Just me on my desk trying to read my book, then my friend enters and the next thing you hear is;
Spero, are you reading? Lol
Welcome to Nigeria, the home of funny questions, lol. People in this part of the country do many funny things but one of the funniest is the act of asking questions when they could literally see what you are doing.
I don't know if it's to confirm that you're doing it or just that they don't trust the rods and cones of their eye's retina and it's always funny when you answer them sarcastically, hehe.
It was a very fun part of our growing up as I could remember doing it a lot to my friends and them doing same to me too.
Just take for instance,
Someone is coming back from the market, it's very evident that he's coming back home because of the loads he's carrying and another person meets him along the road and instead of saying, welcome or anything else to him, he says,
Are you back from the market?
Then he might respond,
No oh, I'm still in the bus going to the market
Others might be....
Seeing someone eating food and the first thing you ask is;
Are you eating food now?
No, I am actually bathing
Are you cooking food?
No, I'm playing volleyball
Are you swimming?
No, I'm in the office
And many more, hehehe
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Can you imagine these set of citizens?
Funny enough we do these things subconsciously many times and then expect an answer even when we could already see the answer to the questions we ask.
Another funny thing done over this part of the world a lot is The act of answering questions with questions, hehe.
This also was our major aspect of growth here.
Ideally, a question asked except it's a rhetorical question should be followed by an answer but over here in Nigeria, questions follow questions and then answers follow answers.
Just take for instance,
Going to the market to buy a goods and after the series of search competing with both humans, animals and objects even vehicles on the tiny walk paths in our markets, you finally get to see where you could buy your desired goods...
The seller: ... calls one inflated price as the price of the goods and you say
You: no oh, I'm not buying it at that amount Ma.
The seller: how much would you buy it at?
You: How much is your last price?
This particular instance happens millions of times over here and people see it as normal, lol.
Others are:
Preparing for an occasion...
My friend: when will we be leaving?
Me: When should we leave?
Trying to cook a new delicacy and asking a friend..
Me: How would I cook this food?
My friend: How do you want to cook it?
And many others
Consistently doing the wrong thing makes it look normal but it's surprising how it is fun when we still do them, lol.
Do you also have some of these funny behaviours in your country or is it mine alone?
Thanks for reading and have a great Sunday celebration👍
