Despite the fact that I’ve already done a list on 116 things about M, I still find myself roped by supafly warembo into doing a list of 7 of things you don’t know. Very well then my dears!
- I cannot do that “One minute’s silence thing”. The more serious the occasion, the more the unreasonable urge to burst into laughter strengthens. For example, on the sad day our Vice President passed away I was at a golf club with a large number of government bigwigs in attendance. I think it was Amos Kimunya who just before the open bar commenced asked us all to stand and observe a minute’s silence for our departed leader. And like Pavlov’s dog the intense urge to burst into laughter arose powerfully. I fought. And fought. My face contorted. Teas rolled down my cheeks. My shoulders shook. I clapped my hand over my mouth to keep the laughter in. But I could not win. Mercifully I was standing near an exit and I fled precipitously outside where I finally broke down.
- People who don’t know me tend to underestimate me. This is something I go out of my way to actively encourage.
- Some people are left handed, some are ambidextrous, others are right handed. Me? I’m the far right. In fact I am strongly right handed. The only thing my left hand does is help with the typing and to wash my right hand.
- I once considered being a priest. Very seriously.
- I take great pride in my inbuilt, 99.99% accurate bullshit detector. Within minutes of listening/reading I know at once whether to keep listening or classify as bullshit. This has enabled me to survive personally and professionally.
- I have gotten multitasking down to a T. I generally read several books at once (Right now I’m reading 4: PG Wodehouse Heart Of A Goof, Plato’s Republic, Stephen King’s The Shining and for the zillionth time, Herge’s Tintin & The Picaros. My PC in chez M has two monitors, and I can work like a demon on two open applications simultaneously. I am looking for a way to add a third monitor.
- I’m very good at what I do. Really. So good I’ve been given special recognition. And as I write this I am the only Kenyan with such.
- Bonus: By the end of this year I will have learnt to read and write Latin.
Can Guessaurus, KM, Afromusing, Keguro, Farmgal, Joe (yes, Joe), MadKenyanWoman and Chrenyan step up to the plate?
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I just saw the billboard! Wah! Heheheheh
Back to go read!
Eh, that billboard! Who works in the marketing departments of some of these places??
#2 That’s nice. That way, you are under no expectations!
#4 My father once considered being a priest. Thanks to his father, I am here today.
If you ever watched Coupling, I believe number 1 is called “stacked glass syndrome” or something like that. The more serious the occassion, the more the urge to laugh; the more you supress the urge to laugh, the louder your outburst will be.
A priest…mhmmm. I can actually imagine you as a hilarious down to earth level headed priest.
Gigaloop eh? I loved that episode! I just love the way Coupling analyzes one random item to levels i once thought impossible!
Anyway back to M….
2 ahem! :-)
3….hata kwa shower? and press ups jee?
5…got some of that right there :-)….
6….man! and i thought i was like the prototype! Waaaah! :-( …..
7. but do i say…hehehehe!!
8 …latin…english is a bit of a problem, then you throw in Latin… much respect man!
Lol M #1 the ‘giggle loop’. Was watching reruns of coupling on BBC America this weekend. Killed me kabisa, reading your post just chekeshad me again.
Why you wanna go and do that huh? The dreaded tags?!
interesting!#2-hmmm.strongly right handed…i chekad, sorry just the imagery. #5 and #6 ,I’m guessing all of us need a little bit of this.i fail in the multitasking department.#7 &8- good one!random question, are you planning on encouraging anyone to follow in your footsteps?
No. 1 Yes I remember that episode of Coupling, You mean you would actually ‘Laugh at a funeral’ tsk tsk :-)
Chief, you have to. Especially in this day and age!
What is it that you do?
See if you can figure this out:
10 B || ~10 B
I remember that episode of Coupling…. lol…. Too much!
I love coupling!
Can I borrow your bullshit detector skills when “operation:get ciiku a husband” starts???? lol..
No. 2 – I love that, n’ I play it big time.
No. 4 – A priest, no, but I have been mistaken severally for a clergyman. The theology I have is self-taught, though.
No. 5 – A minute is enough for me to detect stuff. I listen and watch patiently, though. Some mistake that for gullibility.
giggling? its good you didn’t become a priest couz you gotta do many of those!
His father said there was no way a son of his was going into priesthood. And that was that, and here I am.
I have seen much about Coupling from so many places, I must take a view and see what it’s all about!
Jeez man!! you are different story altogether, aren’t you? two monitors and considering a third one? am finding it hard enough to keep track on one ;-(
ROTFL on that billboard. may be our local copywriters could learn one or two things from it
This revelation makes M more mysterious. What is it that you do again? Congratulations though on being the only Kenyan who does that best.
Plato is deep. I am still an Aristotle fan though. The student seemed to be more deeper than the teacher. Check out John Locke also when you get a chance.
M, know that you are learning Latin, how about switching an coding in Assembly or 0101?
@Mudskippah. M says he is good, challenge him to write world of warcraft in Assembly or binary
@1 are you serious?
That episode of coupling changed my life – nowadays I see glasses being stacked in a giggle loop.
I’d like to know what you do, M………
Hope you got recognized last Deecember 12 (w/cash & a medal) alongside the Vitimbi crew for what it is you do so well
Lol! I often dress most pedestrian, nothing even like a dog collar. You wouldn’t recognize me in a crowd if you didn’t know me already. I guess the confusion comes in the fact that I really can be a clergyman when I talk / write – I can do it. I’m not the noisy, hyper-type, though.
M, my keyboard doesn’t even have those characters man. Googling it, the first result is titled: Section 10 — Manipulative and Deceptive Devices! Geeks make me uneasy. They remind me of La femme Nikita :)
@Jogoo Wa Shamba: sawa!
Awwwww, did you absolutely have to tag me chaaap!!!! Ughh
Now to try
You know, i too considered becoming a nun.. but i “dirtfied” myself at a young age…. abstinence is not an option…
@23 aka I:
I feel for you. I know the Lord Jesus came for the “dirtified”, not the righteous. You are the perfect instrument for his service (assuming your heart is really there). Also, you do not have to be a nun to so serve him.
Abstinence: especially for the clergy, is a teaching from Hell-M, do not censor me (and years from now you will hear this teaching being abandoned, just like it has happened with the teaching on purgatory). The Lord NEVER requires ALL “his servers” to stay away from the Goodies- in right context of course.
A priest? Surely you kid. Habari ya siku mingi boss?
Unique – Just like everyone else.
What more do need to add.
:: PROUDLY AFRICAN::
Please whatever the webmaster does.
Please do not put that flag near my name.
I am PROUDLY AFRICAN..
LOL..
How does the combination of #3 & the last part of #6 work for you? A third monitor with just one hand? That’s going to be interesting! We await that Latin blogpost circa Dec ‘07!
I saw somewhere you exclaimed in Kamba? Do you happen to be having some kamba influence around you.Congrats for being the only …. in … in Kenya.You know what i mean by the …..
You are either in:
- analog-to-digital conversion w/ digital background calibration/Polarized illumination?
- Under cover left handed person?
Hey M!!!!
Damn! Ya’ll dont waste time at all!
I have had those giggle moments before, I am going to blog about them soonest!
You are not alone in the multi-tasking and multi-reading department, it makes for fun brain work to follow 2-3 plots at one go!
Congratulations on learning another language, be it alive or dead. That’s more than I can say for some people who are yet to master their own language….
now to see what Joe will have to share!
I just forgot! You need to watch that Sofa King skit on SNL, it’s a killer!
I thought I had posted another comment! Damn the internet! Damn you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ps: I guess learning latin will make sure more of your brain functions as opposed to most of the next to brain dead people we have around us.
Yawa! But do i say
The bullshit sensor…. I feel you on that one. With the ubiquitous presentations we face daily in workplaces, i always can tell when the presenter is BSing. I have done sales before, so I guess I have thrown some too..maybe thats who I developed the sensor in the first place.
Good one. Actually you are the second Kenyan with that special professional recognition you mention. Keep roccking though!
@ichiena
Thanks for the explaination to the Gigaloop.
>>If you ever watched Coupling, I believe number >>1 is called “stacked glass syndrome” or >>something like that. The more serious the >>occassion, the more the urge to laugh; the >>more you supress the urge to laugh, the louder >>your outburst will be.
I watched that particular Coupling episode. I didnt get it then. I never get their “jokes”. The Gigaloop has been explained to me many times and I still didnt get it up until I read what you said. And now finally after many many years (feels that long — wait it has been years) I can finally say… “Ohhh I get it! ROTFLMAO!”
@The rest of the people here.
I can attest first hand to M’s inability to remain silent. (Point No 1)
As to the bullshit detector… Lets just say… I once hear a resounding “BULLOCKS” eminating from M’s last known location which from the last time I checked had been 100 meters away. (Point No 5)
So with that said I would like to add one more point in regards to his vocal abilities.
8. M has the kind of voice that can carry. I believe it can be described as a “booming” voice.
@M
Dont even try to deny it. That was you and you know it. Besides. You trademarked the expression… :-)
Very interesting set of “7″ … actually make that “impressive” …
M,
after giving this alot of thought I have concluded that you are either Wangari Maathai or Johm ‘The snake’ Michuki !! ROFL
I am intrigued by just #7…..my guess is a (NCIS/Mossad/M16/CIA/FBI) undercover agent specialising in IT-based intelligence….
The joys and joys of Tintin! That particular one is the one where the Picaros speak a form of pidgin that is quite bewitching (I think) eg “Lemeshoya!”.
why are not a journalist you would really make a good one or else teach our so called journalists how to write or what to write