Saturday, September 15, 2012

Random Thing #1

So the other day the sun was out so my host family and I were outside playing with the random stray dogs at the park outside of my house, naturally. Anyways, some man with a cart came walking down the street, playing a little song on some Peruvian instrument I'd never seen before. My host dad then explained to me that on the man's cart was a wheel that is used to sharpen knives. He told me that all of the knife sharpeners here walk around with their carts, playing that exact tune on that instrument, so that everyone here knows, when you hear that tune, you can go get your knives sharpened. I don't know why, but I thought that was really funny. Just the fact that there are people who walk around on the street sharpening knives is funny, but the fact that they all have the same little jig they play... I don't know, it just made me giggle a little, so I thought I'd share it with you all.

I also didn't know what to name this post, so I figured Random Thing #1 was a good title.. From now on whenever I have a post about something little and random like this, I'll just add it to my list of Random Things! :)

2 comments:

  1. Sort of like the ice cream truck! But ice cream is more exciting. Then again, we do need to get our knives sharpened.....

    I love the random thing idea. This is a good example of how your postings about small details show us unique and interesting elements of Peruvian life.

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