Funny Moments

I have a couple more minutes before departing for the cricket game, so I thought I would share a couple of the trip's more funny moments since most of my posts so far have been fairly serious.

Part of our trip purpose is to give presentations at various Rotary meetings throughout South Africa.  During our presentation, each GSE Team member is responsible for a specific portion of the information that we present on Arizona.  One of the funny things is that the GSE Team is starting to memorize each other's parts of our presentation.   For some reason, it makes me get uncontrollable giggles when I think about how many times I have heard certain phrases that each team member uses.  So, for the past couple presentations, I have been fighting back laughter every time I present and get to a certain phrase that I know my teammates have heard like 100 times already.

The funniest moment occured last night at the Melkbos Rotary Club meeting when the Club's Sergeant at Arms commented on the fact that the two guys on our team are named Randy and B.J.  You can't say that South Africans don't have a sense of humor!

Speaking of names, our group leader, Randy's name has a very interesting meaning in South Africa!  Apparently, the word "brooks" means "pants" in Afrikaans.  Now I know why a few people have chuckled when he stands up and says his name is Randy Brooks.