Ok so maybe not the size of Africa, but certainly the shape of Africa. Such a rock has been sitting in my back yard waiting to be removed these last few weeks. This African rock was more standing than sitting since it was resting perpendicular in the ground. At first I thought it was just a regular large rock waiting to be moved. I brought my mannly shovel out and started to dig around the tip (think Algeria) and could wiggle it a bit. Because of this I thought I would have the African rock out with not much effort, after all I have dealt with many state worthy rocks in the past. I had no idea I was dealing with much more than a state or even a country in the rock that was poking through my back yard. As I dug I soon discovered that my manly shovel was not enough so I called in reinforcements from my Dad's shed with an even more manly six foot long metal pry bar and a 5 lb. sledge hammer. I hoped to pry it out of the ground but its' girth was deceiving. After digging a bit the sledge was tempting me so I soon made the African rock into several Egypt, Sudan and Congo pieces and even more Gambia pieces. There is nothing much more manly for a elementary teacher than when he swings a sledge hammer. It was quite fun. But after the first round of sledge swinging there were several more rounds of digging followed by even more sledging. After 2 hours of work the African rock was resting over the hill in separate country piles so they can all get along peacefully.
With African WONDER...
Kevin
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