FUNNY MONDAY: KIP WITH GOLD MEDAL WINNER KIPROTICH

Kip drinking Aqua Sipi water with Kip(rotich).

When we saw this billboard on a busy street in Uganda, we had no idea the man pictured, draped in a Ugandan flag, won the gold medal in the marathon at the London Olympics last fall. 

We also had no idea that when Stephen Kiprotich returned home from the UK, he was given a hero's welcome for winning what was Uganda's second gold medal ever (the first was in 1972 for the 400-meter hurdles). He also scored $80,000 in cash and a house for his mom and dad. Not bad for someone no one thought would medal.

What we did know was that we had to find out who this thirsty, patriotic person was, and more importantly, that Kip had to get his picture taken with a Ugandan who we thought was named Kip, or more specifically "Kip Siping."

As it turns out, "kip" means "keep" in Swahili (we think), and "Kip Siping" basically means "keep sipping." Oh well. Next time.

For more on Kiprotich, check out his somewhat dramatized life story in this minute long video/commercial for Aqua Sipi water, which includes a nice tour of Uganda.

FUNNY MONDAY: BIRTH CONTROL? AVOID MORNING SEX, AFRICA

No one we talked to in the small village outside Jinja, Uganda, knew the origination of the intriguing "mural" above. Or, is it a billboard, graffiti, government propaganda? 

But all the stories we were told said basically the same thing--the underlying message is about reducing the birth rate. 

Depending on who you talk to, the message "Avoid morning sex, Africa," implies that people should avoid intercourse early in the day because: 

-People are less likely to use condoms in the morning.
-People should go to work instead of having sex, increasing labor output while decreasing baby output.
-After working all day, most people will be too tired for sex, thus fewer children will be born.

Who's right, who's wrong, who knows? Maybe it's none of these at all. 

Either way though, it's strangely funny...as are so many things you see in Africa.