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mr me too:
From what the troll said you'll think every person in the NFL was born with a silver spoon in their mouth. Many of them grew up in the ghetto, broke as hell. So there was really no point made and what a reason to love a game; A game made for the rich (does that remind you of anything?)

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria?topic=42904.msg928196#msg928196

someone clearly has a complex!!

shsonline:
Actually, I meant the other guy who was saying american football is dumb and reminds him of fat americans and cheeseburgers.

The post wasn't meant for you. the person (sharetroll) it was directed at knows what i'm talking about.
I was mimicking his post in another thread.

I'm not a guy and i'm really offended. j/k

sharetroll:
american football is for americans.

FOOTBALL is for the world

football is just a lot more sophisticated and recognized all over the globe. Even in France where filet mignon originates. American football, on the other hand, reminds me of cheeseburgers, fat dumb players, dirt e.t.c How dare you compare the two!!

Is this all that you have left to hold onto? Self-esteem a little low lately? Need a tissue?

oh he doesn't remember.
remember your "classical music is better than rap music" thread?
classical music is sophisticated like filet mignon and rap is like a cheeseburger and dirty. therefore classical music is better.

soccer must be better than american football then. considering which is fatty, dirty and which is more sophisticated. what exactly is your point in creating this thread?

you've got a serious complex. no kidding

There's a thread about lagos building roads and transportation, there were some Nigerians opposed to it.
even the subway/ rail project, there are nigerians opposed to it
There are some nigerians against the EFCC too.

the govt could decide to develop abuja (the national capital) and some people will oppose it. (that by itself is BACKWARDNESS, imo).


Nigeria won't turn into an economically stable nation overnight. small steps like this, in my opinion, are what causes the status quo to change.



@adcoline, Initiatives in Nigeria, are rarely very rarely locally driven. If they were, nigeria will be getting better everyday ( rather than the govt creating a plan projects only if Clinton is visiting or if we're "hosting "
Nigeria isn't really a full (not even half) democracy where the citizens substancially influence the govt. The govt we have weild pretty much ALL of the power and that's why they're so corrupt. there isn't an effective checks and balance system to challenge and charge them (only foreign pressure charges them. the EFCC most likely wouldn't have been created if not for the foreign complaints of 419 mail scammers) unlike more developed countries.

so even if abuja doesn't host the commonwealth games, the money that was supposed to go into hosting and developing Abuja has a possibility of ending up in some officials's foreign bank account. That's why we should jump at chances like this.

well, you've been paying taxes for how long? have those taxes been used to provide jobs? No, the govt just get bigger foreign bank accounts.
I didn't even realize there was a tax system in Nigeria. LOL

I wouldn't pay taxes if i were you and i'll gather a group of people to boycott taxes until at least something gets done. gather some money and form a public interest group to challenge the local/ state govt on the issue you're concerned with. especially unemployed people.

attacking abuja2014 is not the best way. we're only deterring progress if we keep opposing stuff like this.
we're supposed to channel our energies resourcefully.

If i was unemployed in Nigeria, i would start a abua2014 t-shirt business or something. lol j/k

alabiyemmy:
@adconline

what point are you making? none.

he's not trying to make a point.
he's trying to "challenge" me. [quote][/quote]

american football is for americans.

FOOTBALL is for the world

football is just a lot more sophisticated and recognized all over the globe. Even in France where filet mignon originates. American football, on the other hand, reminds me of cheeseburgers, fat dumb players, dirt e.t.c How dare you compare the two!!

This isn't about challenge. keep your ego in your pocket.
I'm only trying to persuade fellow nigerians to support Abuja2014.

what country are you supporting to host it? (I know it's not nigeria) canada or scotland?

american football is stupid to me.
and i would like to, by all means, attend a college where soccer, rather than Amer. football, is popular (there are very few of them, but they exist fortunately for me)


VIVA LE FOOT (soccer)


i wouldn't say one is better than the other since it's all about opinion and what one's used to.
i personally LOVE SOCCER

i'd rather take advice from certain people than take advice from my worst enemy

adconline:
This is another opportunity to misappropriate public funds. How did All Africa Games, Common Wealth Heads of Government meeting and Nigeria WYC 1999 benefit us?

I really want a break from all the "419 in nigeria" "beggers in the streets" (recent one on yahoo front page) reports that we get.
this will at least build our PR, image to an extent, and maybe encourage private sectors to come invest w/ us. lol
i'm tired of all the jungle tree climbing monkey riding image the west have of us nigerians.
benefits doesn't only come in material form


and from what I remember, the govt constructed the stadium in Abuja for the all africa games. and there are plans to build Abuja's infrastructure for this game. how's that a bad thing

why do you think there are other countries also competing to get the bid if there were no benefits involved? Even canada without adequate facilities (from what i heard) wants to win the bid.
why do we have to be the losers all the time It'll be a shame to lose to canada when we have superior facilities don't you think. what's the use of the facility anyways if there isn't going to be any use for it? it was build for stuff like this

we deserve this probably once in a lifetime chance.
when do we ever have the commonwealth games hosted in Africa? when do we ever have anything hosted in Africa?

Nigeria most likely won't be carrying all the cost anyways. probably not even half of the cost.

oh btway, i doubt the all africa games caused regular nigerians any financial burden. or did it cause the price of rice to increase?
we're just unpatriotic citizens that's all. we've lost hope in everything that I bet even if the govt were to start plans to build houses and give out jobs, we would still complain and doubt!!!!
and it's not our fault. our govt. have failed us many times. but i have the feeling they're doing some things right at this moment.

Most of the people are going to be athletes not investors.

not true

We need to do some things right like constant power, contract enforcement and security.

where will the govt get the initiative to do this things?
abuja2014 for example, provides the initiative for the govt to work on those things in abuja.

oh my bad

I was watching a movie yesterday eternal sunshine of the spotless mind and then i got to the part where the guy was remembering stuff from childhood and then I tried to see if i can do that. I remembered a bunch of things from when i was 6 or 5 and "yemi my lover" was one of those things.

I don't really remember the movie but i remembered that there was a kid in my class called yemi and we sang the song in class to taunt him till he cried and then we got in trouble for making fun of him.

I'm still trying to remember what happened in the movie/ what the movie was about, but it's not working. I really want to see that movie again. It was reallllly popular then.

can someone who remembers the plot or what happened in the movie, tell me.
I remember there was a lot of singing

OH my God. i think so.

it was such a long time ago, i only remember the phrase.


was it a movie or a drama series.

does anyone remember this movie? or drama?
I was watching a movie and i suddenly remembered the phrase and i'm sure it's from a nollywood movie that was really popular like over 10 years ago.
what was it about?

i'm not sure if the right name is yemi but i think it is.

@omoge, she's going to be thanking us for the wonderfully planned baby shower.

dimey lives in toronto
femi does too
in two years,
they'll shop at toys r' us

lol.
she's into femi right now. she's working on making her name rhyme with femi.
awww. . .

dimey dimei dimeyi dimeiy femi dami dimey

yes he can.
communicate some how else. yahoo or something. or create a thread titled "dimey and femey chat"

what would you guys want me to do to make you carry your chat somewhere else?
i was meant to be the last person to post on this thread before seun will eventually lock it.

we still got a long way to go

alabiyemmy:
Of course people pay taxes in Nigeria - common.

where do all the money go then?

lewa:
Another avenue to waste tax payers money!

people pay taxes in Nigeria?

i'd rather be verbally harmed than be physically harmed.

anybody in their right mind should know that 419 doesn't pay.
anybody in their right mind should also know not to take the literal message of osofia's song seriously.

well, each to his own. I like the song. cause it has a patriotic tone to it and it's catchy.

what i don't like is that condenscending and demeaning tone of the ABC report. it's not one bit objective (as usual)
I'd rather listen to usofia's song all day than watch that stupid report for once.

instead of crying, you should probably punch whoever taunts you in their faces.
I would
crying will only make them poke fun at you. just give them that look

work on being healthy so that when you lose the weight, they will be embarrased for making fun of you in the first place and you can rub it on their faces.