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RomanceRe: Why Does Having A Man A Very Big Achievement For Women by Sisikill: 6:54pm On Jul 18, 2008
StephenP:
So are you guys going to a room yet?
Shhhh. . . don't ruin it for the rest of us now.

Being a peeping Tom (Thomosina) might be beneath you

But it's the only way some of us get any. . . ya, know.
RomanceRe: Yes I Slap Her: by Sisikill: 6:35pm On Jul 18, 2008
She of course! Pick up your phone ke. Good you showed her. . .

Oh You go boy.

Who Da man?

You Da Man!

Hercules! Hercules! Hercules!

Macho, Macho man

Who wants to see a Macho man?

Then come on over here

For the Macho Man stands tall and Proud.

Neeeeeeeeeext on the smack down list- Children and old people.

Oh don't worry, I'm sure our Macho man can handle himself.

[I]supporter's club chanting & doing wave - ole ole ole, ole, ole, ole ole.[/i]
RomanceRe: Are You Really Single? by Sisikill: 4:55pm On Jul 18, 2008
You can have baby daddy(ies) and still be single.

You can have someone you're just kicking it with and still be single.

You can have a friend with benefits thing going and still be single.

You have have a booty call and still be single.

Commitment is about what is in the heart and not what goes into the lipsrsealed

So yeah, I can safely say I am Single, thank you for asking.
Dating And Meet-up ZoneRe: My Girlfrend Is The Finest In Nigeria So Far by Sisikill: 4:44pm On Jul 18, 2008
Double Hmmmm embarassed

LMAO. . . Gawd! I love nairaland on Friday. All sorts of Orisisirisi.
PoliticsRe: Y is it Small Criminal Big Punishment,big Criminal Small Punishment For Naija by Sisikill: 4:24pm On Jul 18, 2008
It's an incentive for the small criminals to do better.

You know. . . the whole what is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

Excellence always!
PoliticsRe: Can A Woman Rule This Complicated Nation: ? by Sisikill: 4:10pm On Jul 18, 2008
Well, one thing we can be sure of is they can't do worse than the men.

So yeah, I say let 'em have a go at it.
CultureRe: Yoruba's And Fish Head by Sisikill: 3:24pm On Jul 18, 2008
Chicken Leg & Head??

*gag*

What is there to even eat?

Is it the anus of chicken they warn makes person amebo? LMAO

God help us all.
Christianity EtcRe: I Don't Feel Like Going To Church: What's Wrong? by Sisikill: 12:00pm On Jul 18, 2008
skyone:
whether you go to church on sunday or moonday na u sabi, but remember our day of reckoning is at hand and every man for himself. So if you wish go to church or if you wish you can continue hailing the devil.
A'ight, this is obviously worse than i thought to so I'm gonna upgrade you to The You Need To Seriously Get over Yourself, ASAP Package

No need to thank me, we'll just think of this as my humble contribution to the The Ridding the World of Judgmental Prigs Foundation.
Christianity EtcRe: I Don't Feel Like Going To Church: What's Wrong? by Sisikill: 11:55am On Jul 18, 2008
skyone:
I pray you see but for now stop blaspheming however is your choice
Okay, seriously. . . she didn't feel like going to church for one sunday and you're are talking about deliverance?

Pray tell what you'll diagnose for the people you think are witches and ogbanjes? Their heads chopped off?

You know who is in need of deliverance. . . YOU, to purge out what it is giving you impression that you are in a position to measure someone's spiritual life.

If you are interested, I'll be more than happy to set up a plan for you.

It is called The Getting Over Yourself Package
TV/MoviesRe: Denzel Washington Vs. Will Smith (Poll) by Sisikill(op): 11:28am On Jul 18, 2008
davidif:
@siskil

Quote shocked shocked shocked shocked shocked shocked shocked shocked angry angry angry

oh my my, are you CRAAAAAZY, i don't mean to disrespect you but are you really REALLY high?? its obvious you know nothing about acting, because of someone was in a successful movie doesn't make them a great actor, geez why do you think they have never been nominated for an Academy Awards (The oscars don't lie), none of them have even won a golden globe or even a SAG award. omo, stop am o, acting is aaaaaaaa lot more than appearing in big budget movie anybody can, heck, wasn't transformers a mega hit, but it was an extremely horrible, i mean horrible movie. The plot was pathetic, the casting was just awful but that didn't stop it from being a hit. If you want to know what acting is about, go and watch the movie "malcolm X", or go read it up online, then come talk to me.

Geez, Katherine freakin' Hiegl angry angry
Excuuuuuse me? If thinking Beautiful Regina and Talented Katherine are noteworthy actresses is insane, then I never. . . ever wanna be sane, ever! I mean what are you talking about?

Did you see Regina in her last movie. . . can't remember the name at the moment or what it was about for that matter but she was marvelous!! I cheered. . . I mean I'm sure I did.


And Katherine Hiegl in knocked up. . . Oh my God, they should have called it knocked out coz that's what she did. . . Knocked it out of the ball park! I totally forget she wasn't really pregnant, she was that good. Have you seen her work on ABC's Arrested Anatomy, where she plays a doctor. . . Riveting! You know they gotta remember all those medical jargons, right and she hits every note without missing a beat. My Goodness! She's that freaking talented. I think when the gods were giving out acting skills, they mistakenly gave her triple portion. Honest!

So please come here telling me they can't on the same level as Meryl Streep. . . Just because she is critically acclaimed, has awards up the wazoo and. . . whatever else, okay! Thank you very much.
TV/MoviesDenzel Washington Vs. Will Smith (Poll) by Sisikill(op): 11:20am On Jul 18, 2008
Question - is there an expiration date on threads? How come one thread gets locked up and others don't?

Anyhoo, this is a carry over from the last. . .locked thread.

CH3COO:
only if you explain, in sufficient detail, the motive behind your analogy between monk and avg. joe as relates to the topic. is will really that bad? cry
LMAO! No he's not that bad!

Guess I better explain.

Two guys. . . Let's call them Joey and Monty, decide to take a vow of celibacy. An admirable thing, especially in this day and age, huh?

Monty packs up and moves to a monastry on some moutain top in the west.

Joey stays in the city determined to make his celibacy work despite all the temptations he faces every day. . .

A strip joint on his way to work where the girls stand at the window in their skimpiest outfits (Joey lives by the Red District in Holland wink )


A next door neighbor, who likes to water her plants in the shortest shorts and halter-est top, giving him the come hither look every time he walks by.

A co-worker who parks her behind on his desk every day. . . the neckline of her blouse low enough so Joey won't have to stretch his neck too far.

A friend who calls him to tell him about the major babes he just scored for both of them, the lastest Pamela Anderson look alike twins. "Dude cut that celibacy shite out and get over here. Them girls are primed and ready to go!"


Thanks to the paper thin walls, he can hear his upstairs neighbor having jungle sex.

Turns on the TV to drown the moaning coming from upstairs only to gets HBO after dark (oh la la)

Picks up a magazine to read, it is Victoria Secret (his sister left it the last time she visited) and there is Tyra Banks and Gisele pillow fighting in bra & pant (Angel curves 19.99 without tax)


Every day Joey goes through this (and more, I'm just to tired to think of what else turns guys on. . . yet he remains steadfast in his commitment to celibacy. How can we compare Joey to Monty, who has locked himself away in some tower, where the closests he'll ever get to anything sexual, is two butterflies mistakenly touching as the fly by? No freaking way Jose!

When Monty comes down from the moutain top and we see how well he does in the real world. . . Then and only then should will the two be on equal footing.

And that is the end of my Avarage Joe vs. Monk Analogy.

Starring

Denzel Washington as Average Joe aka Joey (Who puts himself out there ready to face anything because he is sure of himself)

Will Smith as Monty aka Monk (Who is perfectly content in his cocoon because he's not sure how well he'll fare in the real world)

Okay, maybe the analogy was a little to much but you get the picture.

Now TALK!
TV/MoviesRe: Who Is The Better Actor? Will Smith Or Denzel Washington by Sisikill: 9:15pm On Jul 17, 2008
CH3COO:
lipsrsealed
What? You're not talking?

Oh that is sooo not gonna work.

Do tell.
RomanceRe: White Married To Nigerian Man by Sisikill: 9:07pm On Jul 17, 2008
[quote author=LAKANYE~ link=topic=152077.msg2521185#msg2521185 date=1216321287][b]Dear ,
From reading your thread I realized or assumed YOU ARE A WHITE WOMAN MARRIED TO A NIGERIAN MAN. "I really loved him and our love was amaizing", which means that you loved him at the time for length of his privates and the amounts of sexual intercourse he was having with you? And afterwards you met a lot of what?? NIGGERShuh, AND you fell in lust with SOME OF THEM? And you want to be with one of them who is from JAMAICA, because he has a bigger privates than the Nigerian man?
YOU ARE AN EMPICABLE REASONS WHY I ALWAYS WRITE THAT WHITE WOMEN ONLY DATE BLACK MEN FOR THE SIZE AND STRENGTH OF THEIR DICK.
On behalf of your Nigerian husband, may thunder strike you down in the name of Shango, Ogun lakaaye osinmole, olominile fejewe, olasonile fimokimo bora mAY THE AFRICAN DEITIES BRING YOU TO JUSTICE BY SUNDOWN. MAY YOU LIVE A MISERABLE LIFE FOREVER. If you don't know the meaning of my eternal blessings for you, I advice you ask members of Nairaland to interprete the blessings to you. You are even bold enough to come to NAIRALAND of all places to complain about your Nigerian husband, calling black men NIGGERS, and praising yourself for sleeping around like a dog, delivering a BASTARDIZED CHILD for a Nigerian man, on Nairaland? I STRONGLY WISH THE JAMAICAN GIVES YOU AN IMPORTED SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES.
YOU ARE A DISGRACE TO ALL WHITE WOMEN, oloshi, odoko, asewo, alailojuti. omo Ale.[/b][/quote]Jeebus, Marion and Justine!! shocked

Christyike's husband. . . is. . . is that you?
RomanceRe: White Married To Nigerian Man by Sisikill: 9:04pm On Jul 17, 2008
busta what makes her then because she said she is married and she is living the her husband right now under the same roof. while she is fu cking some man WHAT MAKES HER?Huh
It makes her your next door neighbor.

The woman you cross at the grocery store.

The woman who sits by you in Church. . . mosque. . . Synagogue or wherever.

It makes her a human being. . . not a monster.

I'm not condoning cheating or anything but you know what's worse than cheating. . . it is the people who sit on their high horse condemning others when the possibility that they are no better is slim to none.
TV/MoviesRe: Who Is The Better Actor? Will Smith Or Denzel Washington by Sisikill: 8:49pm On Jul 17, 2008
LMAO!

Why do you say that?
TV/MoviesRe: Who Is The Better Actor? Will Smith Or Denzel Washington by Sisikill: 7:59pm On Jul 17, 2008
savanaha:
Isn't your anti-thesistic theory (nw) the same for DW or so people say. Even in his Training Day movie the media later chastized him for playing the bad guy with a good heart. I just feel that some people are cast into the same role even when they try to get out of it. Look at Eddie Murphy or Will Farrel or me. They try to be serious and most people don't get it because they are type cast. Thats just that.
Bless you!!!

They TRY but WS doesn't and he is happy to tell you he is not a risk taker. For pete's sake, the guy has a strategy in place to ensure he does not mistakenly cross over to the dark side (again, I have no beef with that). For me, comparing him to Denzel Washington is like comparing a Monk to an Average Joe guy on the street who has chosen to be calibate. The latter is out there. . . facing temptation from every angle and overcoming it while the former locks himself away from society in a remote tower.


I love this snippet from Wikipedia about Denzel Washington

Malcolm X transformed Washington's career, turning him, practically overnight, into one of Hollywood's most respected actors. He turned down several similar roles, such as an offer to play Martin Luther King, Jr., because he wanted to avoid being typecast. The next year, in 1993, he took another risk in his career by playing Joe Miller, the homophobic lawyer of a homosexual man with AIDS in the movie Philadelphia starring Tom Hanks.
Okay, okay I can't deny my bias is running amok on this thread. . . it's Denzel Washington! I love my Willy Nilly Smith too but again it's Denzel Washington!!! grin
RomanceRe: White Married To Nigerian Man by Sisikill: 7:31pm On Jul 17, 2008
ladyolis:
umm you are a real bitch why did you marry him @ 1st, well that will teach him to marry his own people
Yeah, coz his "own people" are the epitome of virtuousness, eh? undecided


@ Topic
Hate to be crude but shit happens. You aren't the first and you'll definitely not be the last.

Something was obviously missing in your marriage or you wouldn't be out there looking at another. If you think there's a chance you can work it out. . . do try and if it's done well then it is done, I say tell him as soon possible.

Good luck.
TV/MoviesRe: Who Is The Better Actor? Will Smith Or Denzel Washington by Sisikill: 6:08pm On Jul 17, 2008
Can you seriously picture WS playing a baddie? Nope, because it is the anti-thesis of the persona he has cultivated. . . the good guy.

When your real life personality prevents you from giving yourself to the art. . . you ain't no actor in my book. smiley
Foreign AffairsRe: Fox: Rev. Jesse Jackson Used The N-word by Sisikill: 4:24pm On Jul 17, 2008
Not the same Jesse Jackson. . . the self appointed representative of blacks, who grants absolution to white people when they say the N word? It can't be!

Who. . . who is gonna grant forgiveness to the forgiver?

Yep, end time is near!
TV/MoviesRe: Who Is The Better Actor? Will Smith Or Denzel Washington by Sisikill: 3:32pm On Jul 17, 2008
KarmaMod:
Exactly! So may people don't understand. They think 'oh been in a big blockbuster = best actor". That's NOT the case

Alot of GREAT actors are in independent movies or movies that don't even gross as much. They are picky with the scripts they choose. They choose to be in movies that represent their talent, not CGI action stuff. And Its like most people don't even know that the movie is usually a blockbuster because of the plot or story and not just for the actors.

Personally alot of actors I respect and adore and find them utterly talented are hardly in "blockbuster movies", but hey that's me. Christian Bale is one of my favorite actors and he just started getting true recognition when they made him Batman whereas he has way better movies under his belt
This reminded of an article I read when Will Smith was promoting I am Legend, I scoured the net all day yesterday. . . okay, that makes me sound like a jobless person. The truth is I was thinking of scouring the net yesterday but didn’t actually start scouring until this morning. . . yes, yes, that’s it.

Anyhoo, back to the blockbuster debate, it is one thing to be so good, your movies become blockbusters, it quite another to strategically go for blockbusters. For Willy boy, it’s not about the art, nah. . . it’s about the money, money, money and stardom. Don’t get me wrong, I like that he is not apologetic about where his head is at. . . in fact, I admire him for his honesty. Nothing irks me more than a silly fame hungry wannabe actor, in dirty jeans, looking unwashed because he thinks it makes him more artsy, talking about being in it for “the craft”. I’m like. . . Give me a freaking break, I can see the dollar signs where your pupils are supposed to be Kato, Jeez.

So yeah, Will Smith’s candor about what he is really about, is a breath of fresh air.

From the horse’s mouth (and no, that wasn’t a dig at his long ears, I promise you)


KW: Did you feel that it was financially risky to release a big-budgeted, CGI creature feature at Christmas time?

WS: I’m a student of the patterns of the universe. If I can figure out how something is seemingly risky, but I have the numbers on my side, I get really comfortable taking a leap. When I first came to Hollywood, I said to my manager, James Lassiter, “I want to be the biggest movie star in the world!” He said, “Okay, we should probably figure out what they do, and plot a course.” So, he went and got the top ten movies of all time. We watched them to try to figure out what were the patterns. And ten out of ten of them were special effects movies. Nine out of ten were special effects movies with creatures. And eight out of ten were special effects movies with creatures and a love story. So, Independence Day was not really a hard call to make when you look at the numbers. Therefore, I Am Legend, in concept, is not a hard call to make.

http://www.disilgold.com/moviereviews.html
And after I am Legend, he did HANCRAP. . . another CGI movie.


Just for good measures. . .



Will Smith Plays It Safe

Written by: Angela P. Cobb

Smith stuck in his own form of typecasting.

Actor Will Smith fancies a sure thing. He steers clear of films that are not big-budget blockbusters, as he is dubious of the chances such films have of succeeding financially, WENN reports.

Smith has remained comfortable in the action and sci-fi genres. Films such as Men in Black and Independence Day have grossed at the box office and made him a mega star. However, such successes have also made Smith unwilling to push the envelope, fearing a flop.

“I fear that if I don't do that 'Will Smith' thing, then it won't be successful,” the 39-year old actor admits.

However Smith is aware of such fears and perhaps will conquer them. He predicts that he still has plenty to do in the industry. “I think the next four or five years are going to be my innovative prime,” he plans.

http://thecelebritycafe.com/features/17185.html
Mr Will Smith goes to Washington

Here's Smith talking about how he and his manager measured box office patterns from a Top 10 list of all-time movie hits - and this, mind you, before he'd made a movie: "We realised that 10 out of 10 had special effects. Nine out of 10 had special effects with creatures. Eight out of 10 had special effects with creatures and a love story." Cue the elements familiar to us from Independence Day, I, Robot, the Men in Black films, Bad Boys, and this year in I Am Legend and Hancock.

http://film.guardian.co.uk/patterson/story/0,,2288798,00.html
So you see. . . Will Smith Defenders, when people say he’s just a movie star, they aren’t putting him down, they are calling the name he strove for. This is also why he can and should never ever be compared to the GREAT MR. DENZEL WASHINGTON!!!

Thank You. grin
CultureRe: Yoruba's And Fish Head by Sisikill: 9:54pm On Jul 16, 2008
The entire thread was not supposed to be taken seriously.

I mean. . . it is about fish head.

I'm still quite amazed at the kinda responses some topics get.

Fish Head. . . LMAO.
CultureRe: Yoruba's And Fish Head by Sisikill: 8:58pm On Jul 16, 2008
@ Lucabrasi

Yep! Give it up for heterogeneity!!

It IS what makes life such fun! fun! fun!

Oh can you imagine how utterly boring life would be if all acted the same way?

Jeebus! What a scary, scary thought

Nothin' personal my cyber friend.

Just cearing things up, is all.

See you around!
Christianity EtcRe: I Don't Feel Like Going To Church: What's Wrong? by Sisikill: 8:32pm On Jul 16, 2008
Gamine! The order has come from above that you need deliverance.

To start you off on a series of deliverance sessions,

I'd like you to sing this song at least 5 times a day and make sure you mean it.

Create in me a clean heart oh God
And renew a right spirit within me
Create in me a clean heart oh God
And renew a right spirit within me

Cast me not away
From thy presence oh Lord
Take not thy Holy Spirit from me
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation
And renew a right spirit within me


This ought to satisfy Mr. Skyone, the self-appointed Patron Saint of Sunday Sunday Church Goers, whom I'm beginning to suspect would love nothing more than to have you head on a silver platter. . . that's how grave he thinks you crime is.
Christianity EtcRe: Adeboye Shops For $20m Jet by Sisikill: 8:10pm On Jul 16, 2008
A footballer buys his jet with his money, he does not ask his fans who are 100 times worse off than he is to donate their money to buy him one.

Someone who hasn't paid his mortgage in two months will send his money towards this because he thinks if he doesn't, brimstones and fire will rain down on him. When he finally loses his home, he'll be made to feel it's because his faith wasn't strong enough.

How does this make any sense?
Christianity EtcRe: Adeboye Shops For $20m Jet by Sisikill: 7:54pm On Jul 16, 2008
*Covers face with both hands and shaking head*

Oh Lordy, Lordy, Lordy!

You try to defend them,

You make excuses that sound stupid even to you.

You judge others for judging them (The irony. . . completely lost on you)

And just when you are starting to feel mighty pleased with yourself for standing up for the men of God

They pull the rug from under you by buying a Jet for 20 freaking million dollars!!!

Ughhhhhh!!!
TV/MoviesRe: Who Is The Better Actor? Will Smith Or Denzel Washington by Sisikill: 4:44pm On Jul 16, 2008
davidif:
SEAN PENN AND JACK NICHOLSON ARE THE GREATEST ACTORS OF OUR TIME. while the great legendary MERRYL STREEP IS THE GREATEST ACTRESS IN OUR OWN ERA.
But. . . but. . . what about Regina King, Gabrielle Union, Jessica Alba, Katherine Heigl?

Their movies killed at the box office, surely that puts them in the same league as Meryl Streep.
TV/MoviesRe: Who Is The Better Actor? Will Smith Or Denzel Washington by Sisikill: 4:34pm On Jul 16, 2008
[quote author= link=topic=151120.msg2512180#msg2512180 date=1216171921]I was trying to make a point. The only main movie that the world acknowledge him from is Hotel Rwanda. He didn't even star in most of those movies You mentioned. It is not consider his movie.[/quote]Hey SeanT21, How are ya? Good ? Ah Splendid.

So Newsflash. . . the WORLD isn’t YOU.

Just because Hotel Rwanda is the only Don Cheadle Movie you know does not mean the rest of us didn't know others.
TV/MoviesRe: Who Is The Better Actor? Will Smith Or Denzel Washington by Sisikill: 3:58pm On Jul 16, 2008
My List of the Greatest Actors and Actress of all time

Damon Wayans
Shawn Wayans
Marlon Wayans
Gia Carides,
Patrick Swayze
Ben Stiller
Bill Paxton
Cary Elwes
The Rock

All the actors mentioned above can wipe and I mean WIIIIIIPE the floor with actors like

Sidney Portier
Daniel Day Lewis
Robert DeNiro
Al Pacino
Cate Blanchett
Meryl Streep
Kate Winslet
Susan Sarandon.

These actors have a lot, a whole lot to learn from the actors on the first list.

Why. . . I can just see Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino tripping over each other trying to be the first to bask in the greatness that is The Rock.

Daniel Day Lewis can learn facial comedy from the Wayans Brothers.

Cate Blanchett and Kate Winslet will be lucky to have Gia Carides teach them a thing or two.

Yep, Box Office Record sure is a good way to measure how great an actor is.
CultureRe: Yoruba's And Fish Head by Sisikill: 2:57am On Jul 16, 2008
KarmaMod
Oh, you don't have to tell me twice. . . Okay, okay maybe a month ago, you'd have had to tell me 6 times but not now. See, I've become wise to the ways of nairaland.
CultureRe: Yoruba's And Fish Head by Sisikill: 2:36am On Jul 16, 2008
tpia:
Negro Ntns, my understanding of that proverb is that a wise person will hold a live fish by the head, while a foolish person will grab it by the tail,  thus letting the fish wriggle out of his grasp.  Its not even as if I'm a stellar Yoruba scholar. undecided Kindly explain what dialect you got your own translation from.


Same logic behind catching a snake- you hold it by the head, not the tail.

I can't believe I'm even posting on this kind of dumb thread.

also explain why it would matter where anyone held a dead cooked fish? Which would also have been sliced into steaks?  I don't know if your translation is tongue in cheek or if you actually believe what you posted.
Tpai. . . my understanding of proverbs/sayings are that aren't meant to be taken so literally.

They are meant to be metaphors, for insance Kokoro ti onje efo, inu efo lo wa, literally translated, "The Insect that eat the vegetable is in the vegetable."  Now what sense does that make in the grand scheme of things? However, looking it from a metaphorical point of view, it makes sense, doesn't it? It is a warning about TRUST.
CultureRe: Yoruba's And Fish Head by Sisikill: 2:24am On Jul 16, 2008
[quote author=Negro_Ntns link=topic=151185.msg2511882#msg2511882 date=1216166083]Sisi,

Nice one there!  I don't know the truth to it but your account is very convincing. I'm going to come back to that in a follow up below but first, to the post.  

There is a Yoruba saying, "Ol' ogbon di ori eja mu, omugo di iru e mu".
Loose translation - the wise is preoccupied with the head, while the fool is grappling with the tail.

Eating fish head requires caution, patience, attention and reflex. At the tail end, none of these skills is needed.  So by repeatedly eating fish head, it is hoped that the subject will rapidly develop these skills for wisdom and bring it to bear in his personal life.  Situation sometimes turn ugly when eating fish head, a mis-routed piece of bone could remain lodged in the throat for days, causing great discomfort, though not deadly. With patience and reflex (not reflux), the problem can be quickly resolved. The outcome is a lesson learnt.  
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Sisi,

Have you read Homer?  For the sake of those who have not, let me bring out the value of your creativity and originality with that story above you call BS.  It may not be true, but nonetheless, it is no BS.  If you were a white person, somebody will take that story and send it to their historians for evaluation and if no fact is found, they will not throw it out, instead they will then turn around and classify it for archiving. The purpose being to promote a cultural heritage and the Greatness of a people.  Homer is a legend and one of his works included Iliad.  There is no truthfull account to the adventures of Iliad.  Homer himself is a collection of orally transmitted history _ which is pretty much the basis of African historical passages.  Depending on who the audience is the person Homer has been modified and embellished so many times to portray the Greeks as a Great society.  In Africa we orient our learning towards European philosophies but we haven't developed the vision much less mastered the strategies for formulating and pushing ethnic ideologies.  If we did, our African legends and poets should be included in academic studies in colleges across the globe, just as much as Shakespeare and Charles Dickens are mandatory literatures all over the universe.


Sisi, thanks for your ingenuity.


For those who might be interested in further reading, here is a link.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer[/quote]Goodness! Thank you.

Lol. . . I don't know what to say. I mean that was just my childish attempt at pulling OP's legs.

You explanation makes so much sense.

Yeah, it does take a lot of patience to eat fish head (and crab as someone mentioned). Patience sadly is something I lack, that could explain why I am not a big fan of Fish Head. . . apart from the nasty, mucus like thingy dripping out of it, I mean.

Honestly, I have seen people who aren't disgusted by the nasty mucus like thingy eat fish head and I tell ya it's like watching a performance art, the attention they pay to it. . . making sure the get every last bit yet being very cautious, all so very calculated. It takes a certain kinda person to do all that for something people like me see as little payoff for so much work.
.
Thanks again and your post reminds me of another Yoruba proverb. . . I'll try not to butcher it and please don't expect the intonation marks, never got it in school, doubt I'll ever get it.

Alright, here goes -

So ki ni oro ol' ogbon

Loosely translated - the wise do not have to make a big production of their words.  grin

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