You Know You’re in Chad When…

1. You have to stop for camel crossing.
2. Cucumbers are shaped like baseballs.
3. You can see a van full of watermelons.
4. Seasons are not summer, fall, winter, and spring, but, hot, rainy, dry, and mango.
5. Dust looks like fog.
6. Avocados are twice their size.
7. Avocado seeds are three times their size.
8. Looking at colorful fabrics is like a game.
9. Trees and bushes are covered in huge thorns, and are the only ones that survive when goats are hungry.
10. Goats roam the city.
11. Chickens also roam the city.
12. Tennis shoes are just something that you used to wear.
13.  Jeans as well.
14. Fruits and vegetables are bought at venders that line up like a mini outlet mall.
15. THERE. IS. SO. MUCH. SAND.
16. Five languages can be spoken in one room.
17. Your laundry is done by hand, then hung up on a line to dry.
18. There are security guards outside the grocery store.
19. Each small cup of tea has about a cup of sugar in it.
20. Peanuts come in soda bottles.
21. Buildings are painted any color, from blue to pink.
22. Homes are made of mud and straw.
23. The North and South are like two different countries.
24. “Fresh” fish are sold on the side of the road.
25. The rainy season is like living in the middle of a lake.
26. EVERYBODY wants to sell you something.
27. Pineapple is served with the core.
28. It’s normal for a goat to ride on a motorcycle, but it is not normal for a dog to ride in a car.
29. Coke comes in the old glass bottles.
30. Your milk is made of milk powder and water.
31. Watermelons  and grapes  have seeds in them.
32. You can ride on top, outside, or half-in-half-out of a car, without being pulled over.
33. Truck loads  are piled up as high as a two story building.
34. You can get a job shoveling sand off the road.
35. You can buy something, and pay for it with a bill that has the number 10,000 on it.
36. You don’t buy clothes, you get fabric and go to a tailor.
37. Anything can be carried on you’re head.
38. There are WAY more motorcycles than cars.
39. You’re really lucky to find “cute” clothes.
40. The roads are so bumpy, it feels like there aren’t any roads at all.
41. Vegetables are often bought by kilo not number.
42. Chocolate melts before they are even sold.
43. Meals are always hot.
44. Pumpkins come in tan.
45. Corn is not sweet corn.
46. Your baby is always on your back.
47. Donkeys are a mod of transportation.
48. So are Camels.
49. Cold showers in the cold season are your nightmare.
50. You will sweat through your shirt.

 

 

 

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