Africa Sayings

[Charles de Ribeau]

"It's the dead ones that'll kill you." my PH after he telling me to put another shot into my apparently dead buffalo bull.

 

[The Engineer]

Another truism is "Everything in Africa is either thorny, horney, or charges." courtesy of my PH Jaco.

 

[Philip Glass]

And a .22 is called a "two two"

Or point two two.

 

[Philip Glass]

“Hold thumbs” as we would say keep your fingers crossed.
“Drink your pills” we would say take your pills.
My favorite has already been mentioned “We’ll make a plan”
Many many more that I can’t think of now but Africa certainly has its charms.
Philip

 

[Philip Glass]

"Its not far" ..... then you end up trekking for another day or so!!!

Agree on this one. Our trackers in Caprivi were notorious for telling us it’s not far meaning we might make it there by dark!

 

[Hogpatrol]

@phillip Glass, "We'll make a plan"! Heard that one a LOT!

 

[tarbe]

“Be careful what you ask for. This is Africa, not Wisconsin”.

John Sharp to me, when I said I didn’t like hunting in warm weather, but rather preferred cool/cold temps and clouds.

 

[neckdeep]

On I like was my PH on a Giraffe hunt.

"There are three rules for a Giraffe hunt. 1. Shoot it near a road. 2. Keep shooting until it goes down. 3. Make sure it goes down near a road."

The first shot was a fata shot but he ran off. I manage a spine shot as it ran off and it dropped in it's tracks in a pan at the end of a road. The recovery team was elated.

My PH said jump out and kill the Giraffe, we'll keep driving and he will watch us, keep shooting till its down, it worked like a charm!!

 

[Odinsraven]

17 km to drop a bull near a road .......wore out the 27 yo PH I am a semi drunk 48 yo or was then carrying 10kgs I did not need ....poor boy was exhausted ....but I walk a husky at her speed 10 k a day every day .... went warthog hunting rest of day PH went to bed !

 

[Pondoro]

17 km to drop a bull near a road .......wore out the 27 yo PH I am a semi drunk 48 yo or was then carrying 10kgs I did not need ....poor boy was exhausted ....but I walk a husky at her speed 10 k a day every day .... went warthog hunting rest of day PH went to bed !

Ha ha...he finally met a Viking...

 

[Alchemist]

When asking a question, you might get the following answer “Ja, well, no, fine”

 

[Mort Hill]

“polepole”. This was the first swahili I learned and it means “slowly”. I said it 5000 times to the trackers. #FatLivesMatter

 

[Rimbaud]

When the elephants dance, the grass is crushed. Supposedly an old Swahili saying.

 

[Randy Bo]

Not Africa-related but...
One time I asked a hunting buddy, “What do you think”?
His Reply, ”Well I think it would take a great big hog to weigh a ton and, a one-hundred pound sack of flour would make one heck of a biscuit...What do you think”?

 

[Kevin Peacocke]

Shala zee. Local for chill, as in relax man.

 

[baxterb]

Shat on from a dizzy height

Thamalakane two-step

muti for the babbalas

good morning, good morning

pitch up

in rural Kenya when you are white and drive by little kids...”mzuuunnnguuuuu”

if the kids are a bit older “give me some money”

 

[Kevin Peacocke]

"Tadza", said quietly amongst the trackers when you mess a shot. Meaning 'cock up'