(By Solomon Mahoi, [Pseudonym, "Abck Obba"])
16th February, 2024
Generally the name Robert Mugabe (1924-2019) has a range of effects when one hears of it. But one's effects to the name is dependent on how familiar one is to the person that once bear the name, including his deeds.
To some he was a revolutionary, an hard-nut-to-crack politician, and also a Pan-Africanist, whilst to others he was seen as a tyrant, a subtle dictator, and perhaps too, an old-fashioned power-hungry national figure. But there is one unmistakable attribute about him that in spite of how he was perceived during his tenure as Zimbabwe's firs prime minister (1980-87) and during his tenure as the country's president (1987-2017), yet we can agree that he was a genius at humour. Whether of the silly kind, or of that of wittiness. For both sides of his sense of humour were always bound to loosen the muscles on the faces into laughter, thereby hallmarking him as one of the most interesting African leaders to ever grace the continent.
As you take a moment to think about this, why I not further convince you with only five hilarious quotes of his that are sure to yank open you laughter pouches right into the weekend.
So here they are:
"Dating a slim or slender guy is cool. But the problem however is that when you lay on his chest his ribs would start drawing Adidas lines on your face."
"Dear ladies, if your boyfriend didn't wish you a happy mother's day, or didn't sing "sweet mother" to you on mother's day, then you should stop breastfeeding him."
"If you have attended over a 100 wedding in your life and you are still single, you are not different from a canopy."
"When one's goat gets missing, the aroma of a neighbour's soup becomes a suspicion."
"A brave man is he who has running stomach and still wants to flatulate. Oh, wait a minute. As a matter of fact, he is the most cautious of men during those moments, because as his flatulating tries to urge a release, he then becomes extremely mannered with his release button by him delicately gauging his push-or-hold movement, of his lower rare-extremity."
Happy weekend, everyone.
Yours truly,
Solomon Mahoi
