Don't panic.
You. Right there. You.
Calm down.
It is impossible to panic in Ghana. We all operate on Ghana-time, which basically means that something will happen when we are ready or possibly sometime after that or maybe not at all but it doesn't really matter because it's all going to be okay either way, so it really is just impossible to panic. At home everything is such a BIG DEAL and everybody is worried about something, but here nobody worries, and when nobody worries, nobody needs to worry. Okay, I realise I'm not really making sense right now. What I mean is that if a person in the U.K. were to do something wrong, the repercussions of that wrong action would cause others to panic, hence the first person would also have to panic. But in Ghana there is no panic in others to be caused, and so there is absolutely no need to panic.
Get it? No? Oh, nevermind then.
Just don't panic.
P.S. Had by far my most dangerous encounter in Ghana the other day - with a drunk London geezer trying to pick a fight at a beach resort. Fortunately, I didn't panic.
You are going mad! Perhaps it is because you have missed the opportunity to vote for our local councillors yesterday!
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Fiona, it makes perfect sense. You could stop before the "At Home..." as it was like explaining a joke. If they don't get it they are not going to. The first two sentences are Pulitzer worthy on their own. Loved it and wish I could live it!
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