Peace Corps Humor
Peace Corps Humor
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Malawi RPCV Dale Mcfeatters hitchiked all over Africa - Original
Malaysia RPCV Kinky Friedman for Texas governor? - Original
India RPCV Charles C. Ryan started smoking in the Peace Corps - Original
Buy the book "Hyenas laughed at me and now I know why" and read the story "Good Dog!" By Mali RPCV Mary Noble - Original
At times Peace Corps life can be a lonely, frustrating experience, so to receive some good ol' raunchy American humor (as found in your column) lifted all of our spirits. - Original
It is legitimate to ask whether the U.S. government should be funding the large-scale provision of social services to people in foreign countries. One should be able to ask that question in a tactful way that does not impugn the motives of the Peace Corps volunteers and hurt their feelings. - Original
About that time I got it into my head that I wanted to see the world, too, and began the process of applying to the Peace Corps. - Original
Tales of a Slovak Peace Corps Groupie - Original
Cartoon: Tower - Original
Things I will not miss about the U.S. while in the Peace Corps - Original
Letter From A Not-So-Much Exile in Samoa - Original
Top Ten Reasons not to ET today by a Peace Corps Volunteer in Senegal - Original
Critical Periods in the Life of a PCV by a Peace Corps Volunteer in Senegal - Original
Cartoon: Missionary - Original
Queer Eye For The Straight RPCV - Original
Cartoon: Presidential Visit - Original
Tammy Faye Baker wouldn’t make it in Madagascar now, but she might have if caught at a younger age. Right now I feel almost covered for life with my current threshold of tolerance. - Original
I continue to be embarassed by your dribble!!! - Original
Wasting Time in Mongolia - Original
Cartoon: UFO - Original
The Best of the Black Flag Newsletter - Original
Readjustment Diary Part One: The First 60 Days - Original
Cartoon: Plastered - Original
Crazy White Girl heading to Africa in Peace Corps - Original
Gabon Volunteer asks about Shattered Windshields - Original
RPCV Jim Murray named winner in Humor contest with story of elderly woman - Original
Ghana RPCV James Eckardt is a renowned farang author who resides in Thailand - Original
No Mixed Signals, No Mixed Drinks at Peace Corps Affair - Original
Peace Corps on the wagon in Eastern Mediterranean and Asia region - Original
Cartoon: Mosquito - Original
Dennis Lynch's Service as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Colombia - Original
Peace Corps puts unfocused college graduates on the dole to sing "Kumbaya" - Original
Cartoon: Friend - Original
RPCVs Cory and Angie Floden brought back "alien" dog from Guatemala - Original
Cartoon: Conversation - Original
Dave's Sexy Summer Adventures in Moldova - Original
Tales of an Expat in Thailand By Don Bott - Original
You know you've been in Kazakhstan too long by Kate Mattingly, Peace Corps volunteer in Aktobe - Original
Namibia PCV Robert Hite writes about one of life's luxuries: a toothbrush - Original
Korea RPCV Mike Erickson worked in Tuberculosis Control - Original
Cartoon: Photographer - Original
Thailand RPCV Lee Stetson impersonates John Muir, wins election to County Board of Supervisors - Original
Cartoon: Jungle - Original
Kazakhstan PCV Kevin Marousek describes local television habits - Original
Daily routine often seems familiar to Namibia Peace Corps volunteer - Original
India RPCV Gene Tackett rocks with the Rolling Stones - Original
Cartoon: Peace Corps Doctor - Original
The 40th plus one - One has the sense that such a reunion cannot fail; these people will always find a way to succeed by calling upon their collective knowledge of how to get by when everything you had planned for didn't happen - Original
How Peace Corps Volunteers vote overseas - Original
Become an Expat - Original
Cartoon: Garden - Original
Korea RPCV Gary Rector writes about slogans in Korea - Original
RPCV Warner M. Montgomery reports that Squat Johns are now an endangered species in Thailand - Original
Greetings ... from Namibia - Original
Mark Shahinian's Story of Peace Corps Volunteers during the evacuation from Ivory Coast - Original
Cartoon: Jeep - Original
Value of a timepiece is of no matter in Moldova to PCV Nicole Sheets - Original
All for the Breast by Botswana RPCV Rebecca Crowley - Original
Cartoon: Protest - Original
Cartoon: Trip - Original
Cartoon: Hourglass - Original
Peru RPCV Jack Hoffbuhr remembers Safety and Security of Andean Buses - Original
Allan Oliver in Guatemala & Beyond - Original
Cartoon: Punishment - Original
Cartoon: Visit to a PCV in the field - Original
Peace Corps Announces New Strategy for Ukraine - Original
Cartoon: Culture Shock - Original
Peace Corps Cartoon Page - Original
Cartoon: Hallucinations - Original
Cartoon: Country Director - Original
Texas Etiquette in the Peace Corps - Original
Peace Corps Looking for Love - Original
No More Fear of Flying: An Aerophobe Reveals the Secret by Tunisia RPCV Jonathon Dobrer - Original
Home From Africa: 13 Symptoms of Peace Corps Withdrawal - Original
The food wasn't so hot, but the people were warm - Original
Return of the aged hippies - Original
Kinky Friedman joins the Peace Corps and goes to Borneo - Original
How RPCV's Know They Have Re-Adjusted to American Life - Original
When Maoists in Nepal extort from you, they give you a receipt. - Original
Peace Corps Picnic - Original
Letters Home from the Peace Corps - Very funny and insightful look back - Original
Welcome to Karyn's Adventure Page: Benin, West Africa - Top Ten Expressions that Sound Dirty but really aren't - Original
The Russophile: 101 ways you know that you have been in Russia too long - Original
Could it be? Stories from an RPCV in Russia - Original
Barbados RPCV Bob Shacochis - "I went there, underage, to go surfing. Against the wishes of my parents. The Peace Corps was a scheme to get back [at them]. I got off the plane in Barbados with my surfboard and everybody laughed...Peace Corps volunteers are like sailors—they read like crazy. You're often alone. So you read books." - Original
Dear Ann Landers - In 1963 and '64, I was administering a Peace Corps project in Northern Somalia... - Original
Packing Dilemnas - Original
The One Week Death Defying Chicken by RPCV Chris Starace - Original
Dartmouth Dance Student chooses Peace Corps Benin - Original
Welcome to Karyn's Adventure Page: Benin, West Africa - Top Ten Expressions that Sound Dirty but really aren't - Original
Pictures from Kimee Davidson, Peace Corps Benin - Original
The One Week Death Defying Chicken by RPCV Chris Starace - Original
An informal survey by Michael Metcalf of 23 Agroforestry, Community Development and Health PCVs taken at their Close of Service Conference in Yaounde, Cameroon in August 1997 - Original
Great quotes that I either read/heard/stole from other Peace Corps Volunteers from Debz Peace Corps Adventure in Ecuador - Original
Red Bead Days - The Peace Corps went to India to teach the Indian masses about contraception - Original
In Praise of Expatriates - The easiest way to become an expatriate is to volunteer for the Peace Corps - Original
Malawi RPCV Dale Mcfeatters once had to use fractions in the Peace Corps - Original
The Songs of Malaysia RPCV Kinky Friedman - Original
Nepal! By: Seventh of Seven - Original
My son is in the Peace Corps in Botswana, now in his third year. He recently sent us the following entitled "Things That at One Time Were Foreign But Now Seem Ordinary" - Original
Escape from Tashkent - Original
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