TRAVELS w/P: Tales of Adventure Here & There

Thursday September 19

Here are a few expressions from around these parts.

“We are happy to greet you, in Jesus’ name.” – “Amen!”

“I tell you your name has gone so farO. Well doneO.”

“People finish their dirty jobs anywhere.”

“Glorious exit” (funeral notation)

“A gossip centre for women. A kindO place to exchange stories for men.”

“Mosquitoes settle, breed, and come to attack us.”

“So that we leave you better than we met you.”

“YesO. I pray so.”

“By the special grace of God I bring this message” ..that's from someone with a loudspeaker outside the compound walls at this very moment of writing.

 

SIDEBAR: Good heavens – pun intended – the street preacher is aggravating. Big megaphone voice disrupts neighbourhood normal.

“Jesus Christ!”
Stroll somewhere else brother.
“Remember the story of the ten virgins?”
Ummm, no.

“…Thank you father! Thank you Jesus! Thank you Lord!"

The strolling sermon is over. Halleluiah.

Saturday is Calabar Municipal Election day. Restricted movement will be enforced from 7am to 4pm.  Taxis will not be on roads. Individuals can be arrested if out and about without the specific intent to vote or return home from doing so. Now that’s an interesting sense of democracy. Actually that’s not fair. It’s more a matter of proactive security should the politically engaged become enraged.