AFRICAN DATING TIP #4


The United Nations celebrates November 25 every year as Day for the Elimination of all forms of violence to Women! On top of the list of violent acts targeted is wife battering. I have no quarrel with that. My only grouse is that while the international body was headed by an African, Kofi Annan, nobody celebrated November 25!

You see, in Africa, there is no such thing as wife battering. Every woman requires some tinkering – or in extreme cases panel beating - once a while to stay in line. Just don’t overdo it that is all. If you go over the fence and your wife ends up in hospital, you are on your own. Just don’t tell anybody that you read my post. I hope you know that she can get all sorts of voluntary legal services without paying a dime!

Women (excluding my wife) are chronological adults but biological infants. There is no better way of demonstrating this assertion than watching a woman react to flattery by anybody for her beauty even if she knows she is a lot uglier than a rhino. The reason is very obvious. Women thrive on their looks. Little wonder that any woman would forget anything but her mirror. She needs it to reassure herself that she is making an impression. Massage any woman’s ego and you get whatever you want.

I don’t know how these egg-heads in the United Nations dish out these international days but I understand all of the 365 days have been assigned – more than half of them to women-related issues. If that is the case then 2008 being a leap year will have one day to spare. Could the Secretary-General please consider allocating that day as International day for Bloggers. That way those of us who earn our living writing “rubbish” on the net will have cause to celebrate something - even if it’s nothing! The only down side is that we will be celebrating once every four years which suits me fine.