Monday, February 22, 2010

Samoan Power Tools

Today after play practice for the island wide Speech Festival, I was chatting with the 3 cast members with whom I was working. 
The two boys talking have spent a considerable amount of their lives ‘off-island,’ and can, therefore, laugh at their own culture and recognize the differences between ‘mainland’ and Samoan ways. 
The following is their conversation:
Boy 1: “Dude you didn’t have to spend your whole first summer back in ‘paradise’ building a bathroom by yourself with practically no supplies and only ONE power tool!”

Boy 2: “What was the power tool? (small chuckle) A toothbrush!?” 

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