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Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 4:09pm On Jul 18, 2007
moondust:

Ikuku kuo, afu ike okuko
when the wind blows, it exposes the chicken's butts!

why is this thread deserted?
where are all my people at?

Youngies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?
cute-ass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?
Zainab!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?

hey! my voice is echoing back at me! undecided

Nwanne odighi!!!! Anyi no ya wink
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 4:13pm On Jul 18, 2007
question:

I guess they have exhausted their igbo proverbs, They need to consult their primary/secondary school igbo textbooks.

LOL, you guessed wrongly because;

Utu anaghi agba igwe
Iron is never eaten up by moths
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 4:17pm On Jul 18, 2007
Aiight . . . cute-ass et al,

Enough of the leave, let's roll because our people says:

Onye arachaghi onu ya, uguru anara ya racha
If one does not lick his lips, harmattan will lick it for him wink
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by toshmann(m): 6:24pm On Jul 18, 2007
obele nsi n'emebi ike grin
a little piece of $hit that destroys the arse grin
meaning: a little and underrated problem that can cause big harm wink
igbo kwenu cool
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by cuteass1(f): 11:15pm On Jul 18, 2007
Yea . . cute-ass is back, very much back! cheesy


Otu osisi adighi adu mmadu n'anya ugbolo abuô
One cannot allow themselves to be choked in the eye by the same stick two time


Ebe aku onye di, ka obi ya di

Where a person's wealth is, lies his heart
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by cuteass1(f): 11:18pm On Jul 18, 2007
I'm still rolling the carpets oo


Adighi agba aka ekwe akwa ônu

You don't prize for a cloth empty handed


Ônye elughi be ya, ike anaghi agwu ya

Until one gets home, they don't give up the journey

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Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 12:45pm On Jul 19, 2007
cute-ass:

I'm still rolling the carpets oo

Welcome nwada cute-ass, I personaly have missed you oh  cheesy

Ihu ka nwa oke na achi nwa ologbo ochi, mara na onu di nso ebe ono
When the mouse laughs at the cat, there's a hole nearby.

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Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 4:34pm On Jul 20, 2007
HELLOOOOOOO. . . . . . . . .




ECHO!!!!!!!!!! embarassed embarassed embarassed

Onye Ije ka onye isi anwo mma
A traveler is more learned than an a man with grey hairs
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 2:01pm On Jul 23, 2007
Can't believe that nobody is here



So I am the last man standing grin


WINNER OOO, WINNER, WINNER OOOO WINNER, YOUNGIES U DON WIN O . . . grin
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by cuteass1(f): 8:52pm On Jul 23, 2007
Buahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha . . continue deluding yourself, u hear?


Winner for where? when i'm here? u must be joking tongue tongue



You better wake up from your dream before its too late grin
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by cuteass1(f): 1:24am On Jul 24, 2007
Ego di n'ogwu
Money is in thorns (meaning money is hard to achieve, for the genuine ones like us atleast) grin



Ônye na-akwa ozu adighi usha, ônye ô na-akwa adighi adi
When the person burying the corpse isnt up and doing, the corpse being buried wouldnt be either



@ youngies, next time, when you come to do your fake "i am the winner" dance, come with proverbs joor tongue
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Nobody: 1:35am On Jul 24, 2007
Onye mara ilu karia cute-ass, abughi mmadu.

Anyone who knows more proverbs than cute-ass is not human! cheesy
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by cuteass1(f): 1:57am On Jul 24, 2007
Donzman:

Onye mara ilu karia cute-ass, abughi mmadu.

Anyone who knows more proverbs than cute-ass is not human! cheesy

Dear if that is a compliment, i take it with open arms cheesy
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by youngies(m): 11:39am On Jul 24, 2007
Donzman:

Onye mara ilu karia cute-ass, abughi mmadu.

Anyone who knows more proverbs than cute-ass is not human! cheesy

Well, agaghi m ata gi uta, onye na amaghi mmadu na akpo ya onye a
It is he who doesn't know one very well, that calls him - "that person"
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by bluesky4(f): 11:44am On Jul 24, 2007
haha, cant believe u guys are still battling.
Cute-ass is the winner sha grin grin grin
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by cuteass1(f): 12:05pm On Jul 24, 2007
youngies:

Well, agaghi m ata gi uta, onye na amaghi mmadu na akpo ya onye a
It is he who doesn't know one very well, that calls him - "that person"

Bia, so who is "onye a" (that person) here? you or me? tongue


blue-sky:

haha, can't believe u guys are still battling.
Cute-ass is the winner sha grin grin grin

Thankyou bojare, i dey salute oo kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss

@ youngies
Seems you're already running late to the dancinng square tongue tongue , don't worry, maybe you can go and compete on the "Hausa proverbs thead" . oops, there's none grin ndo oo!! cry
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by toshmann(m): 12:52pm On Jul 24, 2007
cute-ass anyuola nsi na bible cool
cute-ass has defeacated on the bible tongue

meaning . . . . cute-ass has commited an abomination wink
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by cuteass1(f): 1:28pm On Jul 24, 2007
toshmann:

cute-ass anyuola nsi na bible cool
cute-ass has defeacated on the bible tongue

meaning . . . . cute-ass has commited an abomination wink


lmcao . . abomination of winning??

If winning is an abomination, then i don't mind abominating for the rest of my life oo , , I'll take it with a smile grin
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by darfur(m): 6:35pm On Jul 24, 2007
lol. i don die for this thread grin
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by cuteass1(f): 6:40pm On Jul 24, 2007
darfur:

lol. i don die for this thread grin

Wetin con dey kill you nah?? tongue
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by darfur(m): 6:41pm On Jul 24, 2007
abeg wetin make you go shit for bible?
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by cuteass1(f): 6:50pm On Jul 24, 2007
I no know oo, na me you dey ask?? tongue



Abeg ask honourable Toshman for me grin
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by darfur(m): 6:53pm On Jul 24, 2007
honourable indeed. how honor go relate to the name tosh/ people funny o. this thread na die grin
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by cuteass1(f): 7:03pm On Jul 24, 2007
darfur:

honourable indeed. how honor go relate to the name tosh/ people funny o. this thread na die grin

Its a good thing we're entertaining you, enjoy while it lasts jare . .



Next time, you might have to drop a proverb before access tongue tongue
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by darfur(m): 7:09pm On Jul 24, 2007
ok, let me drop mine. .

ukwu na aga wara-wara anya na ele zara-zara na ahu ya
the leg that goes all over the place is seen by the eye that looks all over the place

i.e, anything you do in a hideous manner you are seen by some hideous eyes(no secret under the sun) cheesy

now i have free passage to the thread?
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by cuteass1(f): 7:13pm On Jul 24, 2007
yes u do, only for some minutes sha tongue


Great one BTW, have a lovely evening!! cheesy
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by darfur(m): 9:09pm On Jul 24, 2007
no mind them. see as my babe set kiss flat tommy, sexy shape, see her chest, everything set, person come wan tell me say my babe no set.
nonsense angry
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by cuteass1(f): 10:00pm On Jul 24, 2007
darfur:

no mind them. see as my babe set kiss flat tommy, sexy shape, see her chest, everything set, person come wan tell me say my babe no set.
nonsense angry

Are u sure you're in the right place?? undecided


I aint seeing no babe here oo
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Nobody: 11:33pm On Jul 24, 2007
cute nwanne ndewo o
o n'aga kwa?
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by cuteass1(f): 11:42pm On Jul 24, 2007
babyosisi:

cute nwanne ndewo o
o n'aga kwa?

Nwanne m nwanyi, ô na-aga , , ebee ka i jebe zii??

O tego m na ahughi gi ebea sad
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Nobody: 11:43pm On Jul 24, 2007
cute-ass:

Nwanne m nwanyi, ô na-aga , , ebee ka i jebe zii??

O tego m na ahughi gi ebea sad


babaosisi ji'm n'oru lol.
ekele diri jah
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by cuteass1(f): 12:06am On Jul 25, 2007
babyosisi:


babaosisi ji'm n'oru lol.
ekele diri jah


HAhahahahaha, girl you're killing me o

Babaosisi?? thats a new one, but i definitely love the sound of it wink wink Hope he was doing a good job.

Back to igbo jare. .

kedukwanu ka i mee?

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