Well Haruna, it is according to you that Dr. Choot Choot is Yero and Suntou. Not according to me. Thanks for the encouraging words. Baba >From: Haruna Darbo <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Realistic Guy - Part Two >Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 15:24:34 EST > > >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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