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African Proverbs by lilo2hot(m): 1:54pm On Sep 25, 2014
African Proverbs;
1. When a man is stung by a bee, he does not destroy all beehives (Kenya)
2. The man who marries a beautiful woman, and the farmer who grows corn by the roadside have the same problem (Ethiopia)
3. A short man is not a boy (Nigeria)
4. No matter how hot your anger is, it cannot cook yams (Nigeria)
5. It requires a lot of carefullness to kill the fly that perches on the scrotum (Ghana)
6. If the throat can grant passage to a knife, the anus should wonder how to expel it (Seychelles)
7. The frown on the face of the goat will not stop it from being taken to the market (Nigeria)
8. An old lady feels uneasy when dry bones are mentioned in a proverb (Ghana)
9. The same sun that melts the wax, hardens the clay (Niger)
10. If you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there (Uganda)
11. There is no virgin in a maternity ward (Cameroon)
12. A child can play with its mother’s breasts, but not its father’s testicles (Guinea)
13. He who goes to sleep with an itching anus wakes up with smelly fingers (Nigeria)
14) A quarrelsome woman is like a house that leaks (S.Sudan)
15. The anger of a penis does not destroy the vagina (Zimbabwe)
16. Don't insult a Crocodile while your buttocks are still in the water (Zambia)
Which one is your favourite?
Re: African Proverbs by jnrbayano(m): 1:56pm On Sep 25, 2014
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Re: African Proverbs by fuckshit: 2:21pm On Sep 25, 2014
Numbers 2 & 12

2. If the throat can FÜCKING grant passage to a knife, the anus should FÜCKING wonder how to FÜCKING expel it

12. A child can FÜCKING play with its mother’s brëast, but not its father’s FÜCKING testicles grin grin

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