Basket Mouth Adds A Dose Of Humour To Reality
Monday, September 07, 2015
Basketmouth
The comic was headlining the Gaborone International Music Culture (GIMC) week where he shared the stage with a number of local stand-up comedians such as Nigma, Rekunde, Mawee and Dignash, who was the host.
Without introducing himself he walked on to the stage and said, “I hear that you guys have no water and this situation has been going on for six months,” he laughed for a moment and continued, “Do you know that in Nigeria there has been no water ever since I was born; so you guys are lucky,” he said as the audience broke into fits of laughter.
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