I do not want to post this. But in the spirit of good PR, I have to get out in front of it. :-)
This was a home video taken on July 29, 1988 – twenty years ago almost to the day.
The story was… it was in Africa, where I lived for a bit from age 8-12. My parents were missionaries in the Democratic Republic of Congo (was known as Zaire then). There was little to do as 1) a kid and 2) in Africa.
One of the things that we would do is use a makeshift slip and slide created from plastic sheets. Put a hose on the top and a full water mattress at the bottom and you had hours of fun for kids.
This was, if I recall, a picnic where a number of missionary families were getting together. Note the one guy who was always bound to be “somewhat inappropriate” with his dead and stinking monkey on a stick. Yes, it’s a real monkey. It was already dead. :-)
Ugh. Wow. Just wow. I’m going to kill someone now. :)
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Wow- this was so long ago- where did you dig it up????
This would be the product of Mr. James Dodzweit who apparently is going
through some kind of early mid-life crisis and feels the need to dig into
old archives. :-)
I can’t believe that! We were all so young… personally i think Matt was hilarious in that video. :) And Aaron… you haven’t changed a bit ;)
Yeah, Matt’s gonna flip… with his little buzzed head. :-)
Are you kidding????? The fact that #1 we were in AFRICA and #2 we were KIDS…….That was enough fun for a lifetime. You can’t ever erase those memories…….Awesome video!!!!!
I’m trying to cope with the SHORTS! Jeezz… :)
I finally just saw this while cleaning out my mailbox. What a wave of nostalgia!. Except that we did wear really short shorts!
I *love* Brick Cliff's shorts :-p
Unbelievable! It's the most unsightly display of grown men in short shorts but nonetheless it brings back some great memories…
heheh. What's up, Matt?
Hi Aaron. What's good? gettin by here in Charlotte…