today as the kids and i were leaving WalMart we saw a road painter.
Elijah saw it and was excited.
he was asking what it painted on the road.
i told him it painted the lines.
he was confused because he couldn't see any paint coming from it.
"it's not painting right now,
it's on it's way to a job probably"
i said with my great wisdom.
"Maybe it's going to Africa."
i sure didn't expect that.
i told him i was pretty sure that it wasn't heading to Africa,
it is a little far for a day's work.
"do they have to paint lines in Africa?"
He has a friend, Noah, who lives in Africa (Uganda) with his parents right now.
i told him we'd ask Noah's parents that question.
he seemed happy with that.
So...
are there lines painted on the roads in Africa?
an inquiring 5 year old mind wants to know.
This is cute. :)
ReplyDeleteWell, Elijah, they do paint lines on the road - we even have a couple crosswalks although they call them Zebra crossings here because they have stripes like a zebra. Noah and Jamie once got stopped in a traffic jam (just called "jams" here) because they were painting a new zebra crossing on the road so they had blocked off the cars from passing.
There are very few lines on the roads in the city, though as people don't usually stay in one lane anyway! It's pretty crazy driving here - almost like bumper cars (Without the bumping most of the time.).
I've never seen a road painter here. Usually people just do the work that machines do in Canada.
thanks. he liked the answer.
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