Thursday, February 14, 2008

Text messages I have received from Cameroonians

The day after I fell in a ditch, my French teacher sent me the following message:

GOOD AFTERNOON EMILY. I GOT YOU HAD AN ACCIDENT YESTERDAY. PLEASE ACCEPT MY SINCERE SYMPATHY. IT SHALL BE WELL WITH YOU. ABRAHAM (FRENCH CLASSES).

I responded with somthing along the lines of, 'Thank you. I'm sore, but it could have been worse,' to which he said:

YOU DON'T MEAN THAT! IT WAS THAT SERIOUS! I UNDERSTAND. BUT PROMISE NOT TO LET THE PAINS OVERCOME. JUST BE STRONG. IT'L B OVER SOON. OK?

And from some guy who asked for my nuber as I bought bananas on the street:

DEAR EMILY. SEEING YOU THE OTHER DAYWAS LIKE A DREAM THAT WILL NEVER COME TRUE I THOUGHT. MEETING YOU WAS LIKE A HEALING THAT TOOK PLACE IN MY HEART. PLEASE I AM BEGGING YOU TO SET UP A TIME FOR US TO HAVE A FACE TO FACE TALK. THANK YOU AND TAKE A GOOD CARE OF YOURSELF. BY JULIUS.

I have of course ignored all of his subsequent calls, and today got the following message:

Emilie my dear. It has been quite some-time without me hearing the fervent voice of yours that keeps me stray when thinking of you. Dear please help me 2 meet u.

3 comments:

JonnyG said...

OMG EMILY!

WHAT DO YOU HAVE AGAINST CAMEROONIAN MEN! ARE YOU RACIST?

jk
but if he's hot, go for it!

Liz said...

Oh text messages... that's basically hilarious.

Setanta said...

Classy...