Kenyan Proverbs

From memory | January 20, 2009 | Annalex

[annalex]

I remember those from childhood and wanted to share these pieces of ancient wisdom with you today.

[annalex]

diversity bump.

[MeanWestTexan]

I remember these from my days in Kenya:

Stupid white liberals can be played like a flute.

Whitey looks better with a burning tire around his neck.

Kill the Jews and the muslims are happy, for a while.

[annalex]

Yeah, me too. I love Kenya.

[KarlInOhio]

If a scorpion is in your ear, don't go to a snake charmer to have it removed.

So much for Obamacare.

Don't carry cheese in your loincloth and you won't be bothered by rats at night.

I expect I'll have four years of cheese in my loincloth.

[knarf]

If a usurper usurps ... drink a lot.

I just made that up ... for the occasion.

And it's good advice I'm following right now.

[annalex]

Stupid man puts gasoline in the car and goes to work, but a wise man puts gasoline in the tire and gets justice.

[annalex]

May your cheese be hard and your determination harder.

[Clock King]

I’m sorry, but Africa hasn’t moved forward in 1000 years. Until they do, such “knowledge” is of no use to me.

[annalex]

A wise hunter knows that you cannot pull the elephant by his leg.

[annalex]

When the leader and the soldier drink at the inaugural feast, the leader gets drunk and falls asleep, but the soldier vomits and stands guard.

[annalex]

Remember our childhood in Kenya? I miss those times.

Memory of childhood is like hyppopotamus fishing in a watering hole: you never know what gets stuck between the teeth and what goes right into the belly.

[Alexius]

LMAO.

[annalex]

A hyena laughs because of much food in her stomach, but a wise man laughs so that more wisdom come out of his mouth.

[BibChr]

Only in Kenya.

Come to Kenya, we got lions.

[annalex]

The distance a white man comes to see a lion is much longer than the distance he runs after the lion sees him.

[annalex]

When hyenas laugh, a wise man barely smiles.

[Revolting cat!]

Only a fool burns a village with his wife in it.

A wise man burns the bridge with his ex-wife on it.

[Revolting cat!]

A wise man eats his Mtuza Wa Samaki and has it too.

[winodog]

A womans sharp tongue can be slain with a sharp stick