Watermelon juice & Zebra stripes

*In the U.S. zebra stripes = black and white paint on the pavement to indicate where pedestrians should walk to cross the road.
*In East Africa zebra stripes = 4-legged mammals with black and white stripes usually seen in groups, and sometimes crossing the road you were driving along through Kenya until you suddenly realized they were indeed coming ACROSS the road.

*In the U.S. sugar cane field = an exotic sounding plant, what does it look like?
*In East Africa sugar cane field = a great landing place for the tire that just flew off of your car, creating a long scar down the road as the axle drug on the pavement.

*For a normal person, a tire flying off your car while driving = catastrophe
*For T.I.A, a tire flying off your car while driving = being delayed a day so that I could spend the day with a dear friend in labor, and be one of the first to see the baby.

*In the U.S. raspberry swirl cookies = a package of cookies to eat.
*In East Africa raspberry swirl cookies = enough incentive to convince the border officers to let you proceed through the border without a heavy 'fine' because you are a day late in returning to Uganda.

*To an adult, a drain pipe = a nice way for water to drain down the hill.
*To some adventurous and inventive kids, a drain pipe = a great place to lay on each end and talk to each other from far away.

*To most, watermelon juice = the stuff that drains all over your counter when you cut up a watermelon.
*To a sick missionary who threw up all night, watermelon juice = rehydration extraordinaire in a bottle!