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[quote][/quote]I was a fatal accident. . . . .
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This is sadly true. Not only (some) Nairalanders use it but people use it freely here in Nigeria. They think 'fatal' means 'serious', not knowing that s/he who had a 'fatal' accident does not live to tell the story.

My own collections:-

Am like , (like what?) - "I'm like I should buy a new shirt" (that one na English?)
return back (tautology)
I suggest (meaning 'suspect')
mob (for mop)
Let's stroke out (take a stroll/walk)
Puverty
Something shuk/chuk me for leg

Of some Nigerian kids
My mummy have gone
They are calling you
Their/Them Tunde (awon Tunde) (Tunde and others)

Doctors in the house, I greet you. Kindly help me with this condition:

About 2 months ago I took a malaria injection and about 10 minutes later I felt a numbness on my thigh which continued the next day. On the 3rd day I went back to the same hospital and the doctor allayed my fears and advised that I apply balm to it that it would go with time. Despite the balm application I could feel only partial sensation on that part of my body and it was quite worrisome. Gradually the numbness gave way and replaced itself with a biting pain that increases by the day. Ive been to 2 other hospitals after my initial experience and I was given Vitamin C, Tramax Capsule, Neurovit Forte, Paracetamol and Balm. I don’t know what to do again and the pain still persists . If I go to another hospital they’ll still give me analgesic! The pain is limited to the thigh muscle/skin, the bone is ok. Isn’t there any test I can do that will reveal the cause of this stubborn ailment? Please note that the injection was administered on my bum, not my thigh. Also, there was no abscess formed and the pain on the injection site did not last more that 2days! In other words, the injection might not be the cause of this ugly condition .
Pls help, somebody.

@ Paul Smart, do I have to call you? Why don't you state the likely solution you have here for all to see?
Besides, are you a doctor or herbalist?

About 2 months ago I took a malaria injection and about 10 minutes later I felt a numbness on my thigh which continued the next day. On the 3rd day I went back to the same hospital and the doctor allayed my fears and advised that I apply balm to it that it would go with time. Despite the balm application I could feel only partial sensation on that part of my body and it was quite worrisome. Gradually the numbness gave way and replaced itself with a biting pain that increases by the day. Ive been to 2 other hospitals after my initial experience and I was given Vitamin C, Tramax Capsule, Neurovit Forte, Paracetamol and Balm. I don’t know what to do again and the pain still persists . If I go to another hospital they’ll still give me analgesic! The pain is limited to the thigh muscle/skin, the bone is ok. Isn’t there any test I can do that will reveal the cause of this stubborn ailment? Please note that the injection was administered on my bum, not my thigh. Also, there was no abcess formed and the pain on the injection site did not last more that 2days!

tRoOE:

But why is she trying to copy the same style, can't she look for another design hmmmmm something smells fishy

Don't they have pics from the wedding, that will give them an idea of how the dress looks

I will advice her not to

Accordiing to her, she has never sewn any wedding dress before, this is going to be her first and she needs a sample to examine and copy, as dfferent from what is on catalogue.
I personally can't read any meaning to it, its just that one cannot be too sure with other human beings. That's why we need other people's opinion. Thanks all the same.

yemivictor:
LMAO!!!

You'll have to be kidding me babe!!

Jesus is coming & Imole Jesu tan yo-yo-yo!!!

Wonderment shall never end!

Am serious. We jokingly call the former 'Is Coming' (though the parents call her by another name) and we call the latter 'Yoyo' while the parents call her ''Imole" .
Such names are more than ridiculous, walai!!

]OKORIBIDO!!![/b]

And i swear that this is a real name that've heard before![/color]
[quote][/quote]Sure u didn't hear it well. The right spelling is OKURIBIDO (from OKURIBIDURO), another  Ijebu name like Okusanya or Okubadejo etc.   (And mind you, the 'oku' does not mean 'dead person').  

The fact that some of you don't like the sound of some names simply does not mean the names on their own are ridiculous. Imagine all those traditional names with beautiful and prophetic meanings that some people have tagged 'ridiculous'. Somebody should tell me what's ridiculous in Olaide or Chibuizor, to mention a few. What is ridiculous in Mary and Abraham? Faith, Hope and Peace? Ehn, na wah o.

To me, the kind of names that are ridiculous are: Bush, Stone, Fire Wood and other inanimate objects that people are named after.

Also, some names like Luku, Jemila, Shukura, Mulika, Mufu, Ayinla, Isila, Layi,  just because of the way they sound.

And some modern Christian names like Destiny, Jesus is Coming (my colleague's child's name) , ImoleJesuTan-yo-yo-yo (a church member's child's name) . I am serious o!

Had 2 and both were on my birthdays! The first was on my way from work in the evening and in my colleague’s car (we were also neighbours). We were approaching toll gate from Alapere. I was just reminiscing on the get-together organized for me at the office earlier that day and with my eyes closed I did not notice gravel were on the road which made the road kind of slippery and the guy was struggling with the steering to make the car steady. Before I could say ‘hi’ the car had turned to where we were coming from, crossed the kerb in the middle of the road and jumped into the bush. All these happened in split seconds and I couldn’t open my eyes for the fear of finding myself in heaven. Well, nobody had a scratch, thank God.

On my birthday again the following year, I was going to work in the same car and we were on Oregun road when we ran into some danfo drivers driving roughly the way they do when one of them dies and they want to take him for burial. My colleague did all he could to avoid them but one daredevil just emerged from nowhere and bashed the side where I was! Fortunately I was not injured. But what kind of coincidence was this? Was God telling me something? Needless to say that that was the last day I entered the guy’s

@Poster, you didn't tell the whole story o. In as much as I don't support wickedness, high-handedness or unnecessary vengeful actions in fellow women, I want to ask you for what actions you took that you think might be linked with her reaction. Let me help you here, maybe you directly or indirectly suggested that one lady somewhere has or is about to have a male child for you, maybe you gave an impression that your MSC program enables you meet some ladies more educated than your wife, maybe, just maybe at one time or the other she has spotted you with another lady and she felt threatend by it. Some of us women can be very crazy when it comes to unfaithfulness by our husbands o. In all these, are you FAITHFUL to her?

At any rate, like someone has earlier said, talk to her, e get as you wooed her before marriage nah! Besides, there's a way you've managed her till she had two kids for you, (that could be plus or minus 3 years if the two girls are not twins). If it still doesn't work, talk to her parents, her father in particular, if she has a mature brother, talk to him man-to-man. Just in case you've done all these and there's no result, leave the house for one week without letting her know your whereabout. Let's see how much she'll try to trace you.

Seun:
Wh can't she just take a second husband? Afterall what's good for the goose is good for the husband?

2nd husband? When young and not too young spinsters are still looking for (1st) husband, what chances does an already married lady (ith or without kid) have to get hooked to another man in a serious and meaningful relationship? It does happen occasionally though, but (African) women are so, so unfortunate in this aspect. Otherwise, do me I do you, man no dey vex, I beg!

Seun:
Why do ladies like to obsess over irrelevant things?
I swear I'll dump any girlfriend I have if she turns out to be a nag.

Seeun, how can you call nail-biting by a 40something-year old irrelevant?

Good luck to you if you dump every girlfriend who points out that she's not comfortable with a bad habit of yours.

Why don't you just post the bad habit(s) of your girlfriend (if you have one), at least that is the simple request of the poster .

Oh how I wish the guys are reading, so they'll  change, hopefully.

Mine has a bad habit of biting his nails. He would bite in the morning, noontime and night time. You know the fingers cannot be clean all the time and yet he would chop on like no man's business Ive teased and teased and he's not moved. Ask me how I expect such an old habit to die, what his Momma couldn't take from him!

Like OBJ he also clears his throat much too often and that gets on my nerves

My friend’s sister-in-law, who happens to be a tailor, requested that my friend should borrow her her wedding dress in order for her to copy the design to sew a wedding dress for a customer. Nothing appears to be wrong with the request on the surface, she’s truly a tailor and it appears she has never sewn a wedding dress before, she got this opportunity and wants to try her hand on it, using the sister-in-law’s dress as a guide. Plain, simple and harmless.

Where my friend’s fear emerged from is the fact that she has not been blessed with a child after 3years of marriage. The tailor sister-in-law attends a white garment church (cele) and my friend feels she probably wants to use her wedding dress as a point-of-contact to do something diabolical to her marriage. Like cause wahala that may bring separation so that another lady might move in, blah-blah.

She and her husband are coping well and she seems to have a good enough relationship with her husband’s siblings. (No parents, but sisters, all of them!) She sought my opinion and I honestly didn’t know what to tell her. She had instantly said ‘yes’ to the request, but later had a rethink and that’s the reason for posting this thread. Please help me to help my friend. Bless you all.

Emi nee ki dede yin o, Egba'mo Lisabi. E de ku afere yi o.

Are, are are! OlaNajim ati Pahtahkee, iyen ni pe omo Egba re eyin mejeji, ki pa de se yin yi e fin nsoInglish?

Those old folks really dealt with us in those 'growing up' days oh . Neverteless, some of those 'do's and don'ts' were actually meant to teach us some moral lessons, but I don't know why we were not told the true repercussions. For example, let's look at my own list and see the difference between the lies they told us and what they actually wanted to prevent:

1) Don't eat at the entrance of the house, you will not be filled (you will prevent easy passage by others and more importantly someone passing across your food will most certainly shake off some dirt into your plate of food!).

2) Don't look into the mirror when your hair is being plaited, you will go blind. (your persistent look into the mirror may call for complaint that the hair is not done well enough and that the doer should adjust this or that side, blah blah, therefore, for maximum concentration, do not look into the mirror)

3) Don't wash clothes at night or your husband will die (kids like me who found it difficult to wash a piece of cloth clean during the day would definitely not wash it clean at night)

4) If you walk about with your hair half-plaited and a fly perches on it, somebody (av forgotten who) will die (children were thereby being taught to complete one assignment before laying hand on another (especially playing).

5) Don't collect rain water with your hand or else your hand will be shaking for life or you will attract thunderstorm (we all know a child can catch cold by doing this).

6) Don't sweep at night or somebody will die (the floor swept might not be clean, simple!). Another one on sweeping is 'don't collect dirt swept with your hand or your hand will be shaking for life (this is simple hygiene nah!)

In order not to bore you, I'll come back later with the ones I don't know what morals they teach.
Peace.

[/quote]As original Nigerian when nylon bag full i transfer to bag sooooo,
u'll find dried fish crumbs, maggi (1 max) rolls of torn tissue

Any way thank you because when i saw it all i finally decided to clean my bag[quote]

@ Origin, I feel you. This is Monday, my handbag is still 'born again' from my weekend 'bagmental sanitation' . However, occasionally stuff like Maggi cubes are residents in my bag, cos as Origin has aptly put it 'when nylon bag full they are transfered to bag' .

Regularly, I carry pen knife, shaving stick, razor blade (wrapped with its paper) torch, shoe brush, flash. Other items are regular lady-like stuff.

Yes o, my brother, BEST BREAKFAST IS FRUITS o. I can shout it on the roof top

Eat plenty of fresh green vegetables and fruits. Better still juice them. And WATER! WATER!! WATEEEEEEEER!!!Blood tonic? .

Salad creamless? that is like a suicide mission. Thanks anyway , fruits are better but count me out of fruits like pawpaws and water melon.

@Stillwater, I feel you. But whatever's wrong with pawpaw and watermelon? These wonderful God-given gifts to humanity, chei, you don't know what you are missing
If you can't chew them why don't you juice them out, they make a splendid combination and drink it once you won't want stop drinking! True.

The truth is as at 3rd quarter of last year, even the smell of fresh tomato made me want to throw up but could you believe that I now take ordinary fresh tomatoes and lettuce as breakfast at least once in a week? I never thought I could until I had some health challenges that made me become a near-vegetarian as a result of the need to 'detoxify and blah blah'. Wasn't easy initially but am the better for it now and I feel healthier and fresher

And to ALL OTHERS who cannot eat/chew their veggies, do you simply swallow them or do you juice them? My point is juiced fresh veggies are EXCELLENT for good health. Am a living witness.

@ Poster, Am sorry to say that too much egg is not good for your health. The egg yolk in particular is very high in protein increases your cholesterol level. It is very useful to GROWING children. An adult should better get his/her protein from other sources. However, if you must take it, let it be moderate, and make sure you are an active person so that you'll burn out the excess in your system in no time.

My brother, silver and gold I do have but can't give you but this, which I can freely give you is that you gradually cut down on your coke intake until you can completely eliminate it from your diet. IT IS DEADLY, shikena.

Instead, fall in love with WATER, for a HEALTHIER You.

Peace.

You really do NOT have to eat thrice a day. I used to think it was impossible.It's not the number of times you eat but what you eat itself that makes you healthy.It however depends on your age and body requirement. Most of the times what we adults eat the three times may NOT even give us the required nutrients. For example, anything made out of plain white flour e.g white bread, cake and pastries in general don't give you any nutritional value. I have some 'funny' guys in my office, they are factory workers, as early as 8am, they'll buy those locally made buns or doughnuts(doesn't matter though, whether they are from MacDonald or Tantalizer), eat and 'wash' it down with 'orobo' coke/fanta, and cold one for that matter! I would smile at them but weep inside because such people are 'killing' themselves gradually. That is of course their breakfast, they would most likely have a good lunch at the staff canteen and some of them would buy fried yam and ankara on their way home to have as dinner. For healthy nutrition, breakfast was NIL, lunch was OK and dinner was just FAIR.

On the other hand, someone who simply took few biscuits and a cup of tea (but my candid choice is FRUITS or simply water!) as breakfast, have a real meal (rice, amala, beans or whatever) as lunch and take fruits (banana, pawpaw, orange and the like) again in the evening, has a better chance of healthy living. Most of those traditional breakfast, lunch and dinner do not completely digest before we take the next one. Give your digestive system a break meeen!

On a final note, if you must take dinner, please do so a couple of hours before you go to bed. Your digestive system is inactive when you are sleeping and undigested food in your system causes great damage to your health.

Cheers

@ Stillwater, 4Him is right, y'know? It depends on your present age but as you approach 40 you need to eat your fruits and much more your vegetables raw or at least parboiled. It may not be desirable but it does a lot of good to your health. Whatever is wrong in eating carrots raw? Ah-ah? Boiling it destroys the nutrients and u end up eating ordinary rubber, if you must know! And that your salad cream increases your cholestrol level which is not good for you, why don't you eat your salad creamless? You'll puke, ehn? Sorry .

something is about to happeeeeeeeeeeen.
goinggggggggg, goooooiiiiiiiiing,
I'll be back

@ Lucabrasi,
In as much as I agree with you about the economic hardship in Nigeria, I refuse to believe that an able-bodied YOUNG man should resove to begging for close to years if not more! I could trace the first time I saw him to April 2006 (because of what I went to buy was for an occasion I still remember) and he has done the same thing CONSISTENTLY to date. Who knows for how long he has been begging before I saw him?

I know 'begging' is better than robbery/419/yahoo-yahoo, nevertheless, why hasn't he done something with what he has made these sevaral months? The guy must be lazy and is probably a gold digger (the iyawo is earning fat salary). I wouldn't be surprised if he eventually swindles her. Free money don sweet am and he don trowey shame! In as much as I wouldn't want to spoil the lady's joy, I would feel guilty if they get married and she later finds out and becomes heartbroken as a result. why is the guy living a lie? Who knows how many other things he's hiding from the poor girl? He's probably married with kids somewhere for all you care! A beg I dey vex!

debbra:
Na wa o wonder shall never end, maybe when next u see him doing same bussiness do try and take the wife, parent or even your there to see with their own eyes.

@ debbra, you share the same view with my husband. He's of the opinion that I should stylishly arrange one 'not important' outing with my friend and make sure we pass through his usual spots. Maybe it would be better if a member of their family finds out, shay?

About two years ago I was passing along Oshodi road and I saw a nice looking gentleman, well dressed and obviously educated asking a passe-by to give him N20. The latter ignored him and thinking that the guy was stranded and moved by pity, without being asked I handed over a N20 note to this young man and I continued my journey. About an hour later on my return journey, at the same spot this guy was still there asking for N20. I stopped and told him how disappointed I was in him, that I thought he was stranded, not knowing he was a professional beggar. He made a face at me and turned his back. I walked away.

About a month later I saw this guy around the same place and I positioned myself so he would ask me for N20. He did and I asked him if he had N100 change, after some seconds of hesitation he answered in the affirmative and I asked him why he was begging for N20 if he had N100. I told him to go and work and he ignored me. In short, every time I had passed through Oshodi since 2006 I’d always seen this guy doing his thing. I later decided to mind my own business by ignoring him. Interestingly, the guy looks more robust and fresher than I first knew him over a year ago. Sometime in January I noticed he had changed his base to Awolowo Way in Ikeja. (perhaps some other busy bodies like me did not let him be) and twice I have seen him at his ‘new office address’

Recently I got a invitation from a bosom friend to join her family at the Introduction Ceremony of her kid sister which was slated for last Saturday. I was there and when the groom to be emerged, he happened to be my ‘beggar friend’! Thinkin I wasn't seeing well, I wiped my face and looked again, he was, of course, the one. I was shocked to the marrow but I controlled myself. The duo made a perfect couple! The ‘iyawo’ was full of excitement and they were obviously in love. I later stylishly and carefully interrogated my friend about who her in-law to be was and I was told the guy is an Engineer with the Lagos State Government(?). In short, the wedding date has been fixed for May this year

Now, if you were in my shoes. would you spill the beans? If yes, to whom? The parents, sister or the lady concerned? God knows I wouldn’t want to spoil the joy of this young lady but at the same time I can’t allow this deceit to go on. People, what should I do?

@ Naijaking,
I agree with you. I wish there's a public enlightenment program on this.

TOYOSI20:
That's a very good idea,

BUT A LOT OF SAFETY PRECAUTIONS, HAVE TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION,

ON THE PART OF BOTHTHE DONORS AND THE RECIPIENTS.

@Toyosi, to the best of my knowledge, before a donor's blood is taken, a test is carried to determine if he/she has enough to sustain him after donation. In addition, the blood sample is also screened for HIV and  whatever disease that can be transmitted to the recipient. If the donor's blood is not fit in any way, it will not  be drawn.



[quote author=ifyalways
voluntary blood donation is goood but errrrrhm na when pesin even chop belleful him go remembre that one nah.with the rate of poverty in Nigeria,the spirit might be willing but the flesh is weak

[/quote]@Ifyalways, What of those who chop beleful? A lot of people go about with excess  blood in their system without knowing it. I gathered recently that excess as well as shortage of blood is good for the system Besides, if what you have is not sufficient even for you, it won't be taken.


[quote author=j-girl link=topic=114323.msg1980011#msg1980011 date=1203584953]Abi oooo - the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.

All those ritualists can start robbing blood banks and using one's blood to do certain stuff. Abeg - i'd rather give out my blood personally, no offence.

I never really gave that a thought you know? Such things are not impossible with Naijans anyway.

loruz:
Lord reed,am a regular blood donor in LUTH. u can also register there,its a worthy cause

Good. Any intending donor around Ikeja can also walk into LASUTH and register. You will feel happy afterwards. But to talk true, me I never donate blood in my life  sha o. The fear of NEEDLE is the beginning of wisodm, a beg! Even the small small one I dey  manage to give for test, na so so cry  I dey cry before nurse go draw the blood . Omo, e no easy o.

I haven't received mine and neither has any of my numerous friends and colleagues I asked. Methink they are sending it in batches or whatever. Why not chill a little while longer, though its worrisome but it could still be on the way. Cheers

o kare, Obirin, where u dey bifo sef?

Thanks o jare, my family must eat samosa this weekend. Bon apetit, everyone