Re: Poisson D’Avril

Only one of the following is an April fool joke.

  1. Cougar Village will kick me out of my residence after the 7th of May and I’ll have to find somewhere else to live.
  2. Mafoya has got himself a car.
  3. Ben has moved out to downtown Edwardsville leaving the whole apartment to me alone.
  4. I have lost my wallet with all its cash and cards on campus, and got it back.  Here it is. I have never lost my wallet, and I doubt that I’ll get it back if I do. I have however lost my gloves and winter hat. I lost it on campus and have never got it back!
  5. One of my host parents will undergo surgery sometime later this month.
  6. I have plans to visit Chicago for one more time before I leave this region.
  7. I have books by four Nobel Prize for Literature winners in my room at the moment.
  8. I shot a one minute video for CNN on the 20th March, here.
  9. A new friend of mine – an American – on Sunday referred to Iran as Irania.
  10. In response to my letter, Western Union will offer 50% discount for two days in April to any part of the world.

As per #10, Western Union will indeed be offering a 50% discount to everywhere in the world on the 6th and 7th. From what I’ve heard from their representative, this is perhaps the most they can bend. Therefore, anyone – Nigerians or not – who want to send money to their loved ones anywhere can do so at a 50% off for two days in April. There is already a hint on their Facebook page. I’m guessing that a detailed announcement will come soon.

Gotcha! Thanks for participating.

Top Five April Fool’s Articles Today

5. Google became Topeka a month after Topeka became Google.
4. Youtube offers Text Only videos
3. Democrats to raise money with Joe Biden’s “Big Fucking Deal.” – CNN
2. Turai Yar’adua makes Ministerial List in Nigeria – NEXT
1. You tell me. What’s your favourite?

Mafune in Kenya

My Kenyan friend says that the Swahili in this video is not from Kenya so I’m guessing that the heading is wrong. Nevertheless, enjoy it.

Thanks to @loomnie for the link.

Poisson D’Avril!

Only one of the following is an April fool joke.

  1. Cougar Village will kick me out of my residence after the 7th of May and I’ll have to find somewhere else to live.
  2. Mafoya has got himself a car.
  3. Ben has moved out to downtown Edwardsville leaving the whole apartment to me alone.
  4. I have lost my wallet with all its cash and cards on campus, and got it back.
  5. One of my host parents will undergo surgery sometime later this month.
  6. I have plans to visit Chicago for one more time before I leave this region.
  7. I have books by four Nobel Prize for Literature winners in my room at the moment.
  8. I shot a one minute video for CNN on the 20th March.
  9. A new friend of mine – an American – on Sunday referred to Iran as Irania.
  10. In response to my letter, Western Union will offer 50% discount for two days in April to any part of the world.

Can you pick it out? You get something if you do 😉 Answers coming later today.

10 Reasons to Lose Your Hard Drive At Least Once

10. If you’re a workaholic, you will get a few more hours of sleep afterwards.

9. You will have an excuse to be lazy and late on work deadlines.

8. You will have a reason to get new up-to-date softwares, sometimes free from the University.

7. You will get to know the workings of Dell’s (or your computer’s manufacturer’s) customer service.

6. You may get to know who loves you and who doesn’t. 😉

5. You will learn new lessons on how not to use a laptop (e.g. leaving it on all night playing music)

4. You will appreciate the value of $65.05 and five gruesome days of waiting.

3. You will be rid of all the junk in your computer that you have always wanted to delete but didn’t have the required gut, time or patience to delete.

2. You get to read more books.

1. You will get to spend more time with the rest of humanity for a little while.