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“Every other Nigerian has a small dagger in his pocket, hoping to draw blood Get your own dagger! Be on your guard, and may the Lord be with you.” — Peter Enahoro (AKA Peter Pan) from “How to be a Nigerian” |
16 November, 2013
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“A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on” – Winston Churchill |
9 November, 2013
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“‘The problem is all inside your head’ she said to me, ‘The answer is easy if you take it logically, I’d like to help you in your struggle to be free.'” — Paul Simon – 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover |
2 November, 2013
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“A baboon can’t see his own forehead, he can only see the forehead of another” – a siSwati saying which means you can’t see your own mistakes, only those of others |
26 October, 2013
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“Trouble, oh trouble set me free. I have seen your face and it’s too much, too much for me.” – Cat Stevens
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19 October, 2013
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“I had your baby in silence, I never spoke of the violence” – Freshly Ground
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12 October, 2013
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“U nga dlayi nyoka u yi ndzuluta, ta micele ta ku vona” (Do not kill a snake a swing it, the ones inside the hole are watching you) – a traditional Tsonga saying |
5 OCTOBER, 2013
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“A smelly person can’t smell their own stink.” – a traditional Xhosa saying |
23 September, 2013
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“I want a time machine so I can go back in time to when puns were funny.” – Reeves Goodman, my son’s friend |
25 September, 2013
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“Now you’re cooking with gas.” – One of my late Iowa grandfather’s favorite expressions |