So I was standing outside UNHCR today with a cigarette and no lighter and no matches, so asked the group of five or so Ugandan police officers sitting around, not doing much, if any of them had a match. One did, and promptly lit my cigarette, and I gave him one also.

Then another officer goes, “They say cigarettes are better than women.”

All of the officers chuckled. “It’s true,” he continued. “Because you can share a cigarette and you can’t share a woman.”

I’m wondering which cigarettes they’re smoking….

| Created on: Jul 09, 2007 | Categories: Story Behind the Story |