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Highflyer3:You just go right to the jugular don't you. Thanks, you've been a lot of help. |
Don't know why though. But at this time of my life, life looks completely meaningless. maybe I need friends. |
You know what, the basic thing some women seek through feminism is the OPTION to do whatever the hell they like without an overbearing male chauvinist outlining what they should and should not do. What men don't know is that women are more powerful than they are as a some women can comfortably do their supposedly traditional role of child bearing and still do the same men do and do a kick ass job of the both of them. We're not some fragile being and some of us don't care to be treated as such. If a woman wants to do strenuous activity or decide not to use herself as a vehicle for procreation, then she should go right ahead to do it. I'm tired of Chauvinist in a bid to make themselves superior keep saying things like this man is saying. The word here is choice! |
Don't join the bandwagon (a thing we Nigerians do a lot) who's this government they talk about? Is it the name of a person? Isn't it Nigerians that take up such positions? Till we Nigerians learn that the change we seek should be done individually from the grassroot the the top cadre this country will forever be a hellhole. There's no miracle that can be done about it. It's not Goodlucks's or the government's fault. If any new government take their place, their wouldn't be any drastic change as people think. Because as I said earlier few bad apples can spoil a whole basket apple while good apples cannot influence a bad apple to be good. So basically Nigerians as a whole have a lot of changes to do before we can move forward. Stella Oduah was removed cos of the high corrupt practices in her ministry before she came in and how she tried to block the ways of some money flows and bamm!!! She was out. You know of Barth Nnaji? He was removed basically because many influential people were profiting from lack of power in nigeria. So they try to keep it so. Good luck Jonathan, a very decent president who doesn't make noise about his achievements in office even though people can see a clear difference between him and Obasanjo. To make him look like he hasn't achieved anything, Boko haram came from no where to tarnish his image. All part of a setup by enemies of Nigeria to discredit him. Then comes APC, the highest smearer of all time. Even though I never once read or heard about their party objectives, all they do as a party is smear, dig for dirt and discredit. These people who did not actually come out of nowhere but for a long time have been have been in the Nigerian politics and even in parties they now condemn. It's the gullible sheep's that follow these politician I pity the most. For these politicians, it's just politics. They don't really care. Don't be their tool or pawn. They are just out to use you to get votes. At the end of the day voted in, they keep feeding the rot in the system. |
The true test of intelligence is putting yourself in other shoes in conflicting situations. Let's try to imagine that as they say, being gay is not really a choice but rather someone thing they are born with? With such thought would you still want them persecuted? killed? for something they couldn't help? let's all get down from our judgmental high horse and extend love to our fellow man. gay or not. I'm sometimes baffled by the wickedness of man. We have the crudest and most barbaric reaction to anything we don't understand or conflicts with our thought process. This totally wrong. There's absolutely nothing wrong being gay. let's learn to respect people's choices and way of life, especially of such way of life does not affect us personally in any way. Nigerians are the most hypocritical people on the face of the earth. I know some wonderful gay people and they are amazing beyond belief. live and let's live. |
www.vulture.com November 2002 |
I vote Kulboy cc Dygeasy |
ayukdaboss:Excerpts from the constitution. (1) A member of the Senate or of the House of Representatives shall vacate his seat in the House of which he is a member if - (a) he becomes a member of another legislative house. (b) any other circumstances arise that, if he were not a member of the Senate or the House of Representatives, would cause him to be disqualified for election as a member; (c) he ceases to be a citizen of Nigeria; (d) he becomes President, Vice-President, Governor, Deputy Governor or a Minister of the Government of the Federation or a Commissioner of the Government of a State or a Special Adviser. (e) save as otherwise prescribed by this Constitution, he becomes a member of a commission or other body established by this Constitution or by any other law. (f) without just cause he is absent from meetings of the House of which he is a member for a period amounting in the aggregate to more than one-third of the total number of days during which the House meets in any one year; (g) being a person whose election to the House was sponsored by a political party, he becomes a member of another political party before the expiration of the period for which that House was elected; Provided that his membership of the latter political party is not as a result of a division in the political party of which he was previously a member or of a merger of two or more political parties or factions by one of which he was previously sponsored; or (h) the President of the Senate or, as the case may be, the Speaker of the House of Representatives receives a certificate under the hand of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission stating that the provisions of section 69 of this Constitution have been complied with in respect of the recall of that member. |
ayukdaboss:so obvious you don't even understand the basic law of your country. |
He did give up on us eventually. |
freecocoa:My sister! I really don't know how some women think. Posts like hers is a clear definition of a woman pulling other women down. Very upsetting post. |
Youngpo413:Mr young413. Why are you so obsessed with me? You're resurrecting over 2 and 3 year old threads! I'm in a different place in my life right now, and I'm happy. |
#1. Assassin Spiders Along with "shotgun battleaxe" and "tyrannosaurus lion," "assassin spider" is one of the most kick-ass and terrifying combination of nouns on earth. The reality is appropriately freaky looking, and it's called "assassin" because it feeds exclusively on other spiders. Also it looks like a haunted staircase made of spiders. No, you aren't seeing things -- that spider has jaws as long as its freaking neck. Oh, right, and it has a neck. That is a completely bizarre ancillary body part, much like having an extra eyebrow, but it apparently helps the little bastards murder other arachnids, and it successfully elevates them to the level of "more disturbing- looking than usual for a spider." And here is a piece of amber showing that they have been terrorizing other spiders since about 40 million years ago Assassin Spiders live in Madagascar and Australia, which should come as a surprise to absolutely no one who has ever heard of either place. [url]http://www.cracked.com/article_19364_15-animals-you-wont-believe-arent-photoshopped.html[url]
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#2. Marsupial Mole Wait, you didn't think we would make a list of freak-ass animals and not include one exclusive to Australia, did you? Filling our Australia quota is the marsupial mole. They spend almost all of their time digging though the dirt, to the point that they no longer have ears and their eyes are reduced to lenses that serve no purpose. They also dig no permanent tunnels, allowing them to fill in behind them as they dig. They resemble a mink-covered sock with claws, showing that nature went back to the same dealer she was seeing when she designed the platypus. We'd make a joke about this remarkable photograph of a marsupial mole eating a centipede, but we don't even know for sure that's what we're looking at. That could just as well be its butt. Does it poop or eat lobsters?
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#3. Rhino Mice Sadly, rhino mice do not have tiny nose horns that they use to shank Tonka trucks. Rather, they're mutated mice afflicted with a range of skin and nail disorders and glandular problems. Their condition leaves them looking like a mouse bred with a raisin. Or if Master Splinter had a baby with Krang. Here's a picture of either two rhino mice from a scientific study or Edward James Olmos hanging out with Keith Richards. Just one more: Rhino mice look like God said, "Sure, mice are OK, but what if I made them out of scrotum?"
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#4. Frogfish When humans mix up two animals names to name another animal, the results are usually disappointing: dragonflies are uglier than regular flies and nowhere near as cool as dragons, spider crabs can't spin webs and aren't delicious and the sharktopus isn't even a thing. So it's pretty surprising to see that frogfish are actually more interesting than the sum of their namesakes' parts. Frogfish are shallow-water anglerfish that swapped hideousness for leg fins and kick-ass fashion. They are so varied in appearance that sometimes two of the same species appear to be completely different types, because fashion fish would not be caught dead at the reef social wearing the same outfit as another frogfish. If you think we're exaggerating, run a Google image search on "frogfish." Just make sure you wear sunglasses.
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#5. Long-Necked Turtle On the subject of retardedly long body parts, these things look like you could pick them up in a dollar store. Instead of toys that look like Stretch Armstrong mixed with a Transformer, in this case, it looks like someone threaded an eel through a turtle. Their necks are so long that they are unable to pull their heads inside their shells like every other turtle on earth, which, yes, is the only good thing about being a turtle . They are forced to fold their giant freak necks alongside their bodies, the turtle equivalent of standing next to a guy wearing armor when something bad happens. On the other hand, they have skunk superpowers and can ooze horrible-smelling musk if agitated. So we guess it's more like standing next to a guy wearing armor who farts nerve gas.
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#6. Stalk-Eyed Fly Stalk-eyed flies are what happens when logic takes a back seat to boners. Imagine if only men like Ron Jeremy got to reproduce. On second thought, don't. Because females are more likely to mate with dudes with long stalks , the male eye stalks keep getting longer and longer. And sex is the only reason, by the way -- the stalks are not beneficial tools against predators and are in fact detrimental to the fly's ability to fly, because its eyes are located so far away from its body. It's the only bug built to clothesline its fellow insects. It's evolutionarily idiotic. It would be like if male humans found a way to make their dicks bigger, but every additional inch makes the guy slower, and fatter, and generally more terrible. Like greasier, and just useless, evolutionarily speaking.
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#7. Dumbo Octopus Finally, something from the abyss that does not make us want to fire nukes into the deep blue, "just in case." Dumbo octopi are the deepest-living octopus known, showing that after miles of vertical water and untold horrors, deep sea creatures start turning into Thank God, because we were beginning to believe nothing but fright could live in the deep dark ... oh, there it is. His favorite foods include small fish, shrimp and your face. As with all things that appear sweet, hiding under the cuddly exterior is a vampire squid.
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#8. Miniature Horses Imagine a world where My Little Pony is real, where tiny, adorable horses can be kept in the house like dogs. But that's a fantasy world, nothing in real life could -- We're only a few tubes of dye and glitter short of making My Little Pony a reality. Miniature horses aren't just bred to make little girls squeal with delight; they also serve as companion animals (translated: little horsey dogs) and even service animals, helping out disabled people who find golden retrievers boring and don't mind road apples in their kitchen. "
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#9. Giant Softshell Turtle A Let's play a game. We describe an animal and you picture it in your head, then we show you what it looks like and you shriek in horror, OK? OK, here we go. It's a reptilian predator, it only has to breathe twice every 24 hours and it's 6 feet across, sucking in any animal that comes too close. What are you picturing? An alligator? Maybe some giant hideous snake? How about a cow patty squished and formed into a turtle? Cantor's giant softshell turtles live in Asia and Indonesia, where they spend 95 percent of their lives lying in the mud with just their faces sticking out, eating whatever unfortunate fish happens by. It's like a giant alligator/snapping turtle.
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#10. Ankole-Watusi Cattle Texas may boast about their longhorn steer, and we're inclinedto agree that the Lone Star State has some impressive cows with impressive horns. On the other hand, the only things those cows have to contend with are lonely cowboys and an industrial mincer at the end of their days. Now, put good ole' American steer in a land filled with ebola and lions, and the stakes get higher. In Africa, Ankole-Watusi cows need to carry a pair of Conan's swords on their heads just to make sure they don't wind up as hyena food. Their horns can be anywhere from 8 to 12 feet between the tips and are the result of several different breeds of cattle being mixed across Africa. They are considered "medium" in size as far as cattle are concerned, probably by a bull with smaller horns and a bigger truck.
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#11. Scorpionfly While we're on the subject of insects, we recently told you about scorpionflies and their dickish cross-dressing shenanigans during breeding season . They, too, have transparent wings, and in this photograph taken of a live scorpionfly under a microscope we see that they AAAHHHH!!! So when you mix a fly, a dragon and a scorpion, you get a Stan Winston creature effect that is terrifying, but completely harmless
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#13 Glasswinged butterfly Speaking of nature's whimsical fairy creatures, this is a real butterfly from Central America: He's got his own built-in bubble wand! Glasswing butterflies look even more delicate than regularbutterflies, lacking the scales that usually give their wings color,resulting in insects that look like they were handcrafted by tiny artistic fingers. Proving that nature always has an awful-card hidden up her sleeve, these fairylike bundles of shimmer are poisonous as caterpillars because they exclusively eat poisonous plants. But don't worry, once they metamorphose into butterflies, they are pure sparkles. Except the males, who are also poisonous, because they eat murder nectar.
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#13. Nudibranch Hey, nature, we have a request -- could you create something that looks like Van Gogh painted a feather duster made out of slugs? Thank you, that'll do. Nudibranchs, also called sea slugs, are some of the most brightly colored, bizarre-looking creatures ever to spawn from the ocean. Unlike the eel, they don't live where the sun never reaches, and they aren't armed with tentacles or giant teeth. As far as sea creatures go, they are downright pleasant, and it's a wonder Pixar hasn't tried to make a touching, weep-inducing movie about them yet. Except they are hermaphodites. But don't worry -- they aren't able to fertilize themselves . Yeah, good luck selling The Mighty Hermaphroditey, Disney. On the other hand, looking at nudibranchs is about as close as you can get to doing powerful hallucinogens without murdering
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#14. Gulper Eel Alexei Orlov If you think of the deep sea as some sort of earth-bound gallery of horrors ... well, this will do nothing to change that opinion. Gulper eels live as far down as 10,000 feet below the surface,where they terrify even larger fish, because gulper eels can swallow them whole . They lack many parts that normal fish enjoy, like many major bones, a swim bladder, scales and possibly whatever fish have in place of souls, sacrificing all those things for the ability to consume anything that swims by them. They also have a bioluminescent organ on their tails to attract prey, making them nature's version of an anglerfish mixed with an umbrella dipped in fear sprinkles. Ten thousand feet of water might be an acceptable buffer, but there's no harm in moving to Denver to put another 5,000 feet
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#15. The Snub-Nosed Monkey What looks like someone mixed a skull monster with a clown and gave it hair? If you said La Toya Jackson ... well, OK, we'll give you that. Not all of the monsters in the world come from the deep sea.But thanks to photographs of the snub-nosed monkeys, we now have evidence that evolution occasionally looks like botched plastic surgery. Snub-nosed monkeys, native to China, are what happens when God runs out of ideas. Their eyes are sunken in, their noses are skeletal and their mouths are what we imagine a doughnut's butt looks like. The monkeys can live in groups of up to 600, mostly dudes, forming some of the most gigantic, ridiculous-looking monkey colonies on earth. They are known for their colorful fur, and for the fact that they look like a species that got into mom's makeup drawer and went to town. This one looks like that girl in the yearbook who only wore lipstick for school photos but always wore a sweater with horses on it. And this one looks like AH! Holy shit! On second thought, we'll quit picking on the painted terror monkey.
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When two elephants fight, it's the ground that will suffer. |
fyneguy:For me its Nigerians first, then all humans later. |
Hopefully it would be nipped in the bud soon. As much as I have this strong feeling to gloat, it'll be a terrible thing for America to have a widespread infection of this disease. This is because one way or another, Nigeria/Nigerians will be affected too. |
that man doesn't know who he saw. |
onoja12:For the lady in question to pour her heart out on social media goes to show she isn't just looking for sympathy or try to smudge his name. She probably knows some people will doubt her story and possibly even call her names but at this point I think this is the only way she feels she get her baby back no matter how messy it gets. Whatever his story, whatever his reasons are does not excuse the fact that his mum kidnapping this baby without her mother's consent is wrong. I'm looking out to see holes in her story, but so far I haven't seen any. Growing babies need their mum. |
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