I hate that phrase. It’s been a minute. It’s supposed to be a funny, ironic quip, but in fact the irony is that it makes one sound dumb. Picture the stereotypical blonde saying it and you’ll see my point. And no, I’m not the type of person that forms/believes in stereotypes; that one was in existence when I was born. Same way I found the stereotype that paints Kikuyus as a very money-loving community. That one is simply not true. Everyone likes money. Throw a couple of bills in the street and you’ll see what I mean.
I had a very interesting day today. Maybe it’s because I was in a good mood. Or because I begged the weather not to change until I got home and it complied. Or it could be because of the kids in the jav that entertained me all the way home.
I got into an over-priced jav at the stage. I tend to do that; I don’t usually hear the price the kange is busy yelling while at the stage, and by the time I realise it, I’m halfway on my way with no option but to pay. I hustled to get into the jav (read as scrambled) and ended up sitting in a very uncomfortable seat. So when the guy next to me was alighting, I did too in order to get a better place to seat. Only to be thrown into a tornado of children scrambling into the jav with their mother following closely behind. In my panic at losing a seat in a jav that I’d already paid for, I scampered back to my original spot. I ended up sitting next to a group of about 5 very noisy kids, while their mother sat behind us with an infant in her lap. All through the journey, she kept giving stern orders to her very riotous children. “Don’t stick your head out the window!” “Stop hitting your sister!” “Sit DOWN!” It was highly entertaining, especially because we were stuck in Langata road traffic. Those kids were so noisy and mischievous, and the fact that there was age gap of a year or less between each of them only seemed to reinforce that. Moral of the story? Well, I don’t have a moral, but what I’m trying to say is that perhaps the lady would have had much less stress in her life if she had not been so eager to procreate. I know God said fill the world, but he didn’t tell you to do it alone. I’m not judging; I’m just saying.
