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Kenya knows no cold yet

The hardy type who is used to sub-zero temperatures in the freakishly cold lands he hails from, the expatriate, is always confused by the annual July-August complaint from his Kenyan colleagues that ‘Ooooh, it’s sooo cold!’

Back in the expatriate’s country, truly cold days are so cold, that if you were to open your mouth to say ‘Ooooh, it’s sooo cold’, your tongue would probably freeze and fall off.

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