# Giraffe \*was\* on vacation! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 5, 2005, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-was-on-vacation/315771 "2005-08-05T20:04:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-was-on-vacation/315771/1 "2005-08-05T20:04:58Z")
To answer the question of [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=326857&page=1&pp=40), I was in fact on vacation. Specifically, I was in Zambia and Zimbabwe for a bit under four weeks. It was a truly amazing, unforgettable trip. It’s also quite nice to be home, not living out of a backpack. Just wanted to let you all know that I’m back. Of course, unless someone calls me a shit sandwich or something, I’ll probably feel honor-bound to move this to MPSIMS, but for now it can sit in the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-was-on-vacation/315771/2 "2005-08-05T20:07:47Z")
Who? ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-was-on-vacation/315771/3 "2005-08-05T20:08:08Z")
What’s this all about? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-was-on-vacation/315771/4 "2005-08-05T20:08:25Z")
Hey you bastard monkey rapist! Where’s my fucking tee shirt!? ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-was-on-vacation/315771/5 "2005-08-05T20:13:44Z")
So, where the leaves at the top of the trees more succulent over there in the mother continent? ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-was-on-vacation/315771/6 "2005-08-05T20:17:59Z")
What kind of mod takes a VACATION??? What a shit sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-was-on-vacation/315771/7 "2005-08-05T20:18:43Z")
Ahhh the SDMB…where no good intention goes unpunished. 😉 Welcome back. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-was-on-vacation/315771/8 "2005-08-05T20:20:34Z")
{{{ **Giraffe** }}} ---
**Author:** ![sunfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@sunfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunfish)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-was-on-vacation/315771/9 "2005-08-05T20:23:17Z")
Visiting the relatives, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-was-on-vacation/315771/10 "2005-08-05T20:24:52Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > …I was in fact on vacation. Specifically, I was in Zambia and **Zimbabwe** for a bit under four weeks. You went on holiday to _Zimbabwe?!!_ :eek: Isn’t it basically falling apart under Mugabe? > [@](#): > > It was a truly amazing, unforgettable trip. I bet. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-was-on-vacation/315771/11 "2005-08-05T20:29:20Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > You went on holiday to _Zimbabwe?!!_ :eek: Isn’t it basically falling apart under Mugabe? **Giraffe** was safe because he doesn’t own a farm there. ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-was-on-vacation/315771/12 "2005-08-05T20:31:26Z")
♫_Natty dread it ina Zimbabwe Set it up ina Zimbabwe Mash it up ina Zimbabwe Africans a liberate Zimbabwe_♫ ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-was-on-vacation/315771/13 "2005-08-05T20:32:03Z")
They give this shit sandwich a job as a moderator and what does he do? He takes a month off! The nerve! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-was-on-vacation/315771/14 "2005-08-05T20:34:17Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > I was in Zambia and Zimbabwe for a bit under four weeks. Did you sample the local foliage? Is it true that the tastiest leaves are always at the _top_ of the tree? ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-was-on-vacation/315771/15 "2005-08-05T20:35:00Z")
So, did ya see any…ya know…giraffes? ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-was-on-vacation/315771/16 "2005-08-05T20:35:08Z")
This thread probably isn’t the place to do it, but I’m sure I am not the only one who would like to hear about your trip. And um…you are a big, shit sandwhich for not buying **NoClueBoy** a tshirt (unless you did and then I apologize). ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-was-on-vacation/315771/17 "2005-08-05T20:49:24Z")
Well, that’s THAT cleared up. Now, has anyone seen Bosda lately??! ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-was-on-vacation/315771/18 "2005-08-05T20:55:38Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Well, that’s THAT cleared up. Now, has anyone seen Bosda lately??! :smack: We’ve all been so worried about **Giraffe** that we completely forgot about **Bosda**! I mean, my God man, where IS he? ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-was-on-vacation/315771/19 "2005-08-05T20:58:16Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > You went on holiday to _Zimbabwe?!!_ :eek: Isn’t it basically falling apart under Mugabe? Only for a few days, most of it canoeing. Mugabe is definitely destroying the country. Inflation last year was 300%, they have no gasoline (and thus gas lines go on for miles), and we saw the rubble from quite a few knocked-down homes and businesses just in the one town we passed through. Not to mention that by kicking out most of the white farmers and replacing them with his buddies who don’t actually have the money or experience to farm, the country (which used to export food) now has to import food from Zambia (in some cases from the same farmers who left Zimbabwe). The locals we talked to don’t much care for him, to put it mildly. > [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > This thread probably isn’t the place to do it, but I’m sure I am not the only one who would like to hear about your trip. I’d be happy to give details. Once I go through the thousands of pictures we took, I’ll put some online and start a new thread with a link to them. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-was-on-vacation/315771/20 "2005-08-05T20:59:43Z")
_My Pit Mod went on vacation and all I got was a shit sandwich_. Welcome back, and I look forward to hearing about your adventures! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-was-on-vacation/315771.md?page=2)