I Need to Get Out in Front of this PR Nightmare…

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. :)

11 thoughts on “I Need to Get Out in Front of this PR Nightmare…

  1. 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 ;)

  2. 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!!!!!

  3. I finally just saw this while cleaning out my mailbox. What a wave of nostalgia!. Except that we did wear really short shorts!

  4. Unbelievable! It's the most unsightly display of grown men in short shorts but nonetheless it brings back some great memories…

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