Yes, yes, I am a deprived poor white boy in the US.
If you would, please, kind sir, sponsor me to come and live in SA to enrich my life.
All it takes is a $3000 plane ticket, lodging, and lots and lots of daily neon green creme soda.
I will sweep the dirt floors of your grass hut, feed your lions, keep the Zulu warriors at bay, help train your pet chimp, and ... have I missed any African stereotypes?
And in return, I will sponsor you for a year hear in the Midwest of the US, where you can help slop the pigs, milk the cows, de-tassle the corn, speak with a drawl, and wear overalls (with no shirt underneath), a straw hat, and work boots with a hole in the toe.
Oh my! I was going to say "And are *you* going to sponsor my $3000 plane ticket?"
But, I looked on Travelocity, and giving two week notice, and staying for a week, a *round trip* ticket to Johannesburg is only $815!
And ... a round trip ticket to Aberdeen is only $420!!!!
(is that the closest airport?)
Wow, quite the drop from when I checked a year ago.
Of course, luggage is extra, food is extra, even pillows and blankets are extra!
But still, WOW! What makes it so unbelievable, is that I put from the nearest airport to me (Cedar Rapids, Iowa). Usually, they are very expensive. But that cheaper than what I can get a single ticket for, for my kids to fly here from Denver! (which is why I usually fly them out of Omaha, a four hour drive)
And that is really strange, because the international flights go through Denver!
Hmmm, when sending them home, I should just book tickets for my kids to Africa, or Scotland, but just have them get off in Denver!
I have posted before, I did that once, 10 years ago. I was taking them back to their mother's (when she lived locally). I had to stop by the airport to get a rental car for work, so I took them along. I told them we were going to fly to Africa. At first they were excited. I whispered what I was doing to the counter lady, who handed me the rental agreement and said loudly "Here are your tickets, enjoy your time in Africa!" Then the kids started freaking out. "No, no! We don't want to go to Africe!"
Cream soda *shudder*. Ugh. You can have it. I've despised it ever since a friend of my brother's spewed the red kind all over the back seat of our family car plus me and my sister during a bout of car sickness more than 50 years ago. :)
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
claidheamhmor
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
no subject
no subject
Date: Sunday, 9 January 2011 15:04 (UTC)no subject
Date: Sunday, 9 January 2011 16:14 (UTC)no subject
Date: Sunday, 9 January 2011 19:42 (UTC)no subject
Date: Monday, 10 January 2011 09:59 (UTC)no subject
Date: Sunday, 9 January 2011 15:19 (UTC)no subject
Date: Sunday, 9 January 2011 16:13 (UTC)no subject
Date: Sunday, 9 January 2011 16:56 (UTC)no subject
Date: Sunday, 9 January 2011 15:07 (UTC)If you would, please, kind sir, sponsor me to come and live in SA to enrich my life.
All it takes is a $3000 plane ticket, lodging, and lots and lots of daily neon green creme soda.
I will sweep the dirt floors of your grass hut, feed your lions, keep the Zulu warriors at bay, help train your pet chimp, and ... have I missed any African stereotypes?
And in return, I will sponsor you for a year hear in the Midwest of the US, where you can help slop the pigs, milk the cows, de-tassle the corn, speak with a drawl, and wear overalls (with no shirt underneath), a straw hat, and work boots with a hole in the toe.
Yep, I really need to get out more!
:-)
Take care.
no subject
Date: Sunday, 9 January 2011 15:09 (UTC)no subject
Date: Sunday, 9 January 2011 16:19 (UTC)You would never get to leave!
no subject
Date: Sunday, 9 January 2011 19:53 (UTC)no subject
Date: Sunday, 9 January 2011 15:24 (UTC)no subject
Date: Sunday, 9 January 2011 16:17 (UTC)But, I looked on Travelocity, and giving two week notice, and staying for a week, a *round trip* ticket to Johannesburg is only $815!
And ... a round trip ticket to Aberdeen is only $420!!!!
(is that the closest airport?)
Wow, quite the drop from when I checked a year ago.
Of course, luggage is extra, food is extra, even pillows and blankets are extra!
But still, WOW! What makes it so unbelievable, is that I put from the nearest airport to me (Cedar Rapids, Iowa). Usually, they are very expensive. But that cheaper than what I can get a single ticket for, for my kids to fly here from Denver! (which is why I usually fly them out of Omaha, a four hour drive)
And that is really strange, because the international flights go through Denver!
Hmmm, when sending them home, I should just book tickets for my kids to Africa, or Scotland, but just have them get off in Denver!
I have posted before, I did that once, 10 years ago. I was taking them back to their mother's (when she lived locally). I had to stop by the airport to get a rental car for work, so I took them along. I told them we were going to fly to Africa. At first they were excited. I whispered what I was doing to the counter lady, who handed me the rental agreement and said loudly "Here are your tickets, enjoy your time in Africa!" Then the kids started freaking out. "No, no! We don't want to go to Africe!"
Ahh, the good old days.
no subject
Date: Sunday, 9 January 2011 16:25 (UTC)Maybe I should think about going to the USA. I have quite a few friends Stateside who I'm sure would put me up for a couple of days.
You rotten thing, tormenting your poor children like that :)
no subject
Date: Sunday, 9 January 2011 16:29 (UTC)Lowest price Aberdeen to Cedar Rapids and back is GBP408.40
Your price from Cedar Rapids to Aberdeen and back is USD420, which is GBP269.93
Am most disgruntled!!
no subject
Date: Sunday, 9 January 2011 19:54 (UTC)no subject
Date: Sunday, 9 January 2011 20:17 (UTC)no subject
Date: Sunday, 9 January 2011 19:58 (UTC)no subject
Date: Sunday, 9 January 2011 15:25 (UTC)no subject
Date: Sunday, 9 January 2011 16:29 (UTC)no subject
Date: Sunday, 9 January 2011 19:58 (UTC)no subject
Date: Sunday, 9 January 2011 23:01 (UTC)We have creme soda here, but it tends to be golden.
We also have birch beer. :)
no subject
Date: Monday, 10 January 2011 18:46 (UTC)no subject
Date: Monday, 10 January 2011 08:36 (UTC)Nothing better for that Morning After hangover.
no subject
Date: Monday, 10 January 2011 08:42 (UTC)no subject
Date: Monday, 10 January 2011 18:45 (UTC)