Misc Jokes

African Memoirs

As a child, I grew-up in a small African
village....population 35. Our village was in-land and the
other closest village, was near a small river...about a
half-day's walk away.

They had a King who was getting old and losing his powers.
He was also their village witch-doctor and sometimes, things
did not go so well.

One time, their hens wouldn't lay eggs so the King did a
Fertility Dance but the hens still didn't lay any eggs.
Another time, the King needed fish to feed his people and he
did a Fish Dance. Well, his people caught dozens of small
fish and it save them from starving but it was hardly
sufficient.

Then the big catastrophe came. The village had been without
water for 6 months. So the King did his Rain Dance and Lord,
did it rain !! It rained for 40 days and 40 nights. The
river swelled up and over-flowed it's banks.. There was water
everywhere !! All the mud huts were destroyed and all their
supplies washed down-stream.

Fortunately, all the people escaped and came to our village.
And suddenly, our population increased to 66...due to their
King's Rain of Terror.