English Phrases on T-Shirts

I always laugh at the t-shirts that I see people wearing on the streets but for some reason, I didn't write down any of the phrases. Here are a few that my friends helped me put together. Consider this post a "Work in Progress" because I will come back and update it when I see new t-shirts.

- A grown man with a muscular build wearing a red, tight, long sleeve shirt with High School Musical on the front.

- A t-shirt that reads, "Sex Instructor. First Lesson Free" (My friend Pam offered this one to me. Her driver, who is from Angola and speaks a tiny, tiny bit of English didn't know what the shirt meant-- so we assume the young man wearing it didn't either)

- A custodian at the International School was wearing a hat with the F-bomb in capital letters. He must not be aware of what the hat says because he's around children who speak English and you can't get much more offensive than that. (Thank you, Stacie)

I have also seen lots of young girls with random phrases on their t-shirts. I read it to myself thinking, "She obviously doesn't know what that means"... I just need to write the phrases down so I can share them.

I am also surprised to see the number of shirts that are old jerseys, school t-shirts, business t-shirts and such. I wonder where these shirts are from and I think maybe they are from churches or organizations outside of African who send second hand clothing to people here. It is an interesting sight to see from the other side. Instead of seeing bags taken to a drop off location in the States, I imagine that I see people benefiting from those people who donate at home. This all might be an assumption, but you never know.

One time last year the locals were sending clothes donations to another location, I forget where exactly, and I was so impressed with how much people gave. It is assumed, and rightly so, that Angola is poor. While some people can afford to give away their extra clothes, if they are so fortunate to have surplus, some people wear the same outfits over and over. The drop off location was a church in town and there were literally close to one hundred big black garbage bags overflowing the church steps. I do not know where all the clothes came from, maybe some were from more affluent families but I am pretty sure that some, if not more, were from average Angolan families. It was wonderful to see such love and the gifts that these people were giving to people who are in more need than themselves. According to most people's standards, the people giving are equally in need, however they didn't hesitate to offer what they had. Enlightening isn't it?