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Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Crime RE: A Note to Our Readers

Posted by Charles Mudede on Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 1:23 PM

A satellite image of the scene of my carrot crime:
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The neighborhood is Chisipite, Harare. That is my house (I still own it), and the school with the garden (Oriel Boys High School) is across the street.

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When's the last time you visited, Charles? I assume you can't go there now. Is the house occupied? Do you miss it?

Posted by Fnarf on March 18, 2009 at 1:35 PM

okay, that's probably the first mudede post I've ever enjoyed.

Posted by rutabaga pie on March 18, 2009 at 1:36 PM

Hey, Doc give my carrots back!

Posted by Bugs Bunny on March 18, 2009 at 1:36 PM

So you didn't make it very far before you got hungry.

Posted by keshmeshi on March 18, 2009 at 1:37 PM

My house? Looks more like my compound. My estate. My game reserve.

Posted by elenchos on March 18, 2009 at 1:37 PM

@5 - It is a different culture, therefor we cannot judge. It is physically impossible to judge.

Posted by danhowes on March 18, 2009 at 1:42 PM

@4, hahahah hilariously good point. I guess when you're a child running away, even a few blocks can seem like a trek across the country.

Posted by Never ran away on March 18, 2009 at 1:44 PM

It looks beautiful there.

Posted by Dougsf on March 18, 2009 at 1:46 PM

i love this post. it's great, and funny.

i find it strangely amusing to use google maps to find far away places i've been to.

for instance, here are some basketball courts in tonatico, mexico, that i played on some ten years ago.

Posted by infrequent on March 18, 2009 at 1:47 PM

can't you see the 'carrot' of trees in the middle?

it's fake.

Posted by i feel dirty on March 18, 2009 at 1:47 PM

@5: I grew up on a farm. If you think that's luxurious (it's not even very big) you should see my place.

Posted by guy on March 18, 2009 at 1:56 PM

@6, or perhaps not so impossible. Here, for comparison, a few miles away, is glen norah, a working-class neighborhood.

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=-…

Posted by Definitely an Estate on March 18, 2009 at 1:58 PM

How ironic that you live on Enterprise Rd, Charles. Very amusing post.

Posted by eric sic on March 18, 2009 at 2:08 PM

@12, are you trying to make a point? Charles is not working class? That offends you how, exactly?

Posted by Fnarf on March 18, 2009 at 2:10 PM

@5 - what's your point? My neighborhood looks like Calcutta from 1,000 ft, I've still got millionaire neighbors.

Posted by Dougsf on March 18, 2009 at 2:10 PM

awesome, thank you.

Posted by aff on March 18, 2009 at 2:15 PM

Did Lindy do the sweet Paint job?

Posted by Jessica on March 18, 2009 at 2:34 PM

@14/Fnarf, don't get your panties in a bunch. I'm not offended, irate, paranoid, or anything else -- merely responding to the ignoramus at 6 who claims it is "physically impossible to judge" the comparative quality of Charles' Harare home.

Posted by Not a Weekly troll, layoff. on March 18, 2009 at 2:53 PM

@18, my apologies, sir.

You could also have read any of Charles's earlier posts about his life in Zimbabwe. His father was a top government official once. One would expect a fairly decent house.

Posted by Fnarf on March 18, 2009 at 3:04 PM