. They weren't sure if they should laugh, or try to correct my embarrassing mistake. A few of us took it a step further and took random things and used them to introduce ourselves. For example, one of us would say "hoe gaan dit, Ek is graan flokkies" (how are you, I am corn flakes). One of us was 'sugar cubes", another was dwarf. I was "blommefeetjie" cute little flower fairy. At 6ft 4in I was the third largest missionary and bigger than most every S. African and to tell people I was a cute little flower fairy with a strait face like I meant something else was priceless to see their reaction. On a side note, I ended up serving with the two other missionaries who were taller than me at the same time. Seeing three huge American guys show up on their doorstep people didn't know whether to run or what. __________________ Chris ________________________________________________ Dude you totally won your first axe fight!