Games

I visited some of my friends in the camp yesterday and there were some other women at her house. One of the new ladies (pictured above with 6 week old baby) husbands works as a night guard at a western embassy. She was telling us how excited she was about the Christmas party they would have.

Then she started telling us about this game that they play every year. All in Arabic, of course, so it was pretty entertaining when she tried to explain how they put a spoon in their mouth and then put a lime in it and run to see who can be first without dropping the lime.

I let her fnish the explanation and then told her that we have that same game in America but we use an egg instead of a lime. That just blew her mind. She couldn't fathom why anyone would be foolish enough to put something as valuable as an egg on their spoon and take the chance that they would drop it and not be able to eat it later.

You just never know when you'll be reminded of how much you take for granted and just how wasteful us Americans can be.

This kid is a University of Texas fan, although I doubt he even knows it!!!