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In reply to the discussion: What's with the friggin pith helmet? Going on a safari to the White Highlands of Kenya? [View all]Hotler
(13,746 posts)40. Dork. nt
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What's with the friggin pith helmet? Going on a safari to the White Highlands of Kenya? [View all]
yellowcanine
Jun 2020
OP
It really is, isn't it. "Memsahib, the porters are setting up your campsite as we speak".
RussellCattle
Jun 2020
#6
I remember it from The movie Out of Africa, that was how toneof the servants addressed
Dream Girl
Jun 2020
#16
When I wrote this I knew that. Couldn't think of an African equivalent. Said....
RussellCattle
Jun 2020
#21
No, but feeling that it's necessary to "correct" me is pendantic. Especially so...
RussellCattle
Jun 2020
#23
You're right of course. I shouldn't be so thin skinned, especially since I anticipated....
RussellCattle
Jun 2020
#38
she thinks she is going to the wild west, ravaging sun, wild animals and gunslingers.
Thomas Hurt
Jun 2020
#9
Well, her husband does have a fondness for women with pith on them. So I've heard.
dameatball
Jun 2020
#12
She was on safari at Nairobi National Park when that photo was taken. And she got
highplainsdem
Jun 2020
#26
Your post is confusing. Did she tweet today an image of her in the pith helmet...
SMC22307
Jun 2020
#41