Dennis and the good old days
On Wednesday I finally got to see Dennis. Understand that I hadnt seen the guy in about two years (he is also the only guy I know who is skinnier than me) so we had so much to catch up on over a few beers. he is also the possesor of the most famous elbow in Kigali on account of our days playing basketball where his elbow was always all over the place, much to our annoyance. In those days, basketball was our lifeblood. We used to miss lunch to play!
Dennis is quite a character. We went to high school together and he used to make us laugh by calling out to strangers from our bus when we were heading back home. "Hey! How come you are so lost? when are we going to hook up again?" He'd shout to a total stranger and the guy would be stammering some kind of reply before we were off in a cloud of dust laughing our heads off. Sometimes when the bus stopped to pick people up he would actually have elaborate conversations with strangers at the bus stop and most of the time people would actually give him the time of day as opposed to running off in the opposite direction which was an equally valid option. It would go something like this (but of course was a lot funnier in Kinyarwanda)
Dennis: man where have you been all this time? it seems you hate me these days!
stranger: Well...um..its not that!...ive been kind of busy...
Dennis: And how are the guys at home?
stranger: Theyr'e alright...Maria got a baby the other day.
Dennis: Excellent! Man send her my regards. We havent met in so long. Are you still living in the other place?
stranger: yeah, im still there.
Dennis: Call me one of these days and we will hook up...
And trust me by the time we left, the guy had a look on his face that was absolutely priceless.
Dennis also invented another gag which- while juvenile- always made us laugh our heads off. We would be sitting in the chapel and talking about this and that and inevitably we would start talking about girls. After a while, someone would be like "What if this church is bugged and they'll hear everything we just said?" And Dennis stands up and say loudly "My name is jean-baptiste!" and we'd break ribs laughing (well, I WAS fifteen you know)
meanwhile Im leaving for Arusha tomorrow- going to miss Kigali like hell.
Dennis is quite a character. We went to high school together and he used to make us laugh by calling out to strangers from our bus when we were heading back home. "Hey! How come you are so lost? when are we going to hook up again?" He'd shout to a total stranger and the guy would be stammering some kind of reply before we were off in a cloud of dust laughing our heads off. Sometimes when the bus stopped to pick people up he would actually have elaborate conversations with strangers at the bus stop and most of the time people would actually give him the time of day as opposed to running off in the opposite direction which was an equally valid option. It would go something like this (but of course was a lot funnier in Kinyarwanda)
Dennis: man where have you been all this time? it seems you hate me these days!
stranger: Well...um..its not that!...ive been kind of busy...
Dennis: And how are the guys at home?
stranger: Theyr'e alright...Maria got a baby the other day.
Dennis: Excellent! Man send her my regards. We havent met in so long. Are you still living in the other place?
stranger: yeah, im still there.
Dennis: Call me one of these days and we will hook up...
And trust me by the time we left, the guy had a look on his face that was absolutely priceless.
Dennis also invented another gag which- while juvenile- always made us laugh our heads off. We would be sitting in the chapel and talking about this and that and inevitably we would start talking about girls. After a while, someone would be like "What if this church is bugged and they'll hear everything we just said?" And Dennis stands up and say loudly "My name is jean-baptiste!" and we'd break ribs laughing (well, I WAS fifteen you know)
meanwhile Im leaving for Arusha tomorrow- going to miss Kigali like hell.
posted by Minzo at 12:19 PM
3 Comments:
hmmm sounds like someone played the same exact trick on me. Perhaps it was Dennis.
;)
Minzo,have a safe trip to Arusha,must be missing googo&Co!
I should try 2 Dennis a few punks, only problem is that most of everyone here speaks French and my scam would be exposed!Oh well
Minzo, man i miss your blogs ma brother, otherwise stay well and remember we love here in Kampala,
Ezra.
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