isale_gan2:

Ori Lo Ni Se mean? Please.

It means: giving/taking a 'header.'

If you know what I mean

Walahi, you and Naijababe fit like hand and glove. I wish she'd bring back her old signature.

^^Exactly why I like her

OAM4JTyrant,
I'm not amused o. I was typing a gem of a reply in this thread and you locked it. What if my post would have cured all the Tribalists of their madness nko?

https://www.nairaland.com/938835/lets-complaints-suggestions-enquiries-here/97

[size=20pt]Sir Alanni Fagunsi (SAF) is a living Orisa!!

May the Irunmoles continue to preserve him for us. Ase!![/size]

Is this from today?

isale_gan2:

That was flattery. You're oooooollllddd.

BTW, what is wrong with that "ho" poster? Is he gonna be normal?

I don't think I'm supposed to be talking to him, so make sure he acts right!

Insult!!

Kilode?!:
[size=20pt]Sir Alanni Fagunsi (SAF) is a living Orisa!!

May the Irunmoles continue to preserve him for us. Ase!![/size]

Mtchew!!! Double Mcheww!!! Triple Mtchew!!! A thousand load of hiss.

Why does everything bad have to be African? This yeye people. If na Frenchies, they'll just scoop 'em up and fry 'em! Snail french fries.

Florida battles slimy invasion by giant snails

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ORLANDO, Florida | Sun Apr 14, 2013 1:50pm EDT
(Reuters) - South Florida is fighting a growing infestation of one of the world's most destructive invasive species: the giant African land snail, which can grow as big as a rat and gnaw through stucco and plaster.
More than 1,000 of the mollusks are being caught each week in Miami-Dade and 117,000 in total since the first snail was spotted by a homeowner in September 2011, said Denise Feiber, a spokeswoman for the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

Residents will soon likely begin encountering them more often, crunching them underfoot as the snails emerge from underground hibernation at the start of the state's rainy season in just seven weeks, Feiber said.

The snails attack "over 500 known species of plants ... pretty much anything that's in their path and green," Feiber said.

In some Caribbean countries, such as Barbados, which are overrun with the creatures, the snails' shells blow out tires on the highway and turn into hurling projectiles from lawnmower blades, while their slime and excrement coat walls and pavement.

"It becomes a slick mess," Feiber said.

A typical snail can produce about 1,200 eggs a year and the creatures are a particular pest in homes because of their fondness for stucco, devoured for the calcium content they need for their shells.

The snails also carry a parasitic rat lungworm that can cause illness in humans, including a form of meningitis, Feiber said, although no such cases have yet been identified in the United States.

EXOTIC INVASION

The snails' saga is something of a sequel to the Florida horror show of exotic species invasions, including the well-known infestation of giant Burmese pythons, which became established in the Everglades in 2000. There is a long list of destructive non-native species that thrive in the state's moist, subtropical climate.

Experts gathered last week in Gainesville, Florida, for a Giant African Land Snail Science Symposium, to seek the best ways to eradicate the mollusks, including use of a stronger bait approved recently by the federal government.

Feiber said investigators were trying to trace the snail infestation source. One possibility being examined is a Miami Santeria group, a religion with West African and Caribbean roots, which was found in 2010 to be using the large snails in its rituals, she said. But many exotic species come into the United States unintentionally in freight or tourists' baggage.

"If you got a ham sandwich in Jamaica or the Dominican Republic, or an orange, and you didn't eat it all and you bring it back into the States and then you discard it, at some point, things can emerge from those products," Feiber said.

Authorities are expanding a series of announcements on buses, billboards and in movie theaters urging the public to be on the lookout.

The last known Florida invasion of the giant mollusks occurred in 1966, when a boy returning to Miami from a vacation in Hawaii brought back three of them, possibly in his jacket pockets. His grandmother eventually released the snails into her garden where the population grew in seven years to 17,000 snails. The state spent $1 million and 10 years eradicating them.

Feiber said many people unfamiliar with the danger viewed the snails as cute pets.

"They're huge, they move around, they look like they're looking at you ... communicating with you, and people enjoy them for that," Feiber said. "But they don't realize the devastation they can create if they are released into the environment where they don't have any natural enemies and they thrive."

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/14/us-usa-florida-snails-idUSBRE93D05620130414

^

Oyinbo people can be dumb sometimes. These things are money, frying and spicing them with good habanero can turn this problem into a huge blessing for Florida's economy.

They should have asked the Haiti woman for help before overreacting.

naijababe:


Mtchew!!! Double Mcheww!!! Triple Mtchew!!! A thousand load of hiss.

Yeye wa. e ma binu o.

Kilode?!:
^

Oyinbo people can be dumb sometimes. These things are money, frying and spicing them with good habanero can turn this problem into a huge blessing for Florida's economy.

They should have asked the Haiti woman for help before overreacting.

This is my favourite part:

"They're huge, they move around, they look like they're looking at you ... communicating with you, and people enjoy them for that,"



Oyinbo people and anthropomorphism.

isale_gan2:



This is my favourite part:

"They're huge, they move around, they look like they're looking at you ... communicating with you, and people enjoy them for that,"



Oyinbo people and anthropomorphism.

Anthropomorphism wo?! People we get skon skon and dem no know. Wish I could get my hands on them snails sha. Igbin alata sue sue will be gracing my pots

naijababe:

Anthropomorphism wo?! People we get skon skon and dem no know. Wish I could get my hands on them snails sha. Igbin alata sue sue will be gracing my pots

Imagine oh. . . those snails will end up communicating with the acid in my stomok.

please folks, do not eat the snails.

(removed. image too big. fixed.)

isale_gan2: please folks, do not eat the snails.

Why not? My stomok qualifies as a pest control center and I will gladly help them 'control' hundreds of the snails on a monthly basis.

debosky:

Why not? My stomok qualifies as a pest control center and I will gladly help them 'control' hundreds of the snails on a monthly basis.

That's what the anthropomorphised snail is telling ya.

"Don't eat me, I have human characteristics."

isale_gan2:

That's what the anthropomorphised snail is telling ya.

"Don't eat me, I have human characteristics."

Emi o gbo geesi o.

Let the snail discuss with my stomok acid - that is the human characteristic I want it to interact with.

wonlasewonimi:

Insult!!

Not at all.


Folks, check this out: Naija dad in U.K. punk'd by own kids.

https://www.nairaland.com/1266246/african-man-america-reacts-stolen

debosky:

Emi o gbo geesi o.

Let the snail discuss with my stomok acid - that is the human characteristic I want it to interact with.

Debo yi ti di agbaya . Afi stomok na

isale_gan2:

Not at all.


Folks, check this out: Naija dad in U.K. punk'd by own kids.

https://www.nairaland.com/1266246/african-man-america-reacts-stolen

How can you punk your father? all these foreign raised kids sha.

This man used his two main languages appriopriately. Great work!

He screamed at his British kids in the rawest English and simultaneously hurled the Yoruba at their mother. He didn't even miss a beat.

Well played Egbon, well played...

Kilode?!:


How can you punk your father? all these foreign raised kids sha.

This man used his two main languages appriopriately. Great work!

He screamed at his British kids in the rawest English and simultaneously hurled the Yoruba at their mother. He didn't even miss a beat.

Well played Egbon, well played...

Yeah, angry dad is like, "Where's your mum". . . so I can show her how well you kids take after her ne'er do well relatives!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyZ0C1rIUBM
2:17-32 mark


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_UnGxm3OPs
5:08-40 mark


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHhFkr8wxy0
it's along intro, but the video is better quality than other versions.
oh yeah, beautiful dress!

Where is that fake Lagosian, Naijababe, to accuse me of spamming?!

Does anyone play any musical instruments?



I've always liked the idea of guitar or piano, and especially the sound of the bass guitar - I doubt that will be easy to learn though. So I'll stick to my acoustic guitar idea.



Of course I love the Talking Drum*! Ah! Shame I'm not coordinated enough, and my hand-eye coordination and reflexes aren't 'manly' enough, to be able to play that. Hmm, I've only ever known one girl who could drum like the dickens! E., a girl in my secondary school. I used to be fascinated when she'd play on the desks with her hands and keep tune and everything. a girl too!



*Shoot, I still want to load this video my sis made for me of drummers at our house, but I gotta figure out how to edit my happy dancing iya out of it.

I play Goje.

[img]http://2.bp..com/_A3F2820uOII/S1TY39mkDNI/AAAAAAAAByA/42EHzNfUXCU/s400/goje_nigeria.jpg[/img]

That? Looks like banjo.

Okay, I found some more about this. I'm sure I've seen it being played; I just forgot what it's called.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMiVQvxr1Wo
"Olaiwola Sakara band playing Goje Yoruba traditional violin to Sakara drums"


It's funny. I actually had a tab open cos I've been listening to this, and going through the entire video collection of my favourite YouTube poster EgbaAlake, for about a week now. Sakara music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJNhYfofVqE

Yusuf Olatunji, now that is proper Awori music

The voice is also an instrument.

Having never seriously considered singing as a hobby, I have no idea how my voice sounds . . .

Drifting into stream of consciousness here. Deal with it.

True story. So, I met this lady at the commuter train station in Atlanta. She used to be a singer with one of those famous singing groups in the 80s. Think of the style of Chic, that group with Nile Rodgers. But I am not sure if that was her group; I can't remember. She was in her early to mid-50s, I'd say. But she was no longer with a singing group, of course. So, we got to talking, cos that's what I do in public situations. . . start talking to strangers. My sis hates that! All the more reason to do it then.

So, she opened my eyes to the fact that just about anyone can sing - the problem is, we were never taught how to use how our voice as an instrument. Oh, yeah, I forgot to mention that she is a music teacher and voice coach.

I will look for her info. Neat lady.


More on music:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocalists

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melisma

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_American_Music

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syncopation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_music

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Africa

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_maqam

naijababe: Yusuf Olatunji, now that is proper Awori music