You Had Me at “Africa Hot”

When I was somewhere lost in the land of Tween…or maybe it was Teen…I used to always say that it was “Africa Hot.” As an adult, I can see all of the political incorrectness in saying something is Africa Hot..BUT…for anyone who has been in Africa…it IS hot.  So, politically correct or not…sometimes when the sun is roasting down on my bright white shoulders, it feels like I’m melting in the desert suns of Africa.

Anyhoo.

Africa.

Hot.

It happens.

And then I was out.

And talking to some random dude.

And he said it was Africa Hot.

Soul mate?

Potentially.

When I told him, “Hey!  Africa hot is MY thing!” he got a bit defensive, and said that as he was older, I had, indeed, taken “Africa Hot” from him.

Regardless of “Africa Hot” ownership, I knew our friendship would be forever.

How could it not be?

Clearly, two brilliant minds passing in the hot African nights.

OK – maybe it is a bad joke shared in the dry suburban heat.

Either way…it’s a tell tale sign of laughter.

And laughter, my friends, is what is important.

 

 

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I'm a mommy of many and a wife of none. Reconfiguring life as a single mom, doctoral student and resident of suburbia. Avid blogger, fiction writer and freelance writer, chronicling the creases of life that fall between fact, fantasy and fiction. Pretending to know what I'm doing without anyone realizing I'm winging it on a latte.
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6 Responses to You Had Me at “Africa Hot”

  1. Why not! But does he have a nice Bum to go with “Africa Hot”?

  2. haha…of course…would anyone from the Candy jar talk “Africa hot” with anyone who didn’t have a nice Bum?

  3. TBT says:

    I like to use the term ‘hot as balls’. Which is probably equally politically incorrect. I’ve never had balls myself, so I’m not even sure exactly how hot, hot as balls actually is. I’m thinking it’s Africa hot though.

  4. Red says:

    Hot balls do not make babies…I’m just saying.
    Red.

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