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"Thanx again Galleh. I've figured out Dr. Choot Choot is Suntou and Yero all rolled into one." Dr. Chaat-chaat.

 

 

 

Haruna,

 

You must be full of humor today, or are you bored? But Dr. Choot Choot Hepati have too many qualifications to be little Yero. You got me laughing for the tag. How about Dr. Chaat Chaat? I would think there are better Dr. Choots-Choots around. Which of the Choot-choots? -Choot-choot by birth, choot-choot by entrustment, choot-choot by accident or choot-choot by achievement. They said “Uneasy lie the head with the crown,” so stop walking with a chip on the shoulder. Develop a thick skin and don’t be Dr. Choot Choot Hepati yourself. If you got the qualifications to wear a dried cap, you must as well admit guilt of wearing it. Reading the prose, Dr. Choot-choot would make a better personality than the many other characters written in the past. 

 

 

Get back to the old farm, for the rodents are pricking on your groundnut farm (GDP). You should let anger subside now. They want you back there. That much I observed. Go back and fence your farm. 

 

 

Regards,

Yero. 



 

 

> Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 15:24:34 -0500> From: [log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Realistic Guy - Part Two> To: [log in to unmask]> > > Marriasse. Or is it Marriaage.? Galleh I think you're crazy. We're only > jovialising Suntou. Ok? Friggin Take it easy and let us improve ourselves > together. I figure that is the value of community. Where's Maria Del Sol? Oh she's > with Ehud Barak today. She has a standing appointment with Mahmoud Abbas. > She'll make that appointment. Trust me.> > Thanx again Galleh. I've figured out Dr. Choot Choot is Suntou and Yero all > rolled into one.> > Masoud. MQDT. Darbo. Oh and our own Ginny Schminny. Al Mu'Umin.> > In a message dated 12/26/2007 1:08:55 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, > [log in to unmask] writes:> > Realistic Guy - Part Two> > By Baba Galleh Jallow> > Dr. Choot Choot Hapati was an equal opportunity equalizer par excellence. No > tree was too high to climb, no mountain too steep to scale, no river too > deep to jump, and no head too elevated to knock if and when necessary. For > him, all things are created equal and so much be treated equally. He > recognized no superior virtues and entertained no higher thoughts for any > single being. “To be a realistic guy,” he would tell our common townsfolk, > “you have to able to stand shoulder to shoulder with any human being, even > though he may be taller than you. And to be realistic guy, you have to show > that you know what anybody knows, even when they have read more books or > traveled more roads than you. That is one of the cardinal principles of my > infallible philosophy of Lestek.”> > It was part of Dr. Choot Choot’s philosophy of Lestek that he was no > respecter of persons who pretended to be wise or liked to show that they > were educated by talking too much about issues that were, as far as he was > concerned, very simple. Why should anyone consider themselves less endowed > than others? Why should anyone give other people greater respect than they > give themselves? Why should anyone place somebody else on a high pedestal > while they remained down low below? Such behavior was definitely unrealistic > and unworthy of his learned self. And he had the perfect plan for dealing > with such persons if conditions become, as he would call it, “rather > squatty.”> > “When conditions are rather squatty,” he would tell our amazed townsfolk, > “there is a simple way of dealing with it: you simply squat and gape and > wear an expression of great awe and wonder and pretend that the other person > is sitting high on up and you are down low below. The important thing is > that in your mind, in your own unique mind of minds, you are standing neck > to neck or even above the neck of that person who pretends to be better than > you. This is part of the reason why I told you about the capacity to be > everywhere AT THE SAME TIME – just one part, mind you; just one tiny part.” > As the dynamic force of this powerful insight hit their dazzled minds, our > common townsfolk would open their mouths and gasp for air and let out long > streams of Ahaaaa, nnnnnn, unhu, unhu, accompanied by slow and somber nods > which made their heads bop like a fleet of black buoys floating on the > distant sea waves. Thus encouraged, Dr. Choot Choot Hapati would go right on > ahead with his great lecture.> > “Ahhh,” he would sigh. “You guys don’t even know what it means to be > realistic. But one thing you must know: you must be able to say one thing > and mean quite another. You must be able to talk about rats while you mean > hippos, and talk about hippos while you mean rats. You have to have what I > would call a realistic mind. Aah! What does it matter anyways? If the hippo > thinks you mean the rat and the rat thinks you mean the hippo who emerges > the winner? Is it not you – YOU – the realistic guy? Which is also part of > the art of being everywhere AT THE SAME TIME. See? The pieces of my > realistic philosophy of Lestek are beginning to fall into place, if you see > what I mean.” At this point, our common townsfolk would be so impressed with > the mental prowess of our good doctor that some of them would jump up and do > a few steps and tap him on the back and call him master and cool eye. For > when he was thus engrossed in expounding the complicated yet simple tenets > of his realistic philosophy of Lestek, the eyes of our great Dr. Choot Choot > Hapati would grow wide and cool, and sparkle red with the wine of ancient > wisdom mingled with the light of great book learning that was his most > conspicuous attribute. For Dr. Choot Choot was a great darling of Bacchus, > the Greek god of wine, although that was one realistic piece of information > he would never let anyone share. “My love affair with Bacchus,” he always > said to himself, “is a realistic affair that must be kept realistically > hidden from the unrealistic eyes of the world.”> > And when situations get rather squatty, Dr. Choot Choot Hapati knew just the > trick to play to avoid the unrealistic eyes of jealous midgets seeing his > great love for Bacchus: he would squat several feet away from the hippo rat, > hopping from one spot to the other, always making sure that he was on the > direction of the blowing wind, so that no one would smell the magic whiff of > Bacchus that surrounded his person. And no, his wide and starry cool eyes > never gave him away because people always knew that was the light of wisdom > and modern book learning. At such realistic moments, Dr. Choot Choot Hapati > would wear a kind and humble look in his eyes, his thoughtful head tilted > this way or that, his arms humbly clasped together, humbly nodding and > groaning, asking one gentle question after another. But in his great mind of > minds, he was always standing neck to neck with whoever thought that he was > anywhere above him. No one – and he meant NO ONE – could ever be allowed to > stand taller than the great Dr. Choot Choot Hapati of Lestek fame. Why? > Well, simply because he was a realistic guy. “Nyakadisse?” he would say. > “Lestek.”> > _________________________________________________________________> Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! 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