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I've always thought that when that time came, i'd go with her to the ward or wherever it is they harvest the babies, stand at her side, hold her hand. I'd close my eyes and feel every nerve tremble, every vein bulge. Experience every tide of pain that sweeps through her body in my mind's eye.... That way, I'd be sufficiently equipped to tease her about the whining and squirming all the days of our lives without fear of the usual ''you don't know what it's like'' rebuttal. ![]() Now i know different. Or do i? |
Analytical: You know what, I prefer the sideways because it makes so many things within easy reach and the hands can stray to some other places unplannedI totally understand your point. Now i can hardly wait! ![]() |
Analytical: The first 3 months when there is no bump, she can lie face down. When the tummy protrudes, you do it either while she sits on a stool (heads on a table) or while she lies down slightly sideways, her back to you!Hehehehe . Sounds interesting already. It ain't anytime soon for me, but it's never too early to start learning eh? Kudos to y'all who've told your tales, very interesting thread indeed. |
I'm a rookie in the field so pardon me if this sounds a little incongruous...but how do you give a pregnant woman a back massage? Does she lie on the bump or sit on a bar stool? ![]() |
yuzedo: This is why i want to do Corporate Communications!Hehehehe. I, too, just might have found my calling. ![]() |
Bleep me sideways!! No Webb? Hell, now that's something to worry about. Anyway, the situation could yet be salvaged if United would hurry and sign Marriner, even if only on loan. Hehehe. ![]() Up United jorr! ![]() |
Didn't read much of african literature then. The only remarkable ones i can remember are An African Night's Entertainment and The Passport of Mallam Ilia. |
Interesting thread. I too read quite a lot when i was much younger, it was about the only thing i enjoyed doing which my parents also approved of. There was this local library i got registered in back then, dusty and derelict, it had the feel of a mummy's tomb. But the books in it ! Here's a few i enjoyed...ALL of the Williard Price Adventure Series (Hal & Roger Hunt) - My all-time favourite. The Lost Treasure of Casa Loma Terror in Winnipeg Murder on the Canadian Vancouver Nightmare The Island of the Blue Dolphins The Boy Who Was Afraid The Boy Who Knew Too Much Coral Island 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea! Kidnapped The Iliad of Homer Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Of course) Not to mention a host of fairy tale and short story anthologies. Funny enough, i never read any of Enid Blyton's. Hans Anderson and the Grimm brothers furnished me with all the fairy fantasies any child could wish for. Man, just thinking of that library sends waves of nostalgia sweeping through me. Glad i renewed my membership during my last visit home even if i'll hardly use it. |
Witty. Me likey likey. ![]() |
Me loves rock too. Current obsessions: Keane >> Perfect Symmetry My Chemical Romance >> I Don't Love You My Chemical Romance >> Welcome to the Black Parade The Killers >> A Dustland Fairytale Whitely >> Head, First, Down. Actually there's a lot more and i feel guilty that i have to stop at those, but if i don't stop now, i might never. ![]() |
Hilarious thread. Here goes... I coined the first one myself as a metaphor for his lethal and totally jaw-dropping acrobatic skills. Berbatov ~ SCIMITAR Berbatov. Ronaldo ~ CR7 or Ronnie Messi ~ Ojuju ![]() Vidic ~ Agent 47 ( my fabrication again here. Cold-blooded SOB) Anelka ~ Madam Anelka ![]() Obertan ~ Malaria ![]() Scholes ~ Uncle Scholes Balotelli ~ Why Always Me Nistelrooy ~ Rude Boy Schweinsteiger ~ With a badass name like that, who needs a moniker? ![]() |
Richvkunt: Victor Ikpeba was a great footballer but he certainly is a below average football analyst.I noticed this for the first time during the half-time analysis of United's game away to Blackburn. He kept hinting at an existing romance between Ferguson and the officials (albeit in less enlightened terms). Perhaps in a bid to give his biased tirade the semblance of an objective analysis, he remarked concerning a particularly impressive save the United Goalie had made: ''That was a great SAVINGS from De Gea''. ![]() |
italo: Drinking alcohol is not as sin; getting drunk is.When i got to the smoking part i half expected to see something like; Smoking is not a sin, but bursting into flames is. ![]() Well, you were smart enough to avoid writing something that silly, although the argument you opted for is about as ludicrous. |
WillyWest: Chai Agnes, the grammatical prowess to which the above write up was penned borders on the Obahiagbonish. ![]() |
Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer. Mark Twain. I believe that's a rather concise version of the actual quote, but a great deal of inspiration can still be derived from it if you look with your heart set just right. ![]() |
GboyegaD: It did and it is still making. Do you have the full lyrics of the song?Someone's posted it here already. ^^ |
My ordeal wasn't just at the hands of the police; soldiers were involved too. Before the incident i'd always regarded the presence of JTF soldiers at checkpoints as a good development, you know, a sliver of rationality to balance the boundless insanity of the policemen. I took a different view of things after the incident. It happened last year, towards the end of the session, which is about the time the annual law dinner is held. We were returning from the event, i and three other friends, in a car driven by one of the latter. All our woes that night could be deservedly blamed on that vehicle. It was a shabby little contraption in the guise of a toyota corolla that couldn't have been manufactured later than 1985. Bald tires, non-existent shocks, faulty headlights and conked out wipers. It was dark and raining hard. Visibility was so poor that the car often drifted wide and rubbed against the sidewalk. We got to a checkpoint manned by members of the JTF and announced our arrival by crashing into that concrete median island that separates the lanes. A soldier was standing a few yards away from the collision point. Another one stood a little farther, peering into passing vehicles and waving his flashlight. The closer one walked up to us, opened the driver-side door and removed the key from the ignition, swearing in hausa all the while. We filed out of the car in a very sombre manner, wondering what would be the most intelligent thing to say, or if it would be clever to say anything at all. A brief and decidedly incriminating interrogation followed. Where's your driving licence? E no dey. Vehicle particulars na? Absent. Good. Our predicament was quite clear to us. These supposedly law enforcement agents can be enough of a pain in the butt even when you're on the right side of the law, and look how easily we had worked to skewer ourselves firmly over their barbecue. Somehow, probably as a result of both the cumulative prayers of my mum and those i uttered on the spot , we weren't roughed up. That means no slaps or olympic-standard laps of frog jumping. But we were made to stand in the rainfor over two hours. I'm talking about jos here, so yes, it was deathly cold. Even the soldiers had thick waterproof overcoats on. They told us in a frighteningly straightforward manner that we were going to spend the night in the Angwan Rogo police station. Angwan rogo and indeed all of bauchi road, where the incident occurred, is a notorious deathtrap for christians, as it is entirely populated by belligerent proponents of the other religion. A night in a cell there would almost have meant certain death, and would have definitely led to the loss of our money and gadgets. To cut a very long and harrowing story short, my friend who had driven the car managed to call his dad, an SS officer. The dad arrived after half an hour and still spent a seemingly interminable time 'talking' with the soldiers and their boss. Anyway, we were allowed to go at about 11:30pm; the whole incident must've started at about 8pm. The next law dinner is still a long way off, but i know already that i won't be going. ![]() |
GboyegaD: Yea, I was invited once in 1998 July or thereabout. They were welcoming new sets of students that just left high school then. I went and got there late and all I enjoyed was the anthem "Here and now in our time". The wordings made sense to me and each time I think about it I love the song.1998! And you still remember those lyrics! Wow. Must've made quite an impression. |
GboyegaD: Like the FECA anthem, although I am not so sure how they sing it cos I only heard it once but one part I like is "We shall keep the feeble knees that stoops to fall". When we all live with the conciousness of "Life being Vanity", we would learn to show love even when we seem hurt.Like, you know FECA? |
This thread and the responses reminds me of a Dean Koontz novel; The Husband. There was this guy who appeared to be the ideal big brother; rich, supportive, and willing to make outrageous sacrifices for the benefit of his three siblings. Benevolent though he appeared, it turned out he was seething inside with rage and resentment towards both parents and all the other children, and for no logical reason. It wasn't envy, since he was their parents favourite and they openly declared him to be their pride, often goading the other children with his success. It couldn't have been the result of any sort of competition either, as he was by far the wealthiest of the children, with a seven-figure net worth. The guy was just plain mad, clinically speaking. |
tiptap: Hmmm,I hate to introduce yet another cynical perspective here, but what if the wife had been all for the knee operation so she could get the husband out of the way for the sake of a singularly wild spell with her amorous acquaintance? The school-fee/kitchen-cabinet fiasco could simply be a petulant reaction stemming from the frustration his decision to pay the rent caused. Now i've not presented this argument to further smear guilt on the woman, i'm only saying his decision to pay the rent rather than go for surgery could easily have been regarded as a the manly sacrifice of a capable lifemate rather than the stubbornness of an insensitive husband. Had she considered the situation in that way the quarrel that drove her to the den of sin would hardly have arisen. The deed is done (which is just too bad), and i think by initiating a talk with his wife on the subject as he has proposed to do, the OP is heading in the right direction. I hope it ends well for the married couple...providing the whole thing ain't fiction in the first place. |
harakiri: @BrixtonyuteVery well said. |
kwaghe: @Tosin - an average Hausa man has no integrity issues, his main weakness is his religious bigotry.absolutely correct. |
10% - God 50% - me 40% - charity. Be warned, however, that i'd certainly reorganise the allocation for the last two listings if this discussion were anything other than wishful thinking. ![]() |
dabrake: roman numerals! IV = 4. I = 1. IX = 9. Therefore iv_i_ix = 419.On point! ![]() |
dagboss: @fnkHeld a similar superstition then. Maybe i still do, because i've never quite tried it, and for the same reason as you. ![]() |
Logic Mind: becos it aint illegal man. chill for bus company.Not illegal my a§§!!!! I have a mind to pelt your insensitive and completely contemptible mind with a barrage of invective!!!! You read about the gang-violation of teenage schoolgirls and all you can think of is twisting their misfortune to favour some senseless crackpot seditious political idea? Jeez! Despicable!!! You have no idea how much self-restraint i've employed to keep from using really unpleasant language to qualify you. I sincerely hope you read your post again and weep in shame and self-loathe. And oh, the transport company CAN be sued in tort. All it would take for a deservedly huge settlement is a good lawyer and a sympathetic judge. And given the heinous result of the company's negligence neither should be too hard to find. |
I wonder how i got the idea, or why for that matter, but i'd hoped my dad would become pope and then afterwards ascension to the position would be hereditary. |
Has to be the new nairaland theme. I woulda given Seun a lethal spanking if he was a midget and within striking distance. Luckily for him, he is neither. |
I'm now convinced this is some sort of april fool trick. Thank you gentlemen for your numerous comments, my eyes watered just from going through all of them. Show's over, you may now close this window. ![]() |
sylve11: i think! |

You haven't seen anything yet! Life is a choice. Choose to enjoy yours whatever comes. I chose to look at the bright side of things always. I tell you, life can be very interesting.
. Sounds interesting already. It ain't anytime soon for me, but it's never too early to start learning eh? Kudos to y'all who've told your tales, very interesting thread indeed.

