In Grenada:
- Good night means "Hello" (at night)
- Speed limits could be in kilometers or MPH, depending on who donated the sign
- Maurice Bishop Highway should put in bleachers so more than just drivers can be amused
- repaving means pouring concrete in all of the holes that used to be filled with concrete patches, and then leveling the concrete with the back of a shovel, even though less than 10 feet away there is a real roller, which is probably just out of gas.
- buildings come first, then plans for the buildings.
- they finally put bathrooms in the lecture hall, but punish those who use them by denying soap and a drying method for several months
- "to have" means you will be dining in, while "to take" means to go.
- bell peppers don't exist, they are disguised as green peppers
- Any word can be shortened with an x, even if it is a short word (Rick's becomes Rix)
- not having a child actually does make you less of a woman
- all vegetables at restaurants taste like they have been fried in fish oil, even when they are fresh
- orange means green
- lime means lemon
- plums are a delicacy
- you pay for bugs in your flour, pasta, rice, etc.....
- centipedes aren't bad unless they bite you
- the beach has more uses than you care to imagine
- it is absolutely impossible to have clean floors, ever
- a red L posted on your car is license to do whatever you want, whenever you want on whatever road you choose
- Nigel will try and get you to look at his paintings, even if you saw him earlier in the day already
- Nigel will eventually go from selling his paintings to blatently asking for specific food items from IGA
- Nigel will walk from the school to IGA and back 4-17 times per day
- When out to dinner with the Johnsons inevitably Amanda will be the last one to get her food.
5 comments:
Ha Ha - thanks for making me laugh! I'm glad my floors aren't the only ones that are never clean. Since I don't drive so I don't have to deal with them, I do get a good laugh at the L cars.
surprise, sara and jayson. i am in hawaii visiting family and discovered your connection to israel and cailin.
then i found the link to your blog. enjoying it. and by the way, great pictures, sara. maybe we'll meet up at the ballet this summer. hope so. all the best to both of you.
HAHAHAHA!
I went to dinner the other day with my mom and grandma and guess what happened? I got my food about 3 min after everyone else! Just my luck.
The bugs in your flour, rice, and pasta thing really weirded me out. I guess its worth it to have a sifter while in Grenada!
Kim - yeah it's totally gross!! But once the bugs get it it's in the trash!! No way to sift them out! Sometimes we keep the stuff in the fridge, so the bugs don't get it. And some of it we keep in tight tupperware. But sometimes we still get bugs! It's a real drag!
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