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Cadec007:
present ooo, choi!! I would never go AWOL on literature thread again! Many outstandings to read!!

It is true oo

Alphasoar:
I think I never made assertions that the adage is wrong in its entirety. Just that some persons have been holding on to it literally justifying their unwarranted 'wait' in the presence of abundance.
Thanks for your thoughts.

No problem,I understand you and know that some people confuse stupidity,idiocity,ignorance,laziness and mediocrity with patience but they are ignorant of the fact that patience is a virtue cultivated and characterised by endurance,wisdom,knowledge,understanding and hardwork

Do you know the origin of this adage?It is sad to see a lot of contradictions ond unbeffiting statements being uploaded on this forum.
I will enlighten and educate you as to where it originates from:In the past,when butchers go to their stalls to kill livestock and cut up meat,a pack of dogs follow them so as to eat the bones during the butchering process,while the butchers were at work,some dogs will pick up the small bones that were on the floor during the first part of the butchering process and they will take the bones away to eat them,but to the surprise of the butchers,some dogs never moved a muscle and stood still like statues and during the last part of the butshering process where the enormous bones were cut out,those dogs moved to pick it and went away with the largest bones,this gave the butchers the inspiration to form the adage 'the patient dog eats the fattest bone'.
I agree with you on the fact that patience does not correlate with laziness,being patient as you move from industries to companies as you search for a job is not the same as sleeping in your bed all day expecting money and seeing a vacancy and applying early does not correlate with waiting for days before applying.
I hope you can learn from this didactic piece.Thank you.

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Sorry everybody,I had to deactivate my former account due to some personal reasons,I promise I am going to be consistent.
To all those expecting an update,here it is:
Chapter 4
Ranti got up confidently and with composure gently picked her handbag lying on the table beside her books and notes.She walked forward with the poise of an actress,and with the class as silent as a cemetry;the sounds of her heels were heard one after the other as she walked.When she finally reached the front row,she stood a head taller than the lecturer who was 5ft7inches:bald in the middle of his head with his remaining hair white,he had the face of a yoruba man with tribal marks on his both cheeks.
She confidently presented an A4 paper to the lecturer which showed evidence of a beautiful handwriting and was filled to the last part of the sheet.The lecturer was evidently pleased with the essay as he kept nodding his head in approval like a red headed lizard and with the grace of an educated man turned the paper to the next page.The lecturer showed an obvious sign of displeasure reading a word for his face was as bad as a cloudy sky,looking up from the sheet he put forward a question "who wrote this essay",Ranti was confused as at what happened and she was evidently searching her memory bank for the right word.
Not waiting for her to reply he continued "i don't have the patience to waste this class doing nothing but standing here all day participating in a staring competition" he looked at her for a moment and hearing no reply said "i saw a phrase in your essay which confirmed my suspicion that you didn't write this essay yourself,it goes thus 'I Temitope Adeniyi thereby pledge not to allow this to repeat itself' and i am not going to condone this act of indiscipline put forward by you",Ranti was thinking 'relax old codger' but she spoke her voice quavering and her earlier confidence gone "I am sorry sir and actually this essay was written by one of my friends studying at the English department".
Mr Aderopo looked at her like a father would to a disobedient child and finally said "due to your honesty,i forgive you and ask you not to allow this to repeat itself" Ranto obviously happy stood at attention like a soldier taking orders and jokingly said "copy sir",the whole class burst into laughter and everybody was in a lighter mood,with her confidence regained she went back to her seat the same way she came and the lecture commenced immediately

Interesting,expecting the tournament

holarbolu:
I promise to give you nail-biting account of our dear gallant knight.

wow,that is nice waiting

holarbolu:
Am happy you do man... Hope you'll keep following?

A faithful follower,as long as am on nairaland

holarbolu:
Really delighted you find it thrilling

I love the use of early mordern english as well as how it is set in the olden times

Very interesting story,following