T-Shirt Hell

WARNING I’m not being serious here, so if you are easily offended by a statement that I can’t scrub completely of racism, look away. Trust me, there’s a TON of racism here, but it’s a little different (mainly directed at other tribes).

Yesterday as I was walking to the hospital I saw something that struck me as really funny: a faded black T-shirt that said “Try our new Spicy Chicken at Church’s Chicken!” I thought to myself, "Do Africans have the same affinity to Church’s chicken that my fellow residents of Memphis do? Is it something inherent in the DNA of Africans?" Then I thought to myself, “Didn’t Church’s release spicy chicken like 15-20 years ago?”

I talked to Helen about this. Remember those Dayglo, Stussy, and United Colors of Benton t-shirts you used to wear back in the 1980s? This is where they end up. Most residents of our hospital compound wear 2^nd or 3^rd hand clothes that were donated from parishioners. I am eagerly awaiting the day I see some hammer pants.

I talked to Helen about this and she said, “You know when a sports team wins a major sporting event, they have t-shirts already ready for the champions to wear?” I nodded my head in approval. “Well, this is where the t-shirts for the losing teams end up”. So if in the back of your mind you wonder, “What would the world look like if Kurt Warner had a better arm against the Steelers?” All you need to do is come to Kenya. I myself am on the lookout for a “Cubs World Series” T-shirt-which of course would signify the end of the Bill Goat Curse and the beginning of the End Times.

Here’s to keeping it FASHIONABLE, Kenya!