Cute pote ntialguy:H e y
M e :H i
Cute pote ntialguy:W h e re you from ?
M e :Iam a Zim b ab w e an * sm irk *
Cute pote ntialguy:O ooh nice , can
you cook ?
Eve r notice d h ow w e Zim b os are
al
w ays nice and tuntilw e h ave
l
ive d h e re a coupl
e ofye ars and th e n
w e bl
ow up? O r m ayb e it’s justm e
th atb l
e w up...l
e t’s drop th atone
*
W h il
stIw oul
dl
ik e to re spond to th is
q ue stion w ith “
Iam a w om an are n’t
I
?”
Iam partfe m inistand w oul
dl
ik e
to avoid offe nding any ofm y siste rs
outth e re w h o ge nuine l
y do not nd
anyth ing w rong w ith onl
y b e ing
ab l
e to b oile ggs b e cause truth b e
tol
d, e ve n th atcan b e a b ittrick y. So
inste ad Isay,“
Iam Zim b ab w e an”
b e cause m ayb e it’s justm e b utI
th ink th e m ain re ason Iam ab l
e to
puttoge th e r a de ce ntm e al
, and
som e tim e s e ve n an im pre ssive one ,
is b e cause m y m oth e r ne ve r gave
m e a ch oice
oi in th e m atte r.
Food:
Icoul
d go on fore ve r b uti th ink I
sh oul
d nish w ith our cuisine . Iw as
sitting in th e office (w ork ing h ard)
w h e n th is one girlk e ptb ragging
ab outh ow sh e onl
y use s organic
h one y th atsh e b uys from a spe cial
pl
ace (e ye rol
l
). Be ing Zim b ab w e an I
didn’tw antto b e nosy so Icontindid
ue d w ith m y w ork h angu b utw h e n
th e q ue stion w as dire cte d to m e , I
re al
l
y coul
dn’th e l
p b utse iz
e th e
opportunity to sh ine .
Girlfrom w ork :H ave you e ve r taste d
organic h one y Ne l
l
ie ?
M ind you, Iw as ve ry aw are ofw h at
th is pe rson w as insinuating.... th is
girlis from Zim b ab w e , sh e prob ab l
y
doe sn’te ve n k now w h atorganic
m e ans (ok ay so th at’s a l
ittl
e
far-fe tch e d b utw e al
lk now th e ste re otype s). So Igave h e r a ve ry
d ram atic and ye tso h one stansw e r
M e :Sw e e ty, Iam Zim b ab w e an.
Girlfrom w ork :W h atdoe s th ate ve n
m e an?
M e :W e onl
y e atorganic...e ve n th e
poore stofpe opl
e e atorganic.
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