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My sister's off in Uganda for a 6 month internship. They recently got a new volunteer, who's in her early 20s from Canada and requires a lot of hand-holding. The gems my sister's emailed me requires documentation. I give you the first episode of Margot's Tales from Uganda:

M (my sister):
Oh, neat, it's Charles Dickens' birthday today.
B:
Who?
M:
Charles Dickens. (enunciated slowly)
B:
Never heard of him.
M:
Really? Charles Dickens? The author?
B:
Nope.
M:
(increasingly incredulous) Really? A Christmas Carol? A Tale of Two Cities?
B:
Never seen them.
M:
Oliver Twist?
B:
Oh I think I've heard of that.
M:
(giving up, dejected) Yeah, well he was a really famous British author in the 19th century.

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